Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act
Latest action · May 1, 2019 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-29.
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.
- IntroducedMar 5, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act
This bill 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.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2019 to Apr 30, 2019, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Mar 5, 2019 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Apr 30, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 1, 2019Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-29.
- Mar 5, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Mar 5, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1544 | Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act | Identical bill | Mar 6, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2019Introduced in Senate
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