CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)

A bill to reauthorize the West Valley demonstration project.

S. 3666 · Senate bill Energy

A Democratic bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill aims to reauthorize the West Valley demonstration project. It proposes an amendment to the West Valley Demonstration Project Act. Specifically, it changes the funding structure for the project. The amendment strikes the previous funding of $75,000,000 for fiscal years 2020 through 2026. It replaces this with $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2037.

Yes

  • Scored +2

    Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?

    Increasing funding for the West Valley demonstration project supports environmental remediation and waste management efforts.

  • Scored +1

    Would business owners be better off under this?

    The increased project funding provides more long-term federal contracts and economic activity for involved industries.

  • Scored +1

    Would people in rural areas be better off under this?

    Increased project funding supports local employment and economic stability in the West Valley area.

The opposite

  • Scored -1

    Does this reduce what the federal government spends?

    The bill increases annual federal spending on the West Valley demonstration project from $75 million to $150 million.