110 HR 2282 IH: Nuclear Waste Storage Prohibition U.S. House of Representatives 2007-05-10 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2282 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 10, 2007 Mrs. Schmidt (for herself, Mr. Space, and Mr. Wilson of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prohibit the use of Global Nuclear Energy Partnership funds for certain nuclear waste storage.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Nuclear Waste Storage Prohibition Act.

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Prohibition

The Secretary of Energy shall not use any funds made available for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership initiative for the transfer or storage of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste to any site that is not a site where facilities for reprocessing of that fuel or waste have been constructed or are under construction. No spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste may be retained for long-term storage at such a site where facilities for reprocessing of fuel or waste have been constructed or are under construction.