US HB1544 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on March 5 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Pending: House Environment and Climate Change Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 5 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Pending: House Environment and Climate Change Committee
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
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV] | Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV] | Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-03-06 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. |
2019-03-05 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. |
2019-03-05 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB649 (Same As) 2019-05-01 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-29.
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 |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1544/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1544/BILLS-116hr1544ih.pdf |