[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3477 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3477

 To prohibit defense contractors from being reimbursed by the Federal 
          Government for certain environmental response costs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 1993

 Mrs. Maloney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit defense contractors from being reimbursed by the Federal 
          Government for certain environmental response costs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON REIMBURSEMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTORS FOR 
              ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE COSTS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Section 2324(e)(1) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(P) Costs of any claim for environmental response costs 
        at any facility owned or operated by the contractor or at which 
        the contractor is liable in whole or in part for the 
        environmental response action. For purposes of this 
        subparagraph, the terms `facility' and `response' have the 
        meaning given such terms by paragraphs (9) and (25), 
        respectively, of section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
        Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
        9601 (9) and (25).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subparagraph (P) of section 2324(e)(1) of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply 
to contracts in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
contracts entered into after such date.

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