# 115-hr-4442: Removing Nuclear Waste from our Communities Act of 2017

115-hr-4442, Removing Nuclear Waste from our Communities Act of 2017, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by NITA LOWEY (D-NY); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4442
- Congress: 115
- Title: Removing Nuclear Waste from our Communities Act of 2017
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- Introduced: 2017-11-16
- Sponsor: NITA LOWEY (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Removing Nuclear Waste from our Communities Act of 2017 This bill amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to authorize the Department of Energy (DOE) to enter into new contracts (or modify existing contracts) with the licensee of an interim consolidated storage facility in order to take title to and store in it either high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel of domestic origin. The bill defines: "interim consolidated storage facility" as a facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the storage of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel received from DOE or from two or more persons that generate or hold title to such fuel generated at a civilian nuclear power reactor, and "high-level radioactive waste" as including Greater than Class C waste. The bill assigns priority to storage of such waste and spent fuel located on sites without an operating nuclear reactor and with over 15 million residents within a 50-mile radius. The bill makes appropriations targeted for the Nuclear Waste Fund available to pay for costs in connection with storage in an interim consolidated storage facility. Beginning in FY2020 DOE shall not expend, on fees for dry modes of storage of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel, any amounts exceeding the cumulative amount of interest generated by the fund each fiscal year.

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## Sources
- [115-hr-4442 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4442)

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- [115-hr-7293: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 770 Ay…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7293)
- [115-hr-7264: Making further additional continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2019, and f…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7264)
- [115-hr-7228: Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7228)
- [115-hr-7108: To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community clinic in New City, N…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7108)
- [115-hr-7107: Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7107)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4442 (as of 2025-11-18).