Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Act of 2020
Latest action · Sep 17, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
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.
- IntroducedSep 16, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Act of 2020
This bill (1) provides a mechanism for states, tribal and local governments to play a role in the development of post-shutdown decommissioning activities regarding the shutdown of a nuclear facility; and (2) establishes a grant program to support community advisory boards that aim to foster communication between a licensee involved in decommissioning activities and members of a community that may be affected by such activities.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 16, 2020 to Sep 29, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Sep 16, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Sep 29, 2020 |
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 Sep 16, 2020 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Sep 16, 2020 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Sep 17, 2020 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Sep 16, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Sep 16, 2020Introduced in House
- Sep 16, 2020Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, 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.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 160, September 16, 2020, page H4491.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4890 | Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Act of 2020 | Identical bill | Nov 10, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for consultation with State, Tribal, and local governments, the consideration of State, Tribal, and local concerns, and the approval of post-shutdown decommissioning activities reports by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Community life and organization
- Energy
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental health
- Government information and archives
- Government trust funds
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Housing and community development funding
- Intergovernmental relations
- Licensing and registrations
- Nuclear power
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
- Public participation and lobbying
- Radioactive wastes and releases
- Rural conditions and development
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2020Introduced 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.
