S.861 - Rebating America's Deposits Act

A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to require the President to certify that the Yucca Mountain site remains the designated site for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to require the President to certify that the Yucca Mountain site remains the designated site for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Rebating America's Deposits Act as introduced.

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4/22/2009--Introduced.Rebating America's Deposits Act - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to direct the President to publish in the Federal Register a notice certifying that the Yucca Mountain site (Nevada) is the selected site for the development of a repository for the dis

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4/22/2009--Introduced.Rebating America's Deposits Act - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to direct the President to publish in the Federal Register a notice certifying that the Yucca Mountain site (Nevada) is the selected site for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. Declares that, if the President fails to publish the certification or revokes it, each entity:
(1) that is required to make a payment to the Nuclear Waste Fund shall not be required to make any additional payment; and
(2) that has made a payment shall receive a refund, 75% of which shall be used for rebates to the entity's ratepayers, and 25% shall be used to carry out upgrades to the entity's nuclear power facilities to enhance the storage and security of materials used to generate nuclear power. Requires the Secretary of Energy to initiate by January 1, 2017, the transportation to the Yucca Mountain site of defense waste from each state in which it is located. Imposes penalties on the Secretary for failure to initiate such transportation.

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04/23/09
Bill introduced to return Yucca money to electricity consumers

...electricity. It also hosts a major installation, the Savannah River site, where government waste is stored. Graham’s bill, S.861, has eight Republican co-sponsors. One is Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who has said he will introduce a similar nuclear wast

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12/08/10
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Bd. 7: Niederhagen/Wewelsburg, Lublin-Majdanek, Arbeitsdorf, Herzogenbusch (Vught), Bergen-Belsen, Mittelbau-Dora (K. Orth) [S. 861]. Wolfgang Benz/Barbara Distel (Hrsg.), Der Ort des Terrors. Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen ...

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12/08/10
Historische Zeitschrift (HZ) - H-Soz-u-Kult / Zeitschriften

Bd. 7: Niederhagen/Wewelsburg, Lublin-Majdanek, Arbeitsdorf, Herzogenbusch (Vught), Bergen-Belsen, Mittelbau-Dora (K. Orth) [S. 861]. Wolfgang Benz/Barbara Distel (Hrsg.), Der Ort des Terrors. Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen ...

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12/04/10
Ichabod, The Glory Has Departed: The Second Sunday in Advent

Columbus, Ohio: Lutheran Book Concern, 1936, S. 861. End of Lenski quotation. The entire Bible teaches the unity of the Word, because God has only one voice and only one message. No one can create a doctrinal unity out of organizational ...

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