House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2019
- Committee actionNov 20, 2019
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 20, 2019 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2699.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2699, Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019” on September 22, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on November 20, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56624
- CBO publication date
- September 22, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2699, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2699
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McNERNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 80, May 14, 2019, Page H3790):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 111 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2699, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2699
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
26 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 12 Democrats
14 of 26 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Bill Flores (R-TX), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), William Keating (D-MA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ron Kind (D-WI), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Scott Peters (D-CA), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), John Shimkus (R-IL), Fred Upton (R-MI), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jerry McNerney.
- H.R. 8128 (116th) Consumer Safety Technology Act
- H.R. 359 (116th) Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private Partnerships Act
- H.R. 6096 (116th) READI Act
- H.R. 2575 (116th) AI in Government Act of 2020
- H.R. 2665 (116th) Smart Energy and Water Efficiency Act of 2019
- H.R. 1432 (116th) Minority Business Development Act of 2019
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.