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Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-15
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Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine Cortez Masto
Democrat · NV · Senator
Votes with party: 79.9% (897 recorded votes)

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

2025-01-15

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Plain-English Summary

Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from using the Nuclear Waste Fund for certain activities related to radioactive waste disposal unless DOE has entered into a written agreement for a repository with (1) the governor of the state in which the proposed repository will be located, (2) affected local governments, (3) local governments contiguous to the affected local governments if spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste will be transported through them for disposal at the repository, and (4) affected Indian tribes.

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