Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act
Latest action · Mar 3, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
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 2, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot 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 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 2, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Mar 2, 2021 |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Original | Mar 2, 2021 |
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 Mar 2, 2021 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Mar 3, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- Mar 2, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 2, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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. 167, no. 39, March 2, 2021, page H1016.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33461 | Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal | Report | Sep 17, 2021 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 541 | Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act | Identical bill | Mar 2, 2021 |
| HR 1051 | Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 24, 2023 |
| HR 1544 | Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act | Reintroduction of | Mar 6, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Energy to obtain the consent of affected State and local governments before making an expenditure from the Nuclear Waste Fund for a nuclear waste repository, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2021Introduced 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.
