[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1952 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1952

 For the relief of the R.E. Goodson Construction Company, Incorporated.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2001

  Mr. Spratt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 For the relief of the R.E. Goodson Construction Company, Incorporated.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the R.E. Goodson Construction Company, Inc., a South 
        Carolina corporation, entered into a subcontract for grading 
        and filling a State highway, to be known as the Carolina Bays 
        Parkway, in Horry County, near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina;
            (2) for the purpose of excavating fill dirt, R.E. Goodson 
        Construction Company acquired a tract of 392 acres in Horry 
        County, South Carolina, from International Paper Realty 
        Corporation at a price of $2,400,000;
            (3) R.E. Goodson Construction Company was not informed that 
        the tract it purchased is a Formerly Used Defense Site, and was 
        once part of the Conway Bombing and Gunnery Range;
            (4) when R.E. Goodson Construction Company began excavating 
        fill dirt from the tract it purchased, it began discovering 
        parts of munitions, including a 250-pound bomb that had never 
        detonated, which was uncovered on April 1, 2000;
            (5) the bomb found by R.E. Goodson Construction Company was 
        removed by an Army munitions unit and the Army Corps of 
        Engineers was notified;
            (6) the Corps of Engineers inspected the site and 
        acknowledged its responsibility to clear the tract, but 
        informed R.E. Goodson Construction Company that it would 
        undertake the work through a contractor, and that the 
        contractor could not begin work before July 6, 2000;
            (7) R.E. Goodson Construction Company could not find fill 
        dirt in sufficient quantities elsewhere and was compelled to 
        begin excavating fill dirt in order to comply with its contract 
        and avoid substantial penalties;
            (8) R.E. Goodson Construction Company engaged USA 
        Environmental, Inc., the same firm that the Corps of Engineers 
        intended to engage to clear the tract, and on May 17, 2000, USA 
        Environmental, Inc. began work;
            (9) during the clearance operations, USA Environmental, 
        Inc. found and disposed of the following ordnance remains: 
        eighty-eight AN-M54 thermate-filled, 4-pound incendiary bombs, 
        two M1A1 spotting charges from 100-pound practice bombs, four 
        5-inch high velocity aircraft rocket warheads, and over 4,300 
        pounds of scrap;
            (10) for its services, which were completed on June 10, 
        2000, USA Environmental, Inc. rendered a statement to R.E. 
        Goodson Construction Company in the amount of $84,941.00;
            (11) beginning in September, 2000, the Corps of Engineers 
        undertook the continued clearing of the site, also under 
        contract with USA Environmental, Inc., and anticipates 
        completion of the clearance by May 1, 2002;
            (12) R.E. Goodson Construction Company has requested 
        reimbursement from the Corps of Engineers, but has been 
        informed that the Corps lacks the authority to make such a 
        reimbursement; and
            (13) the Corps of Engineers acknowledges its liability for 
        clean-up of the site as a Formerly Used Defense Site, and does 
        not contest the amount charged by USA Environmental, Inc. under 
        its contract with R.E. Goodson Construction Company.

SEC. 2. PAYMENT.

    The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of any money not 
otherwise appropriated, to R.E. Goodson Construction Company, Inc., a 
South Carolina corporation, $84,941 for ordnance and explosive 
clearance performed in 2000 for the Army Corps of Engineers at the 
former Conway Bombing and Gunnery Range in Conway, South Carolina.

SEC. 3. SATISFACTION OF CLAIM.

    The payment under section 2 shall be in full satisfaction of all 
claims of or on behalf of R.E. Goodson Construction Company, Inc., 
against the United States or against any other officer, employee, or 
agent of the United States acting within the scope of employment or 
agency, for payment for the services described in section 2.
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