[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 22, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5456]
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      By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Heller):
  S. 1825. A bill 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; 
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  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. 1825

       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'', 
     ``affected unit of local government'', ``Commission'', 
     ``high-level radioactive waste'', ``repository'', ``spent 
     nuclear fuel'', and ``unit of general local government'' 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 Secretary may not make an expenditure 
     from the Nuclear Waste Fund for the costs of the activities 
     described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 302(d) of the 
     Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(d)) unless 
     the Secretary has entered into an agreement to host a 
     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.
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