To establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consent-based process for siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear waste, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consent-based process for siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear waste, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Finance, Civil Rights.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H4C2F72C1F06C4298B687E5074568F647: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2024. The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
- Section HB7CBC717E01349578D18732DB6F48A23: 101. Findings Congress finds that— the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.)— made the Federal Government responsible for providing for...
- Section H072929F82E0A48559EE6E574A33EC65B: 102. Purposes The purposes of this Act are— to establish a new nuclear waste management organization; to transfer to the new organization the functions of the...
- Section HE2A61D5B621044D89832201884EB9BBA: 103. Definitions In this Act: The term Administration means the Nuclear Waste Administration established by section 201. The term Administrator means the...
- Section HAB7FD9898158478D910EE96B555C84DA: 104. Rule of construction The use of the term nuclear waste in this Act to mean high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel does not mean (and shall...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consent-based process for siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear waste, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Finance, Civil Rights
Primary Purpose
This bill, To establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consent-based process for siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear waste, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Levin (for himself, Mr. Pfluger, and Mr. Peters) introduced …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
- "administrator_of_epa"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the Nuclear Waste Oversight Board established by section 205. The term priority waste means— any emergency delivery
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