[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 10, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1387]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Heller):
  S. 691. 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; to the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the 
bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                 S. 691

       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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