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MI SCR0006
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
- 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
- Notes that Michigan electric utility customers alone have paid $812 million into the Nuclear Waste Fund since 1983 under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
- Identifies that over 70,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel are stored at temporary sites nationwide, with an additional 2,000 metric tons accumulating annually
- States the Nuclear Waste Fund currently holds a balance of over $31 billion, with fee collection suspended as of May 16, 2014
- Directs copies of the resolution be sent 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 that paid into the fund.
Nuclear Waste Fund
Last Action
Referred To Secretary For Record
4/20/2017
Committee Referrals
Energy Policy3/9/2017
Energy And Technology2/8/2017
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