[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1154 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1154

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 1995

 Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Manton, Mr. 
    Studds, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Beilenson, and Mr. Fields of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


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

    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 
1995''.

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.
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