[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4324 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4324
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 14, 2024
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
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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 2024''.
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.--Section 160 of the
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10172) is repealed.
(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10135 note; 116 Stat. 735) is repealed.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by the Secretary is withdrawn; and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) a secure electronic data center;
(3) the development of renewable energy sources; and
(4) scientific research.
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