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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jobs, Not Waste Act 

5 of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON2 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con3 gress’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Environment and 

5 Public Works of the Senate; 

6 (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

7 Resources of the Senate; and 

8 (C) the Committee on Energy and Com9 merce of the House of Representatives. 

10 (2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

11 means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

12 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

13 the Secretary of Energy. 

14 (4) YUCCA MOUNTAIN SITE.—The term ‘‘Yucca 

15 Mountain site’’ has the meaning given the term in 

16 section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 

17 (42 U.S.C. 10101). 

18 SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN LICENS19 ING PROCEEDING. 

20 (a) REPEALS.— 

21 (1) NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACT PROVISION.— 

22 Section 160 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 

23 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10172) is repealed. 


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1 (2) PUBLIC LAW 107–200.—Public Law 107– 

2 200 (42 U.S.C. 10135 note; 116 Stat. 735) is re3 pealed. 

4 (b) TERMINATION.—Effective on the date of enact5 ment of this Act— 

6 (1) the application for a construction authoriza7 tion for a repository at the Yucca Mountain site 

8 filed with the Commission by the Secretary is with9 drawn; and 

10 (2) the Commission licensing proceeding for the 

11 proposed repository at the Yucca Mountain site is 

12 terminated. 

13 (c) PROHIBITION ON FUTURE CONSIDERATION.— 

14 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on 

15 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall not 

16 consider (or reconsider) the Yucca Mountain site for the 

17 location of a repository. 

18 (d) RECLAMATION AND MITIGATION.—As soon as 

19 practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

20 Secretary shall take all reasonable and necessary steps— 

21 (1) to reclaim the Yucca Mountain site; and 

22 (2) to mitigate any significant adverse environ23 mental impacts caused by site characterization and 

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1 plication for a construction authorization referred to 

2 in subsection (b)(1). 

3 SEC. 4. STUDY ON THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF ALTER4 NATIVE USES OF THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN 

5 SITE. 

6 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

7 of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 

8 Budget shall submit to the appropriate committees of 

9 Congress, and make available to the public, a study on 

10 the economic viability and job-creating benefits of alter11 native uses of the Yucca Mountain site as described in 

12 the report of the Government Accountability Office num13 bered GAO–11–847 and dated September 2011, includ14 ing— 

15 (1) defense activities, such as a command facil16 ity for unmanned aircraft systems; 

17 (2) a secure electronic data center; 

18 (3) the development of renewable energy 

19 sources; and 

20 (4) scientific research. 

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