US Congress Senate Bill 1234 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on April 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-06-27 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Addresses nuclear waste management. Among other things, this bill establishes the Nuclear Waste Administration (NWA) to provide for the permanent disposal of nuclear waste, including the siting, construction, and operation of additional repositories, a test and evaluation facility, and additional storage facilities; transfers to the NWA specified functions of the Department of Energy, including those related to the construction and operation of a repository; prescribes siting guidelines for nuclear waste storage facilities and repositories and for the identification and suitability of candidate sites; directs the NWA to establish a storage program to provide interim storage for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; and confers upon the NWA responsibility for transporting nuclear waste.

Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2019

Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]

Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]

Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-27	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
2019-04-30	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1234/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1234/BILLS-116s1234is.pdf