[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3982 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3982


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 25 (legislative day, May 16), 1994

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 
          to prohibit the ocean dumping of radioactive waste.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ocean Radioactive Dumping Ban Act of 
1994''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE OCEAN DUMPING ACT.

    The Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 
U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 3 (33 U.S.C. 1402), by--
                    (A) striking paragraph (j); and
                    (B) redesignating the following paragraphs 
                accordingly;
            (2) by altering any reference to the paragraphs 
        redesignated under paragraph (1) of this Act;
            (3) in section 102(a) (33 U.S.C. 1412(a)), by striking 
        ``high-level'' before ``radioactive waste''; and
            (4) in section 104 (33 U.S.C. 1414), by striking subsection 
        (i).

SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION.

    Nothing in this Act shall affect the transportation of material 
containing de minimis levels of radioactivity for the purpose of 
dumping it into ocean waters under the Marine Protection, Research, and 
Sanctuaries Act of 1972.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 1994.

            Attest:

                                           DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

                                                                 Clerk.