[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10143 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10143

 To terminate the Yucca Mountain licensing proceeding and require the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit to Congress a 
     study on the economic viability and job-creating benefits of 
  alternative uses of the Yucca Mountain site, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 24, 2026

    Ms. Lee of Nevada (for herself and Mr. Horsford) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To terminate the Yucca Mountain licensing proceeding and require the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit to Congress a 
     study on the economic viability and job-creating benefits of 
  alternative uses of the Yucca Mountain site, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Jobs, Not Waste Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
                of the Senate;
                    (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
                of the Senate; and
                    (C) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
                House of Representatives.
            (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Nuclear 
        Regulatory Commission.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.
            (4) Yucca mountain site.--The term ``Yucca Mountain site'' 
        has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear 
        Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).

SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN LICENSING PROCEEDING.

    (a) Repeals.--
            (1) Nuclear waste policy act provision.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 160 of the Nuclear Waste 
                Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10172) is repealed.
                    (B) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents in 
                section 1 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 
                (Public Law 97-425; 96 Stat. 2201, 101 Stat. 1330-255) 
                is amended by striking the item relating to section 
                160.
            (2) Public law 107-200.--Public Law 107-200 (42 U.S.C. 
        10135 note; 116 Stat. 735) is repealed.
    (b) Termination.--Effective on the date of enactment of this Act--
            (1) the application for a construction authorization for a 
        repository at the Yucca Mountain site filed with the Commission 
        by the Secretary is withdrawn; and
            (2) the Commission licensing proceeding for the proposed 
        repository at the Yucca Mountain site is terminated.
    (c) Prohibition on Future Consideration.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall not consider (or reconsider) the Yucca Mountain site 
for the location of a repository.
    (d) Reclamation and Mitigation.--As soon as practicable after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall take all reasonable 
and necessary steps--
            (1) to reclaim the Yucca Mountain site; and
            (2) to mitigate any significant adverse environmental 
        impacts caused by site characterization and other activities 
        associated with the filing of the application for a 
        construction authorization referred to in subsection (b)(1).

SEC. 4. STUDY ON THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF ALTERNATIVE USES OF THE YUCCA 
              MOUNTAIN SITE.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress, and make available to the public, a 
study on the economic viability and job-creating benefits of 
alternative uses of the Yucca Mountain site as described in the report 
of the Government Accountability Office numbered GAO-11-847 and dated 
September 2011, including--
            (1) defense activities, such as a command facility for 
        unmanned aircraft systems;
            (2) the development of renewable energy sources; and
            (3) scientific research.
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