S 101 · in committee · significant
Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act
- government reform
What this bill does
- The bill requires the Department of Energy to get written agreements from state governors, local governments, and Indian tribes before using nuclear waste disposal funds.
- State officials, local governments along transportation routes, and Native American tribes affected by radioactive waste storage are impacted.
- The bill creates a consent requirement with no specified timeline or funding changes to the Nuclear Waste Fund.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would requiring written consent from governors and tribes change the timeline and cost of resolving the nuclear waste storage problem?
- 02
Which communities along transportation routes to disposal sites would gain the most influence under this consent requirement?
- 03
What happens to nuclear waste management if a state governor or tribe withholds consent indefinitely?
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Sponsor · D-NV
Catherine Cortez Masto
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Introduced 2025-01-15
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Legislative timeline
2025-01-15 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
2025-01-15 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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