Jobs, Not Waste Act of 2019
USA116th CongressS-721| Senate
| Updated: 3/7/2019
Jacky Rosen
Democratic Senator
Nevada
Cosponsors (1)
Environment and Public Works Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
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.)
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Latest Companion Bill Action
HR 116-1619Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
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Alternative and renewable resourcesComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightEconomic developmentGovernment information and archivesLicensing and registrationsMilitary command and structureNevadaNuclear powerRadioactive wastes and releasesResearch administration and funding
Jobs, Not Waste Act of 2019
USA116th CongressS-721| Senate
| Updated: 3/7/2019
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.)
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Latest Companion Bill Action
HR 116-1619Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Jacky Rosen
Democratic Senator
Nevada
Cosponsors (1)
Environment and Public Works Committee
Energy
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- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Alternative and renewable resourcesComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightEconomic developmentGovernment information and archivesLicensing and registrationsMilitary command and structureNevadaNuclear powerRadioactive wastes and releasesResearch administration and funding