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<dc:title>118 S5300 ES: Contaminated Wells Relocation Act</dc:title>
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<congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">S. 5300</legis-num><current-chamber display="no">IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><legis-type display="yes">AN ACT</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To authorize the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to reimburse the Town of Chincoteague, Virginia, for costs directly associated with the removal and replacement of certain drinking water wells.</official-title></form><legis-body style="OLC" display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause"><section id="idb69c6a68b1804fbf9f685c2b68112bcd" section-type="section-one" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Contaminated Wells Relocation Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="id341f3316be324e3eb4beea6afa2ca50e" section-type="subsequent-section" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>2.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Drinking water well replacement for Chincoteague, Virginia</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6a7af06296304aa192c6da0361f1a823"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration may enter into an agreement, as appropriate, with the Town of Chincoteague, Virginia, for a period of up to five years, for reimbursement of the Town of Chincoteague's costs directly associated with—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd01da4639de4e9aa3ca08d89f928df4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development of a plan for removal of drinking water wells currently situated on property administered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d131192fd4544c7be596b3a14d41d71"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the establishment of alternative drinking water wells on property under the administrative control, through lease, ownership, or easement, of the Town of Chincoteague. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ebf07d54e70480fafb3309d717cd874"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agreement under subsection (a) shall include, to the extent practicable—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f8f81ac8cf447ce8482ff391be9175a"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a provision for the removal and relocation of the three remaining wells described in that subsection;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida2a2c5ed948b4b79933ae9d395c3ebd2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the location of the site to which such wells will be relocated or are planned to be relocated; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84eace81ea91406496fd3b88818aeb85"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a current estimated cost of such relocation, including for the purchase, lease, or use of additional property, engineering, design, permitting, and construction. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95f02efc2d0747f99d62bbcade1ef0b4"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in coordination with the heads or other appropriate representatives of relevant entities, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress any agreement entered into under subsection (a). </text></subsection></section></legis-body><attestation><attestation-group><attestation-date date="20241216" chamber="Senate">Passed the Senate December 16, 2024.</attestation-date><attestor display="no"></attestor><role>Secretary</role></attestation-group></attestation><endorsement display="yes"></endorsement></bill> 

