S. 541 · 117th Congress
Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Introduced
- 2021-03-02
- Latest action
- 2021-03-02 · Introduced in Senate
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.