United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 8277 (116th)
Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Act of 2020
Introduced
16 September 2020
Last action
17 September 2020 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Sponsors
Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], ELIOT ENGEL, Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ]
Subjects
Nuclear energy, Energy
Source updated
9 December 2025
Summary
Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Act of 2020 This bill (1) provides a mechanism for states, tribal and local governments to play a role in the development of post-shutdown decommissioning activities regarding the shutdown of a nuclear facility; and (2) establishes a grant program to support community advisory boards that aim to foster communication between a licensee involved in decommissioning activities and members of a community that may be affected by such activities.
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Timeline
16 September 2020
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
16 September 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
16 September 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
17 September 2020
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 16 September 2020 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 16 September 2020
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 16 September 2020
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 16 September 2020
Sponsors
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- ELIOT ENGEL · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to ← Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Act of 2020
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8277
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8277
- us · 116-hr-8277 · source updated 9 December 2025