[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3631 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3631

To require the Secretary of the Navy to conduct a study on ordnance and 
                   munitions waste in San Diego Bay.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 1998

 Mr. Bilbray introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of the Navy to conduct a study on ordnance and 
                   munitions waste in San Diego Bay.

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

SECTION 1. STUDY ON ORDNANCE AND MUNITIONS WASTE IN SAN DIEGO BAY.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of the Navy shall conduct a study on 
ordnance and munitions waste in the San Diego Bay. The study shall 
include assessments of the following:
            (1) Past dredging activities by the Department of the Navy 
        in the San Diego Bay, including the extent to which such 
        activities may have removed material that contained ordnance or 
        munitions waste, and the extent to which such ordnance or 
        munitions waste may exist in areas that received fill material 
        from the dredging activities.
            (2) The extent of the existence of ordnance and munitions 
        waste in the San Diego Bay, including an assessment of the 
        potential for that ordnance or munitions waste to be dredged up 
        in dredging activities carried out after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
            (3) The risks involved in using material dredged up from 
        the San Diego Bay as fill material in and around the area.
            (4) Methods for cleaning up ordnance and munitions waste in 
        the San Diego Bay that are both cost-effective and protective 
        of the environment.
    (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to 
Congress a report on the results of the study conducted under 
subsection (a), with such findings and recommendations as the Secretary 
considers appropriate.
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