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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 721
To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from taking any action relating to
the licensing, planning, development, or construction of a nuclear waste
repository until the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
submits to Congress a study on the economic viability and job-creating
benefits of alternative uses of the Yucca Mountain site, and for other
purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 7, 2019
Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Ms. CORTEZ MASTO) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works
A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from taking any action
relating to the licensing, planning, development, or con-
struction of a nuclear waste repository until the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget submits to
Congress a study on the economic viability and job-
creating benefits of alternative uses of the Yucca Moun-
tain site, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jobs, Not Waste Act
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of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. STUDYING THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF ALTER-
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NATIVE USES OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN SITE.
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(a) DEFINITION OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN SITE.—In this
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Act, the term ‘‘Yucca Mountain site’’ has the meaning
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given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy
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Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).
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(b) STUDY; HEARINGS.—The Secretary of Energy
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may not take any action relating to the licensing, plan-
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ning, development, or construction of a nuclear waste re-
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pository at the Yucca Mountain site until—
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(1) the Director of the Office of Management
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and Budget submits to Congress, and makes avail-
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able to the public, a study on the economic viability
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and job-creating benefits of alternative uses of the
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Yucca Mountain site as described in the report of
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the Government Accountability Office numbered
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GAO–11–847 and dated September 2011, includ-
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ing—
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(A) defense activities, such as a command
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facility for unmanned aircraft systems;
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(B) a secure electronic data center;
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(C) the development of renewable energy
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sources; and
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(D) scientific research; and
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(2) each of the appropriate committees of Con-
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gress holds a hearing on the alternative uses of the
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Yucca Mountain site described in subparagraphs (A)
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through (D) of paragraph (1).
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