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119-s-3828119th CongressWALLET

CLEAN SMART Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Senator Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

Introduced

Summary

Coordinate national labs to speed safer, cheaper cleanup of radioactive contamination. This bill would create a DOE Network of National Laboratories and an interagency advisory group to develop, test, and deploy cleanup technologies, produce a biennial Technology Development and Deployment Framework, and add corrective action plans for defense cleanup projects with independent reviews.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Cleanup tech plan and coordination

If enacted, the Network would be required to develop and update every two years a Technology Development and Deployment Framework that lays out science and technology goals for cleanup. The Framework would cover applied technology development, basic research, site needs, and plans to use lab, university, and industry advances. The bill would also set up an interagency advisory group that must meet at least every 180 days. The Assistant Secretary must make an MOU with the Office of Science within one year, and that office would hold a basic research workshop within 180 days after the MOU takes effect and report on findings.

New corrective plans for cleanup projects

If enacted, the bill would require that when a root-cause analysis is required for a defense cleanup project, the site contracting entity must develop a corrective action plan with the site manager and the Assistant Secretary. At the end of each corrective action plan, the Secretary must have an independent review and certify to congressional committees that program management measures are in place to manage cost and schedule and reduce future overruns.

DOE cleanup lab network funding

If enacted, the bill would create a Network of National Laboratories to help DOE clean up contaminated sites. The Savannah River lab director would chair the Network and the Network would give technical advice on cleanup contracts and research. The bill would authorize $55 million each year starting in fiscal year 2027 for Network activities and $3 million each year for operations (about $58 million per year). The Secretary could let other federal agencies use the Network on sites outside DOE cleanup responsibility, but only under strict funding and resource limits so EM/LM work is not hurt.

Limits on public input to lab network

If enacted, the Network would block regular and systematic stakeholder participation in meetings unless the Act specifically allows it. Nonmembers would be limited to giving individual advice unless otherwise authorized. The bill would make the Federal Advisory Committee Act inapplicable to the Network.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

NM • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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