; and (2) 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 Energy, as described in the draft plan of the Department titled Draft Plan for a Defense Waste Repository published on December 16, 2016. 206. Sense of Congress regarding transportation routes It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Energy should consider routes for the transportation of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste transported by or for the Secretary under subtitle A of title I of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10131 et seq.) to the Yucca Mountain site that, to the extent practicable, avoid Las Vegas, Nevada. III DOE Contract Performance 301. Title to material Section 123 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10143 ) is amended— (1) by striking Delivery and inserting (a) In general.— Delivery ; (2) by striking repository constructed under this subtitle and inserting repository or monitored retrievable storage facility ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Contract modification The Secretary may enter into new contracts or negotiate modifications to existing contracts, with any person who generates or holds title to high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel of domestic origin, for acceptance of title, subsequent transportation, and storage of such high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel (including to expedite such acceptance of title, transportation, and storage of such waste or fuel from facilities that have ceased commercial operation) at a monitored retrievable storage facility authorized under subtitle C. . IV Benefits to Host Community 401. Consent Section 170 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10173 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (c), by striking shall offer and inserting may offer ; (2) in subsection (d), by striking shall and inserting may