Jobs, Not Waste Act of 2026

(a) Repeals

(1) Nuclear Waste Policy Act provision

(A) In general. Section 160 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10172) is repealed.

(B) Clerical amendment. The table of contents in section 1 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (Public Law 97–425; 96 Stat. 2201, 101 Stat. 1330–255) is amended by striking the item relating to section 160.

(2) Public Law 107–200. Public Law 107–200 (42 U.S.C. 10135 note; 116 Stat. 735) is repealed.

(b) Termination. Effective on the date of enactment of this Act—

(1) the application for a construction authorization for a repository at the Yucca Mountain site filed with the Commission by the Secretary is withdrawn; and

(2) the Commission licensing proceeding for the proposed repository at the Yucca Mountain site is terminated.

(c) Prohibition on future consideration. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall not consider (or reconsider) the Yucca Mountain site for the location of a repository.

(d) Reclamation and mitigation. As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall take all reasonable and necessary steps—

(1) to reclaim the Yucca Mountain site; and

(2) to mitigate any significant adverse environmental impacts caused by site characterization and other activities associated with the filing of the application for a construction authorization referred to in subsection (b)(1).