21st Century Science for Nuclear Waste Disposal Act of 2001
Latest action · Jun 18, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 6, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prohibits the Government from using any funds for research, development, or implementation of a central high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel repository.
Repeals specified authorities for: (1) storage of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, including the interim storage program and monitored retrievable storage; (2) research, development, and demonstration regarding disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel; (3) miscellaneous radioactive waste activities, including the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; (4) the Nuclear Waste Negotiator; and (5) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the special rules for nuclear decommissioning costs.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 6, 2001 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Jun 18, 2001 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jun 6, 2001 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Jun 12, 2001 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 6, 2001 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 18, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
- Jun 12, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- Jun 6, 2001Introduced in House
- Jun 6, 2001Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To redirect the Nuclear Waste Fund established under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 into research, development, and utilization of risk-decreasing technologies for the onsite storage and eventual reduction of radiation levels of nuclear waste, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- 21st Century Science for Nuclear Waste Disposal Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Business income tax
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Costs
- Department of Energy
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric power production
- Energy
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental technology
- Executive reorganization
- Federal aid to research
- Fees
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Hazardous wastes
- Income tax
- Indexing (Economic policy)
- Nevada
- Nuclear facilities
- Nuclear fuels
- Nuclear power plants
- Nuclear reactors
- Radiation
- Radiation safety
- Radioactive waste disposal in the ground
- Radioactive wastes
- Radioactivity
- Research and development
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Storage
- Tax deductions
- Taxation
- Technological innovations
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation of hazardous substances
- Transportation safety
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 6, 2001Introduced in House
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