H.R. 1619 · 116th Congress
Jobs, Not Waste Act of 2019
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Susie Lee
- Introduced
- 2019-03-07
- Latest action
- 2019-03-08 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Summary
Jobs, Not Waste Act of 2019
This bill prohibits the Department of Energy from licensing, planning, developing, or constructing a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada until the Office of Management and Budget conducts a study on the economic viability of alternative uses of the site and Congress holds a hearing on the findings. (A nuclear waste repository is a site used for storing high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.)