[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 691 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 691

 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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 10, 2015

 Mr. Reid (for himself and Mr. Heller) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Waste Informed Consent 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the terms ``affected Indian tribe'', ``Commission'', 
``high-level radioactive waste'', ``repository'', and ``spent nuclear 
fuel'' have the meanings given the terms in section 2 of the Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).

SEC. 3. CONSENT BASED APPROVAL.

    (a) In General.--The Commission may not authorize construction of a 
repository unless the Secretary has entered into an agreement to host 
the repository with--
            (1) the Governor of the State in which the repository is 
        proposed to be located;
            (2) each affected unit of local government;
            (3) any unit of general local government contiguous to the 
        affected unit of local government 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
            (4) each affected Indian tribe.
    (b) Conditions on Agreement.--Any agreement to host a repository 
under this Act--
            (1) shall be in writing and signed by all parties;
            (2) shall be binding on the parties; and
            (3) shall not be amended or revoked except by mutual 
        agreement of the parties.

SEC. 4. APPLICATION.

    This Act applies to any application submitted to the Commission for 
construction authorization for a repository that--
            (1) exists as of the date of enactment of this Act; or
            (2) is submitted on or after the date of enactment of this 
        Act.
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