Senate bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 25, 1995
- Committee actionMar 13, 1996
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 3, 1996 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4663)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1271.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 104-248 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on March 29, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 29, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/248
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1271, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/1271
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
29 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 6 Democrats
5 of 29 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), John Ashcroft (R-MO), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), Rod Grams (R-MN), Howell Heflin (D-AL), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS), Dirk Kempthorne (R-ID), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Carl Levin (D-MI), Chester Lott (R-MS), Connie Mack (R-FL), John McCain (R-AZ), Samuel Nunn (D-GA), Larry Pressler (R-SD), Charles Robb (D-VA), Rick Santorum (R-PA), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Alan Simpson (R-WY), Robert Smith (R-NH), Arlen Specter (D-PA), Theodore Stevens (R-AK), Craig Thomas (R-WY), James Thurmond (R-SC), John Warner (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Larry Craig.
- S. 1936 (104th) Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996
- S. 391 (104th) Federal Lands Forest Health Protection and Restoration Act
- S. 551 (104th) Idaho National Monument Boundary Revision Act of 1995
- S. 1196 (104th) Cuprum Townsite Relief Act of 1995
- S. 1921 (104th) A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain facilities at the Minidoka project to the Burley Irrigation…
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.