[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 230 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 230

To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to enhance the authority 
    of States and Indian tribes to disapprove the provision by the 
  Secretary of Energy of interim storage capacity for civilian spent 
                 nuclear fuel, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

 Mr. LaRocco introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly 
     to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to enhance the authority 
    of States and Indian tribes to disapprove the provision by the 
  Secretary of Energy of interim storage capacity for civilian spent 
                 nuclear fuel, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ENHANCED AUTHORITY OF STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES TO DISAPPROVE 
              PROVISION OF INTERIM STORAGE CAPACITY FOR CIVILIAN SPENT 
              NUCLEAR FUEL.

    (a) In General.--Section 135(d)(6) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act 
of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10155(d)(6)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``an aggregate of 300 or more 
                metric tons of'' each place it appears; and
                    (B) by striking ``the provision of 300 or more 
                metric tons of'' and inserting ``the provision of''; 
                and
            (2) by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(D) If any notice of disapproval is submitted to the Congress 
under subparagraph (A), the proposed provision of storage capacity at 
the site involved shall be disapproved.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 135(d)(4) of the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10155(d)(4)) is amended in the last 
sentence by striking ``The process'' and inserting ``Except as provided 
in paragraph (6), the process''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED SCHEDULE FOR REMOVAL FROM INTERIM STORAGE.

    Section 135(e) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 
10155(e)) is amended by striking ``3 years'' and inserting ``1 year''.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY OF NOTICE AND DISAPPROVAL PROVISIONS TO STORAGE 
              UNDER PRIOR AUTHORITY.

    Section 135 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 
10155) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) Applicability to Storage Under Prior Authority.--The 
provisions of subsection (d)(6) shall also apply to any additional 
storage capacity for civilian spent nuclear fuel that is provided--
            ``(1) by the Secretary after the date of the enactment of 
        this subsection at any Federal site;
            ``(2) pursuant to any provision of law other than this 
        section; and
            ``(3) pursuant to any agreement, contract, or other 
        obligation that--
                    ``(A) was in effect before January 7, 1983; and
                    ``(B) authorizes or requires the Secretary to 
                provide such storage capacity on or after such date.''.

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