US SB649 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Introduced on March 5 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-05-01 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-29.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 5 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-05-01 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-29.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from using the Nuclear Waste Fund for certain expenditures involving repositories for disposing of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste. Specifically, DOE may not use the fund to pay for disposal in a repository or planning, construction, or operation of a repository unless DOE has entered into an agreement with the state in which the repository is located and with affected local governments and Indian tribes.
Title
Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act
Sponsors
| Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV] | Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV] | Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ] | Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA] |
| Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] | Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT] | Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA] | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-01 | Senate | Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-29. |
| 2019-03-05 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
Same As/Similar To
HB1544 (Same As) 2019-03-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Subjects
Energy
Federal-Indian relations
Intergovernmental relations
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
State and local government operations
Federal-Indian relations
Intergovernmental relations
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
State and local government operations
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/649/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s649/BILLS-116s649is.pdf |
