[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4189 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4189

 To direct the Secretary of Energy to provide for the re-enrichment of 
   certain uranium tailings, and the sale of the product of such re-
                  enrichment, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2007

 Mr. Whitfield (for himself and Mrs. Schmidt) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Energy to provide for the re-enrichment of 
   certain uranium tailings, and the sale of the product of such re-
                  enrichment, 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. RE-ENRICHMENT REQUIREMENT.

    (a) Contract.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall enter into a contract with 
the operator of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Facility for the transfer 
from the Department of Energy's enrichment facility at Piketon, Ohio, 
to the Paducah facility of cylinders of uranium tailings with an assay 
of such value as the Secretary finds economically suitable for re-
enrichment.
    (b) Re-Enrichment.--The contract entered into under subsection (a) 
shall provide for the re-enrichment at the Paducah facility of the 
materials in the cylinders described in subsection (a) and in similar 
cylinders of comparable value at the Paducah facility site.
    (c) Schedule.--Re-enrichment under subsection (b) shall begin not 
later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Not more 
than 25 percent of the total cylinders described in subsections (a) and 
(b) shall be re-enriched before June 30, 2012. Re-enrichment of the 
remaining cylinders shall continue thereafter as the Secretary 
considers economically viable.

SEC. 2. SALE OF PRODUCT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall sell or contract for the sale 
of the product of re-enrichment carried out under this Act, on a 
schedule to be determined by the Secretary.
    (b) Proceeds.--Net proceeds from sales under subsection (a) shall 
be deposited in the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
Decommissioning Fund and disbursed by appropriation for environmental 
remediation at the Paducah, Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio, uranium 
enrichment facilities.

SEC. 3. URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING FUND.

    Section 1802(d) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g-
1(d)) is amended by striking ``15'' and inserting ``18''.
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