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Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017
This bill amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to direct the Department of Energy (DOE) to initiate a program to consolidate and temporarily store commercial spent nuclear fuel during the development, construction, and operation of a permanent nuclear waste repository.
The bill addresses federal land withdrawal and related management issues, including the permanent withdrawal of specific federal land for repository use by DOE, updating the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing process and conditions for the repository, and limiting activities relating to developing a separate defense waste repository used for storing high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel derived from the atomic energy defense activities of DOE.
DOE may enter into agreements to provide benefits to state, local, and Tribal governments that might host or be affected by facilities related to storing nuclear waste.
The bill revises the method by which DOE funds its nuclear waste management activities though the collection and usage of the Nuclear Waste Fund.
DOE shall provide in-kind, financial, technical, and other appropriate assistance for safety activities related to the transportation of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel.
The bill expresses the sense of Congress that the governments of the United States and Canada should not allow permanent or long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel or other radioactive waste near the Great Lakes.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 3053 as reported to House amended, Part I on Oct 19, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
May 10, 2018Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveMay 10, 2018
House May 10, 2018 · the primary vote
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act
Passed
340 Yea 72 Nay 16 not voting
Crossed both parties 72 of 412 voting members broke with their own party: 67 Democrats, 5 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
428 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 3053 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 3053 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
275 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.