3.0.0 95 2023-01-11T13:35:17Z 2023-01-11T13:35:17Z Senate S 2017-01-11 115 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-01-11T17:30:20Z Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act 115 456 HR 2017-01-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. Identical bill CRS 2017-01-11 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2017-01-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV N C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2017-01-11 True Energy Federal-Indian relations Intergovernmental relations Nuclear power Radioactive wastes and releases State and local government operations Energy 00 2017-01-11 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-02T17:44:02Z Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from making an expenditure from the Nuclear Waste Fund for the costs incurred by DOE in connection with disposing of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste in a repository, unless DOE has entered into an agreement to host the repository with certain affected entities.

Additionally, any agreement to host the repository must meet certain conditions.]]> Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act Display Title Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act Introduced in Senate 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s95is/xml/BILLS-115s95is.xml 2017-01-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.