[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 576 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 576

To provide for the transfer to the Secretary of Energy of title to, and 
 full responsibility for the possession, transportation, and disposal 
  of, radioactive waste associated with the West Valley Demonstration 
                    Project, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2003

Mr. Houghton (for himself, Mr. Quinn, and Mr. Reynolds) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the transfer to the Secretary of Energy of title to, and 
 full responsibility for the possession, transportation, and disposal 
  of, radioactive waste associated with the West Valley Demonstration 
                    Project, 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. TRANSFER.

     Not later than September 30, 2004, in exchange for payment to the 
United States of all amounts held by the New York State Energy Research 
and Development Authority for the maintenance of radioactive waste 
solidified under the West Valley Demonstration Project and referred to 
in section 3.05(b) of the cooperative agreement entered into under 
section 2(b)(4) of the West Valley Demonstration Project Act, title to, 
and full responsibility for the possession, transportation, disposal, 
stewardship, maintenance, and monitoring of, all radioactive waste at 
the Western New York Service Center in West Valley, New York, other 
than the waste disposed of in the State-licensed disposal area, shall 
transfer to the Secretary of Energy.
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