S.691: Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

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  • Introduced March 10, 2015
  • Latest Major Action March 10, 2015

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Bill Summary

Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act This bill prohibits the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from authorizing construction of a nuclear waste repository unless the Secretary of Energy has entered into an agreement to host the repository with the following entities: the governor of the state in which the repository is proposed to be located, each affected unit of local government, any unit of general local government contiguous to the affected...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
March 10, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1387)
March 10, 2015

Introduced in the Senate by Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

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