SENATE 721116th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jobs, Not Waste Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 3/7/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-07Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- 2019-03-07Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2019-03-07 (00)
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.)
Cosponsors (1)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Subjects
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Economic development
- Government information and archives
- Licensing and registrations
- Military command and structure
- Nevada
- Nuclear power
- Radioactive wastes and releases
- Research administration and funding
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