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Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act
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.
Summary
This bill requires the Secretary of Energy to obtain written consent from affected state governments, local governments, and Indian tribes before the federal government can spend money from the Nuclear Waste Fund on a nuclear waste repository. Required signatories include the state governor, all affected local governments, any local governments through which waste will be transported, and relevant Indian tribes. Any agreement must be in writing and signed by all parties, and cannot be changed without the consent of everyone involved.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV)
Actions (2)
- Jan 15, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · senate
- Jan 15, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 15, 2025
Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Ms. Rosen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
A BILL
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act”.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, the terms “affected Indian tribe”, “affected unit of local government”, “high-level radioactive waste”, “repository”, “Secretary”, “spent nuclear fuel”, and “unit of general local government” have the meanings given the terms in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).
SEC. 3. CONSENT-BASED APPROVAL.
(a) In General.—The Secretary may not make an expenditure from the Nuclear Waste Fund established under section 302(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(c)) for the costs of the activities described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 302(d) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 10222(d)) unless the Secretary has entered into an agreement for a repository with—
(1) the Governor of the State in which the repository is proposed to be located;
(2) each affected unit of local government;
(3) any unit of general local government contiguous to the affected unit of local government if spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste will be transported through that unit of general local government for disposal at the repository; and
(4) each affected Indian tribe.
(b) Conditions on Agreement.—Any agreement for a repository under this Act—
(1) shall be in writing and signed by all parties;
(2) shall be binding on the parties; and
(3) shall not be amended or revoked except by mutual agreement of the parties. <all>
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