Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2012
Latest action · Sep 12, 2012 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-598.
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.
- IntroducedAug 1, 2012
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2012 - Establishes as an independent agency in the executive branch: (1) 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; and (2) the Nuclear Waste Oversight Board.
Transfers to the NWA Administrator specified functions of the Secretary of Energy.
Prescribes guidelines for nuclear waste facilities and for the identification and suitability of candidate sites.
Directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to adopt generally applicable standards to protect the environment from offsite releases from radioactive material in geological repositories.
Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to amend its regulations governing the licensing of geological repositories to make them consistent with comparable EPA standards.
Prohibits the Administrator, before ratification of a consent agreement with a state, local, or tribal government, from possessing, taking title to, or storing more than 10,000 metric tons of spent nuclear repository fuel at a storage facility licensed under this Act.
Requires the Secretary to arrange for the Administrator to dispose of defense wastes in a repository developed under this Act.
Confers upon the Administrator responsibility for transporting nuclear waste under this Act.
Establishes in the Treasury the Nuclear Waste Administration Working Capital Fund.
Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to reflect the amendments made by this Act.
Authorizes the Administrator to proceed with siting and licensing consolidated storage facilities pursuant to a certain cooperative agreement entered into before the date of enactment of this Act.
Terminates those authorities of the Secretary regarding siting, construction, and operation of repositories, storage facilities, or test and evaluation facilities which were not transferred to the Administrator under this Act.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Aug 1, 2012Hearings Sep 12, 2012 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 12, 2012Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-598.
- Aug 1, 2012Introduced in Senate
- Aug 1, 2012Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5873-5874)
- Aug 1, 2012Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5874-5880)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5873Text printed S5874–S5880 | Jeff Bingaman D-NM (text) | Aug 1, 2012 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 112-598 | THE NUCLEAR WASTE ADMINISTRATION ACT87 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Sep 12, 2012 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consensual process for siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear waste, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2012
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Appropriations
- Congressional oversight
- Energy
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Federal-Indian relations
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government liability
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Intergovernmental relations
- Judicial review and appeals
- Licensing and registrations
- Nuclear power
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
- Nuclear weapons
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public participation and lobbying
- Radioactive wastes and releases
- State and local government operations
- Transportation programs funding
- Transportation safety and security
- User charges and fees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2012Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
