Jobs, Not Waste Act of 2026

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