Establishment
There is established the Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator that shall be an independent establishment in the executive branch.
Nuclear Waste Negotiator
section 5314 of title 5 The Office shall be headed by a Nuclear Waste Negotiator who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Negotiator shall hold office at the pleasure of the President, and shall be compensated at the rate provided for level III of the Executive Schedule in .
The Negotiator shall attempt to find a State or Indian tribe willing to host a repository or monitored retrievable storage facility at a technically qualified site on reasonable terms and shall negotiate with any State or Indian tribe which expresses an interest in hosting a repository or monitored retrievable storage facility.
Pub. L. 97–425, title IV, § 402Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III]101 Stat. 1329–104 Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5041101 Stat. 1330–243 Pub. L. 100–507, § 1102 Stat. 2541 (, as added , , , 1329–121; , , ; amended , , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Pub. L. 100–202Pub. L. 100–203 and added identical sections.
Amendments
Pub. L. 100–5071988—Subsec. (a). amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “There is established within the Executive Office of the President the Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator.”