[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2988 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2988

  To provide for the cleanup of the site of the first anthrax attack.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 20, 2002

  Mr. Nelson of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read 
  twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the cleanup of the site of the first anthrax attack.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Anthrax Cleanup Community Assistance 
Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. REMEDIATION OF THE SITE OF THE FIRST ANTHRAX ATTACK.

    (a) Acceptance of Property.--The Administrator of General Services 
shall accept all right, title, and interest in the property described 
in subsection (b), if a written offer therefor (accompanied by such 
proof of title, property descriptions, and other information as the 
Administrator may require) is received by the Administrator from the 
owner of such property before the date that is 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
    (b) Property Described.--The property described in this subsection 
is the property located at 5401 NW Broken Sound Boulevard, Boca Raton, 
Florida, and all improvements thereon.
    (c) Consideration.--The United States shall pay an amount that does 
not exceed $1 in consideration of any right, title, or interest 
received by the United States under this section.
    (d) Remediation.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), not 
        later than the date that is 1 year after the date on which the 
        Administrator of General Services receives a written offer 
        under subsection (a), the Administrator of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency shall complete the remediation of the 
        property described in subsection (b) to ensure that such 
        property is free from anthrax contamination.
            (2) Extension for scientific research.--The Administrator 
        of the Environmental Protection Agency may complete the 
        remediation of the property described in subsection (b) after 
        the date described in paragraph (1) if the Administrator of the 
        Environmental Protection Agency certifies to Congress that the 
        Environmental Protection Agency or any other Federal agency is 
        actively using such property for research purposes.
    (e) Disposal of Biohazard Waste.--
            (1) In general.--During any remediation under subsection 
        (d) or any remediation arranged for by the person that owns the 
        property described in subsection (b) if such property is not 
        transferred to the Administrator of General Services under 
        subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army shall permit any 
        biohazard waste from such property to be deposited, or 
        otherwise disposed of, at the facilities of the Army Medical 
        Research Institute of Infectious Disease at Fort Detrick, 
        Maryland, or another equally suitable Federal installation 
        designated by the Secretary for purposes of this subsection.
            (2) Transportation of waste.--The Administrator of the 
        Environmental Protection Agency shall be responsible for the 
        transportation of any biohazard waste from the property 
        described in subsection (b) to the Federal installation 
        designated under paragraph (1).
    (f) Certification of Fitness for Habitation.--After the remediation 
under subsection (d) has been completed, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall certify to the appropriate State 
or local agency that the property described in subsection (b) is safe 
for human habitation.
    (g) Sale of Property.--After the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency makes the certification described in subsection (f), 
the Administrator of General Services shall--
            (1) sell the property described in subsection (b) to the 
        highest bidder; and
            (2) deposit the proceeds from the sale of such property in 
        the United States Treasury.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
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