To reauthorize the West Valley demonstration project, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Sep 26, 2018 Received in the Senate.
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.
- IntroducedMay 4, 2017
- Passed HouseSep 25, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(Sec. 1) This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 the West Valley Demonstration Project located in West Valley, New York.
The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the volumes, origins, and types of radioactive waste at the West Valley Demonstration Project and the options for disposal of such waste.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 4, 2017 to May 18, 2017; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | May 4, 2017 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | May 4, 2017 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | May 4, 2017 |
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | May 16, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | May 18, 2017 |
Committees 1
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 May 4, 2017Markup Jul 12, 2018Reported Sep 7, 2018 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred May 5, 2017Hearings May 18, 2018Markup Jun 27, 2018Reported Jun 27, 2018 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2018Received in the Senate.
- Sep 25, 2018Mr. McKinley moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 25, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8794-8795)
- Sep 25, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2389.
- Sep 25, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8794)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8794, H8795Text printed H8794 | David B. McKinley R-WV, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Tom Reed R-NY | Sep 25, 2018 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 31, 2018H.R. 2389, a bill to reauthorize the West Valley Demonstration Project, and for other purposesAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 12, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 77, May 4, 2017, page H4179.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-130 | H.R. 2278, THE RESPONSIBLE DISPOSAL REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2017; AND H.R. 2389, TO REAUTHORIZE THE WEST VALLEY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES76 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | May 18, 2018 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reauthorize the West Valley demonstration project, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2018Received in Senate
- Sep 25, 2018Engrossed in House
- Sep 7, 2018Reported in House
- May 4, 2017Introduced in House
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.
