[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1187 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1187

 To provide for the management of environmental matters at the Paducah 
 Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Kentucky, through the Assistant Secretary of 
                  Energy for Environmental Management.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 17, 2001

  Mr. Bunning introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the management of environmental matters at the Paducah 
 Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Kentucky, through the Assistant Secretary of 
                  Energy for Environmental Management.

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

SECTION 1. MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS AT PADUCAH GASEOUS 
              DIFFUSION PLANT, KENTUCKY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall provide for the 
management of environmental matters (including planning and budgetary 
activities) with respect to the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, 
Kentucky, through the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental 
Management.
    (b) Particular Requirements.--(1) In meeting the requirement in 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide for direct communication 
between the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management 
and the head of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant on the matters 
covered by that subsection.
    (2) The Assistant Secretary shall carry out activities under this 
section in direct consultation with the head of the Paducah Gaseous 
Diffusion Plant.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations for Environmental Activities.--
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of 
Energy for fiscal years after fiscal year 2001, such sums as may be 
necessary for purposes of environmental activities at the Paducah 
Gaseous Diffusion Plant in such fiscal years.
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