[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 2967 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  2d Session

                               H. R. 2967

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                                 AN ACT

   To extend the authorization of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation 
              Control Act of 1978, and for other purposes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2967

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To extend the authorization of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation 
              Control Act of 1978, 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. REFERENCE.

    Whenever in this Act (other than in section 3) an amendment or 
repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a 
section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be 
made to a section or other provision of the Uranium Mill Tailings 
Radiation Control Act of 1978.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION; AUTHORIZATION.

    Section 112(a) (42 U.S.C. 7922(a)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a)(1) The authority of the Secretary to perform remedial action 
under this title shall terminate on September 30, 1998, except that--
            ``(A) the authority of the Secretary to perform groundwater 
        restoration activities under this title is without limitation, 
        and
            ``(B) the Secretary may continue operation of the disposal 
        site in Mesa County, Colorado (known as the Cheney disposal 
        cell) for receiving and disposing of residual radioactive 
        material from processing sites and of byproduct material from 
        property in the vicinity of the uranium milling site located in 
        Monticello, Utah, until the Cheney disposal cell has been 
        filled to the capacity for which it was designed, or September 
        30, 2023, whichever comes first.
    ``(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term `byproduct 
material' has the meaning given that term in section 11e.(2) of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(e)(2)).''.

SEC. 3. REMEDIAL ACTION AT ACTIVE PROCESSING SITES.

    (a) Section 1001.--Section 1001 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 2296a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ``$5.50'' and 
        inserting ``$6.25'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ``$270,000,000'' 
        and inserting ``$350,000,000'';
            (3) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking ``$40,000,000'' 
        and inserting ``$65,000,000'';
            (4) in subsection (b)(2)(E)(i), by striking ``$5.50'' and 
        inserting ``$6.25''; and
            (5) in subsection (b)(2)(E)(ii), by striking ``$5.50'' and 
        inserting ``$6.25''.
    (b) Section 1003.--Section 1003 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2296a-2) is 
amended by striking ``$310,000,000'' and inserting ``$415,000,000''.

SEC. 4. REMEDIAL ACTION FOR THE DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS.

    (a) Section 104.--Section 104(d) (42 U.S.C. 4914(d)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``For purposes of this subsection, the 
term `site' does not include any property described in section 
101(6)(B) which is in a State which the Secretary has certified has a 
program which would achieve the purposes of this subsection.''.
    (b) Section 108.--Section 108(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 7918(a)(1)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ``Residual radioactive 
material from a processing site designated under this title may be 
disposed of at a facility licensed under title II under the 
administrative and technical requirements of such title. Disposal of 
such material at such a site in accordance with such requirements shall 
be considered to have been done in accordance with the administrative 
and technical requirements of this title.''
    (c) Section 115.--Section 115(a) (42 U.S.C. 7925(a)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``This subsection does not prohibit 
the disposal of residual radioactive material from a processing site 
under this title at a site licensed under title II or the expenditure 
of funds under this title for such disposal.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 14, 1996.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.