3.0.0 2820 2025-12-05T09:12:17Z 2025-12-05T09:12:17Z House H HR 2023-04-25 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2820 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 25, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. BUSH:H.R. 2820.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Section I Article 8The single subject of this legislation is:Requiring the cleanup of Jana Elementary School anddirecting the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)to test all Hazelwood School District properties forradioactive waste.[Page H1948]</pre> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif18 Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2023-04-28T15:45:56Z Referred To 2023-04-25T16:03:40Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Unknown 2023-04-26T20:42:00Z Referred to 2023-04-26T20:42:00Z Referred To 2023-04-25T16:03:45Z hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-04-25T16:03:35Z 118 418 S 2023-04-27 Held at the desk. 13:19:29 Identical bill CRS 2023-04-28 hsif18 Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials. Committee 2023-04-26 hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Committee 2023-04-25 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2023-04-25 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2023-04-25 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee 2023-04-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-04-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001224 Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1] Cori Bush D MO 1 N Environmental Protection Building construction 2023-07-14T20:14:19Z Child safety and welfare 2023-07-14T20:14:19Z Congressional oversight 2023-07-14T20:14:19Z Educational facilities and institutions 2023-07-14T20:14:19Z Elementary and secondary education 2023-07-14T20:14:19Z Government studies and investigations 2023-07-14T20:14:19Z Hazardous wastes and toxic substances 2023-07-14T20:14:19Z Radioactive wastes and releases 2023-07-14T20:14:19Z Worker safety and health 2023-07-14T20:14:19Z Environmental Protection 2023-05-03T19:45:49Z

00 2023-04-25 Introduced in House 2023-06-07T13:09:01Z <p><b>Justice for Jana Elementary Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill establishes a program and requirements regarding schools impacted by radioactive contaminants, including in the Hazelwood School District in Missouri.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to establish and execute new remediation goals for Jana Elementary School in the Hazelwood School District so that no portion of the site is subjected to radiation above background levels. (The school is located near Coldwater Creek, which is contaminated with radioactive waste from nearby sites used for the World War II nuclear weapons program.)</p> <p>The bill establishes a Radioactive School Assistance Program (and fund) to provide financial assistance to local educational agencies that have been financially impacted by the presence of radioactive contaminants stemming from U.S. atomic energy activities.</p> <p>Under the bill, schools in the Hazelwood School District in Missouri must be designated as vicinity properties of the St. Louis Airport Site for purposes of the USACE Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program. Such schools must be investigated, including via on-site inspections and sampling, in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the National Contingency Plan (i.e., the national plan for responding to spills or releases of hazardous substances).</p> <p>The Department of Energy must review and report on the methodology and results of all tests for radioactive contaminants conducted at Jana Elementary School.</p>

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