115 S95 IS: Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act U.S. Senate 2017-01-11 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II115th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 95IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJanuary 11, 2017Mr. Heller (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public WorksA BILLTo require the Secretary of Energy to obtain the consent of affected State and local governments before making an expenditure from the Nuclear Waste Fund for a nuclear waste repository.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act.

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Definitions

In this Act, the terms affected Indian tribe, affected unit of local government, Commission, high-level radioactive waste, repository, spent nuclear fuel, and unit of general local government have the meanings given the terms in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).

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Consent based approval

(a)

In general

The Secretary may not make an expenditure from the Nuclear Waste Fund for the costs of the activities described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 302(d) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(d)) unless the Secretary has entered into an agreement to host a repository with— (1)the Governor of the State in which the repository is proposed to be located; (2)each affected unit of local government; (3)any unit of general local government contiguous to the affected unit of local government if spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste will be transported through that unit of general local government for disposal at the repository; and (4)each affected Indian tribe. (b)

Conditions on agreement

Any agreement to host a repository under this Act— (1)shall be in writing and signed by all parties; (2)shall be binding on the parties; and (3)shall not be amended or revoked except by mutual agreement of the parties.