3.0.0 1835 2023-01-13T04:49:49Z 2023-01-13T04:49:49Z Senate S S 2005-10-06 109 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-10-06T20:41:54Z To authorize the Secretary of Energy to purchase certain essential mineral rights and resolve natural resource damage liability claims. 109 3978 HR 2005-10-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Identical bill CRS 2005-10-06 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2005-10-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000109 Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] A. ALLARD R CO WAYNE N S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2005-10-06 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Animals Armed Forces and National Security Boundaries Colorado Commerce Department of Energy Department of the Interior Energy Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Government Operations and Politics Habitat conservation Hazardous wastes Land transfers Law Liability for environmental damages Liability for nuclear damages Mines and mineral resources Mining claims Nuclear weapons Radioactive wastes Restoration ecology Sand and gravel industry Trusts and trustees Wildlife refuges Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2005-10-06 Introduced in Senate 2005-11-21T20:48:35Z States that specified funds authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy for the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Colorado) shall be available to the Secretary for the purchase of essential mineral rights at Rocky Flats.

Prescribes related conditions under which any natural resource damage liability claim shall be deemed to be satisfied.

Exempts mineral rights purchased under this Act from the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Amends the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge Act of 2001 to repeal the mandate for a Memorandum of Understanding in connection with the transfer to the Secretary of the Interior of management responsibilities and jurisdiction over Rocky Flats. Repeals, also, the prohibiton against any reduction in funds available to the Secretary of Energy for cleanup and closure of Rocky Flats as a result of such transfer.

Revises the composition of the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge and excludes specified lands subject to certain essential mineral rights.

]]> A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to purchase certain essential mineral rights and resolve natural resource damage liability claims. Display Title A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to purchase certain essential mineral rights and resolve natural resource damage liability claims. Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to purchase certain essential mineral rights and resolve natural resource damage liability claims. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2005-10-06T04:00:00Z 2005-10-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.