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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · May 6, 1998
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should instruct the Secretary of Energy to consider the Advanced Technology Research Project and report to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on: (1) whether the United States should encourage the establishment of an international project to facilitate the evaluation and international exchange of data relating to advanced nuclear waste technologies; (2) whether such project could be funded privately and administered by an international nongovernmental, nonprofit organization, with operations in countries that have an interest in developing such technologies; and (3) any legislation that the Secretary believes would be required to enable such a project to be undertaken.
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Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] · R–AK
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4449-4450)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4449-4450)
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