A bill to grant the consent of the Congress to the Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management.

(Reported to House from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with amendment, H. Rept. 99-315 (Part II))

Interstate Compact - Grants congressional approval to the Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-level Radioactive Waste Management, which provides for cooperation among the States of Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming in the management of low-level radioactive waste on a continuing basis.

Conditions congressional consent to such Compact upon whichever of the following occurs later: (1) the date of enactment of this Act; or (2) the date of enactment of legislation providing for limited disposal capacity availability in low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities in operation on January 1, 1985, for low-level radioactive waste generated by any source and for a specified period beginning after December 31, 1985.

Grants congressional consent to such Compact subject to the provisions of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act, as amended, and only for so long as the regional body established in the Compact is in compliance with such Act.