Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 1997
- Committee actionMar 13, 1997
- Passed SenateApr 15, 1997 · 65–34
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 1998 — Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 379, papers are returned to the Senate. (consideration: CR H878-879)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 104.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-10 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on March 14, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 14, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/10
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 104, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/104
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 104, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
30 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 4 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 30 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), John Ashcroft (R-MO), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Larry Craig (R-ID), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), Rod Grams (R-MN), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), James Jeffords (I-VT), Dirk Kempthorne (R-ID), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Carl Levin (D-MI), Chester Lott (R-MS), Connie Mack (R-FL), Charles Robb (D-VA), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Rick Santorum (R-PA), Robert Smith (R-NH), Arlen Specter (D-PA), Craig Thomas (R-WY), James Thurmond (R-SC), John Warner (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- S. 417 (105th) Energy Conservation Reauthorization Act of 1998
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- S. 1069 (105th) National Discovery Trails Act of 1998
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.