S. 4252

Summary

S. 4252, the WIPP Economic Assistance Assurance Act of 2026, was introduced in the Senate on Mar 26, 2026 by Sen. Martin Heinrich (D) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Energy And Natural Resources, and last saw action on Mar 26, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Record

Text

S. 4252 has 1 co-sponsor.

102 S4252 IS: WIPP Economic Assistance Assurance Act of 2026
 U.S. Senate
 2026-03-26
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 II  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  S. 4252  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   March 26, 2026   Mr. Heinrich  (for himself and  Mr. Risch ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources    A BILL
To amend the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act to ensure that economic assistance payments under that Act continue until the closure of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   WIPP Economic Assistance Assurance Act of 2026  .
2.
Economic assistance and miscellaneous payments
Section 15(a) of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act ( Public Law 102–579 ; 106 Stat. 4791; 110 Stat. 2854) is amended—
(1)
in the subsection heading, by striking
14-year authorization   and inserting
In general  ; and
(2)
in the first sentence—
(A)
by striking  each of the 14 fiscal years beginning with ; and
(B)
by inserting  and each fiscal year thereafter through the fiscal year during which transuranic waste shipments to or from WIPP have been terminated  before the period at the end.

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A bill to amend the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act to ensure that economic assistance payments under that Act continue until the closure of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Martin Heinrich (D) sponsors S. 4252, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Martin Heinrich

Sen. · D–NM · Sponsor

Introduced Mar 26, 2026

James Risch

Sen. · R–ID · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 26, 2026 · Original

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Committees

S. 4252 went before 1 committee: Energy and Natural Resources.

Energy and Natural Resources

Energy and Natural Resources

Referred To · Mar 26, 2026 · 314 Bills

Actions

S. 4252 has taken 2 actions since Mar 26, 2026.

Votes

S. 4252 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 4252 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• WIPP Economic Assistance Assurance Act of 2026 — Display Title
• WIPP Economic Assistance Assurance Act of 2026 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to amend the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act to ensure that economic assistance payments under that Act continue until the closure of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 28 registered lobbyists who named S. 4252 in 1 quarterly filing, 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Immigration, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 28.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 4252 under Public Lands and Natural Resources, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 4252’s is Public Lands and Natural Resources.

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