3.0.0 1364 2023-01-11T13:28:09Z 2023-01-11T13:28:09Z House HR 2015-03-13 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 43 (Friday, March 13, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. TITUS:H.R. 1364.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3____________________[Page H1636]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif18 Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2015-03-20T19:34:59Z Referred to 2015-03-13T15:02:00Z Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act 114 691 S 2015-03-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1387) Identical bill CRS Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act 114 1825 S 2015-07-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5456) Related bill CRS 2015-03-20 hsif18 Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. Committee 2015-03-13 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2015-03-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-03-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000468 Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] Dina Titus D NV 1 N H001055 Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3] Joseph Heck R NV J. 3 2015-03-13 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] BARBARA LEE D CA 13 2015-04-30 False Energy Federal-Indian relations Intergovernmental relations Nuclear power Radioactive wastes and releases State and local government operations Energy 00 2015-03-13 Introduced in House 2015-03-24T16:42:43Z Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

This bill prohibits the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from authorizing construction of a nuclear waste repository unless the Secretary of Energy has entered into an agreement to host the repository with the following entities:

  • the governor of the state in which the repository is proposed to be located,
  • each affected unit of local government,
  • any unit of general local government contiguous to the affected unit 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
  • each affected Indian tribe.

Furthermore, any agreement to host the repository must meet the following conditions:

  • it must be written and signed by all parties,
  • it must be binding on the parties, and
  • it shall not be amended or revoked except by mutual agreement of the parties.
]]> Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act Display Title Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act Official Title as Introduced To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to obtain the consent of affected State and local governments before authorizing the construction of a nuclear waste repository. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act Introduced in House 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr1364ih/xml/BILLS-114hr1364ih.xml 2015-03-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. 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.