H.R. 3862 · 118th Congress

Spent Fuel Prioritization Act of 2023

Introduced on Jun 6, 2023 by Mike Levin (D-CA-49). 8 cosponsors, 6 of them from another party. Latest action (Jun 9, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 6, 2023
Cosponsors
8
6 from the other party
Policy area
Energy
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prioritize the acceptance of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel from certain civilian nuclear power reactors, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Emergency planning and evacuation
  • Natural disasters
  • Nuclear power
  • Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Mike LevinD-CA-49Sponsor

Democrats · 2

Republicans · 6

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jun 6, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jun 6, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jun 6, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. Jun 9, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. Orano USA LLC (formerly known as AREVA Nuclear Materials LLC)5 reports
    $780K reported (all issues)
  2. San Diego County5 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SAN DIEGO, COUNTY OF$342.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  3. City of Carlsbad2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  4. County of Orange, California1 report
    $60K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: COUNTY OF ORANGE$39.9K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.