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[H.R. 2967 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2967

                       One Hundred Fourth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six


                                 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.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.