,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #aa1        
#bjag,mr4 ,wilson of ,south ,carolina   
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,duncan of ,south    
,carolina1 and ,mr4 ,cramer7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the  
,secretary of ,energy from planning1    
developing1 or constructing a defense   
waste repository until the ,nuclear     
,regulatory ,commission has made a final
 decision with respect to the           
construction authorization application  
for the ,yucca ,mountain ,nuclear ,waste
 ,repository4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,sensible      
,nuclear ,waste ,disposition ,act4  #b4 
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,the ,nuclear ,waste ,policy ,act
 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ajaja et seq47         
designated the ,yucca ,mountain site as 
the sole site to dispose of high-level  
radioactive waste and spent nuclear     

fuel4  7#b7 ,pursuant to such ,act1 in  
#aihe ,president ,ronald ,reagan        
determined that atomic energy defense   
waste is required to be disposed of in a
 common repository with commercial spent
 nuclear fuel4  7#c7 ,the ,secretary of 
,energy submitted the license           
application for the ,yucca ,mountain    
,nuclear ,repository to the ,nuclear    
,regulatory ,commission on ,june #c1    
#bjjh4  7#d7 ,the ,commission issued the
 safety evaluation report which found   
that the ,yucca ,mountain site could    
meet all regulatory standards for       
#a1jjj1jjj years4  7#e7 ,on ,december   
#af1 #bjaf1 the ,department of ,energy  
released a draft plan titled ,draft     
,plan for a ,defense ,waste ,repository 
stating that the ,department of ,energy 
will seek to construct a repository to  
store defense high level nuclear waste4 
7#f7 ,the taxpayers of the ,united      
,states have already paid more than     
#c1gjj1jjj1jjj to dispose of high-level 
radioactive waste from atomic energy    

defense activities at the ,yucca        
,mountain site4  #c4 ,limitation on     
planning1 development1 or construction  
of defense waste repository  7a7        
,limitation ,the ,secretary of ,energy  
may not take any action relating to the 
planning1 development1 or construction  
of a defense waste repository until the 
date on which the ,nuclear ,regulatory  
,commission publishes a final decision  
on an application for a construction    
authorization for a repository under    
section #aad7;d7 of the ,nuclear ,waste 
,policy ,act of #aihb 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#ajacd7;d774  7b7 ,definitions ,in this 
section3  7#a7 ,the terms atomic energy 
defense activity1 high-level radioactive
 waste1 repository1 and spent nuclear   
fuel have the meanings given those terms
 in section #b of the ,nuclear ,waste   
,policy ,act of #aihb 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#ajaja74  7#b7 ,the term defense waste  
repository means the repository for     
high-level radioactive waste and spent  
nuclear fuel derived from the atomic    

energy defense activities of the        
,department of ,energy1 as described in 
the draft plan of the ,department titled
 ,draft ,plan for a ,defense ,waste     
,repository published on ,december #af1 
#bjaf4