The former senator died Tuesday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the most powerful Nevadan ever elected to federal office and the longest-serving U.S. senator in state history, died Tuesday.
The states fear interim waste storage sites could become permanent, and say Yucca Mountain remains the country’s only designated repository.
The bipartisan bill passed 88-11 includes funding for weapons, housing and programs at Nevada installations, as well as a 2.7 percent pay hike for members of the military.
Clark County District Judge Cristina Silva and UNLV law professor Anne Traum both answered questions at a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
A compromise $740 billion defense bill that includes a pay hike for military personnel and programs at Nevada installations was passed by the House on Tuesday.
The Department of Energy plan would send waste to jurisdictions where state and local governments support interim storage.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Dina Titus, would make directions easier for foreign visitors to cities nationwide, including Las Vegas.
One of the bills, co-sponsored by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., was modeled after Nevada programs that provide confidentiality to those seeking mental health counseling.
President Joe Biden nominated Nevada Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson on Friday to be the next U.S. attorney for the state.