3.0.0 37 2023-01-11T17:02:46Z 2023-01-11T17:02:46Z Senate S S 2007-05-23 110 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-23T23:09:52Z 2007-05-23 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2007-05-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6551-6553) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI N C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN 2007-05-23 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2007-05-23 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2007-05-23 True D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. 2007-05-23 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2007-05-23 True H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2007-05-23 True T000162 Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY] CRAIG THOMAS R WY 2007-05-23 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2007-05-23 True B001066 Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] JIM BUNNING R KY 2007-05-23 True M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2007-05-23 True D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2007-05-24 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2007-09-06 False A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2008-02-06 False Energy Air force Armed Forces and National Security Congress Congressional reporting requirements Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Geothermal resources Government Operations and Politics Land transfers Law Licenses Military bases Military training Mining leases Mountains Nevada Nuclear facilities Nuclear fuels Nuclear weapons Public Lands and Natural Resources Radioactive wastes Railroad engineering Right-of-way Transportation and Public Works Transportation of hazardous substances Waste disposal sites Energy 00 2007-05-23 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-03T21:28:17Z Nuclear Waste Access to Yucca Act - Withdraws specified lands in Nye County, Nevada, permanently from any form of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, including: (1) the mineral leasing laws; (2) the geothermal leasing laws; (3) materials sales laws; and (4) the mining laws.

Transfers jurisdiction over such lands to the Secretary of Energy.

Reserves use of such lands for certain activities associated with the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.

Requires the Secretary to manage the lands so withdrawn, and submit to Congress and the state of Nevada a management plan for their use.

Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary to apply to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a license to construct and operate facilities to receive and store spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at the Yucca Mountain site.

Authorizes the Secretary to begin construction of connected infrastructure facilities after completion of a final environmental impact statement evaluating the activities involved.

Requires the Secretary to acquire rights-of-way for construction and operation of railroad facilities to transport spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste from existing rail systems to the site of surface facilities within the geologic repository operations area for the receipt, handling, packaging, and storage of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste prior to emplacement.

Revises requirements for new plant contracts.

]]> Nuclear Waste Access to Yucca Act Display Title Nuclear Waste Access to Yucca Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to enhance the management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, to assure protection of public health safety, to ensure the territorial integrity and security of the repository at Yucca Mountain, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Nuclear Waste Access to Yucca Act Introduced in Senate 2007-05-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s37is/xml/BILLS-110s37is.xml 2007-05-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.