3.0.0 1544 2022-11-01T17:03:25Z 2022-11-01T17:03:25Z House HR 2019-03-05 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 5, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. TITUS:H.R. 1544.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution,specifically Clause 3.[Page H2370]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif18 Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2019-03-06T22:01:56Z Referred to 2019-03-05T17:00:21Z Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act 116 649 S 2019-05-01 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-29. Identical bill CRS 2019-03-06 hsif18 Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. Committee 2019-03-05 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2019-03-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-03-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000468 Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] Dina Titus D NV 1 N H001066 Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] Steven Horsford D NV 4 2019-03-05 True L000590 Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] Susie Lee D NV 3 2019-03-05 True Energy Federal-Indian relations Intergovernmental relations Nuclear power Radioactive wastes and releases State and local government operations Energy 00 2019-03-05 Introduced in House 2019-06-19T21:20:52Z Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from using the Nuclear Waste Fund for certain expenditures involving repositories for disposing of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste. Specifically, DOE may not use the fund to pay for disposal in a repository or planning, construction, or operation of a repository unless DOE has entered into an agreement with the state in which the repository is located and with affected local governments and Indian tribes.

]]> Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act Display Title Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act Official Title as Introduced 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, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr1544ih/xml/BILLS-116hr1544ih.xml 2019-03-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. 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.