On May 11, 2018, the bill H.R. 3053 was approved in a 340-72 vote in the House of Representatives. The bill directed the DOE to resume the licensing process for Yucca Mountain, with licensing for a permanent site at the mountain to take up to five years. The [[Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act]] was sponsored by [[John Shimkus]]. The Hill clarified that the bill would set a path forward for the Department of Energy (DOE) to resume the process of planning for and building the southern Nevada site, transfer land to the DOE for it, ease the federal funding mechanism and allow DOE to build or license a temporary site to store waste while the Yucca project is being planned and built. The bill would direct the Energy Department to revive the licensing process for Yucca Mountain to be designated as the country's permanent site for nuclear waste. The bill would bring together waste from 121 locations in 39 states. All Nevada representatives opposed the bill. The measure afterwards was scheduled to go to the Senate, and if passed there, would require the [[Nuclear Regulatory Commission]] to decide on the matter within 30 months. The Hill noted that the bill received widespread support from lawmakers arguing that nuclear waste was best transferred out of their districts to Yucca, a concept opposed by Nevada representatives, with politicians such as [[Dina Titus]] dubbing it the Screw Nevada 2.0 bill. Titus proposed an amendment which would have required long-term storage to be kept in locales that consented, which was rejected by the house 332-80. In their opposition to the use of Yucca Mountain as a nuclear repository, Nevada representatives were supported by [[Dianne Feinstein]] of California and other politicians.