107th Congress > Senate > Vote 547

Date: July 09, 2002

Result: 60-39 (Motion to Proceed Agreed to)

Clerk session vote number: 167

Vote Subject Matter: Government Management / Regulation Special Interest

Sponsor: BINGAMAN, Jesse Francis (Jeff), Jr. (D-NM)

Bill number: SJRES34

Question: On the Motion to Proceed

Description: A joint resolution approving the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.

Bill summary: Approves the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, with respect to which a notice of disapproval was submitted by the Governor of the State of Nevada on April 8, 2002.

Bill titles: A joint resolution approving the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.

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