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MI SCR0006
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
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Memorializes Congress to appropriate funds from the Nuclear Waste Fund to establish a permanent repository for high-level nuclear waste or reimburse electric utility customers who paid into the fund
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Notes that Michigan electric utility customers have paid $812 million into the Nuclear Waste Fund since 1983 under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
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States the Nuclear Waste Fund currently contains over $31 billion balance despite fee collection suspension on May 16, 2014
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Identifies over 70,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel currently stored at temporary sites across the nation, with more than 2,000 metric tons accumulating annually
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Directs that copies of the resolution be transmitted to the President of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Michigan's congressional delegation
Legislative Description
A concurrent resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to appropriate funds from the Nuclear Waste Fund for the establishment of a permanent repository for high-level nuclear waste or reimburse electric utility customers who paid into the fund.
Nuclear Waste Fund
Last Action
Referred To Secretary For Record
2/24/2016