3.0.0 418 2025-12-05T09:12:11Z 2025-12-05T09:12:11Z Senate S S 2023-02-14 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/418 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Discharged From 2023-04-26T20:13:50Z Referred To 2023-02-14T21:45:25Z 118 2820 HR 2023-04-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials. Identical bill CRS 2023-04-27 13:19:29 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2023-04-27 12:31:51 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2023-04-27 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2023-04-26 Senate Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1361-1362; text: CR S1361-1362) Floor 2023-04-26 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S1361-1362; text: CR S1361-1362) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2023-04-26 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent. Discharge 2023-04-26 Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent. Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee 2023-02-14 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2023-02-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO N Environmental Protection Building construction 2023-04-28T13:00:20Z Child safety and welfare 2023-04-28T13:00:21Z Congressional oversight 2023-04-28T13:00:20Z Educational facilities and institutions 2023-04-28T13:00:20Z Elementary and secondary education 2023-04-28T13:00:20Z Government studies and investigations 2023-04-28T13:00:20Z Hazardous wastes and toxic substances 2023-04-28T13:00:20Z Radioactive wastes and releases 2023-04-28T13:00:20Z Worker safety and health 2023-04-28T13:00:20Z Environmental Protection 2023-04-05T18:15:15Z

00 2023-02-14 Introduced in Senate 2023-06-06T17:03:58Z <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>

55 2023-04-26 Passed Senate 2023-06-07T13:10:08Z <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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