[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 134 (Thursday, August 10, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S12294]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


      THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996

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                     EXON AMENDMENTS NOS. 2364-2369

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. EXON submitted six amendments intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1026, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 2364

       On page 557, between liens 9 and 10, insert the following:

     SEC. 3144. TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE OF SPENT NAVAL NUCLEAR 
                   FUEL AT IDAHO NATIONAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY.

       (a) Requirement.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of the Navy 
     shall--
       (1) transport to Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, 
     Idaho, such spent nuclear fuel from naval reactors as the 
     Secretary of the Navy determines appropriate in order to 
     protect the national security interests of the United States; 
     and
       (2) store at the laboratory the spent nuclear fuel 
     transported to the laboratory under paragraph (1).
       (b) Standards.--The Secretary of the Navy shall determine 
     the spent nuclear fuel to be transported to the Idaho 
     National Engineering Laboratory under subsection (a), and the 
     manner of the transportation of such spent nuclear fuel, in 
     accordance with standards and practices utilized by the 
     Secretary in shipping spent nuclear fuel from naval reactors 
     to the laboratory before the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
       (c) Termination of Transportation and Storage.--The 
     Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of the Navy shall 
     continue the transportation and storage of spent nuclear fuel 
     at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory under subsection 
     (a) until the date of the issuance by a United States court 
     of appeals of a final ruling in--
       (1) any litigation challenging the environmental impact 
     statement issued by the Department of Energy and the 
     Department of the Navy in April 1995 regarding the management 
     of spent nuclear fuel from naval reactors; or
       (2) any litigation challenging the record of decision 
     issued by the Department of Energy on June 1, 1995, regarding 
     the management of spent nuclear fuel from naval reactors.
       (d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``spent naval 
     fuel'' has the meaning given such term in section 2(23) of 
     the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(23)).
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                           Amendment No. 2365

       On page 331, strike out line 21 and all that follows 
     through page 333, line 3.
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                           Amendment No. 2366

       On page 39, strike out line 22 and all that follows through 
     page 40, line 6, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
       (a) Funding.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Department of Defense under section 201(4), $114,500,000 
     shall be available for the Counterproliferation Support 
     Program, of which $6,300,000 shall be available for research 
     and development of technologies for Special Operations 
     Command (SOCOM) counterproliferation activities.
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                           Amendment No. 2367

       On page 567, strike out line 22 and all that follows 
     through page 568, line 20.
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                           Amendment No. 2368

       On page 548, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following 
     into Section 3135:
       (c) Limitations.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
     an authorization to conduct a nuclear weapon test as defined 
     in Section 507 of Public Law 102-377. Furthermore, nothing in 
     this Act shall be construed as amending or repealing the 
     requirements of Section 507 of Public Law 102-377.
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                           Amendment No. 2369

       On page 53, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following 
     into Section 233:
       (7) pursue the deployment of a national missile defense 
     system that will not jeopardize the successful implementation 
     of the START I Treaty and the successful ratification and 
     implementation of the START II Treaty.
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                   STEVENS AMENDMENTS NOS. 2370-2371

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. STEVENS submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, S. 1026, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 2370

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC.  . SUBCONTRACTS FOR OCEAN TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     authorized under this Act shall not be used prior to May 1, 
     1996 to implement regulations under section 34(b) of the 
     Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 430(b)) 
     which include either section 901(b) of the Merchant Marine 
     Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1241(b)) or section 2631 of title 10, 
     United States Code, on any list promulgated under such 
     section.
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                           Amendment No. 2371

       On page 305, beginning on line 1, strike all through line 
     10 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

     SEC. 802. PROCUREMENT NOTICE POSTING THRESHOLDS AND 
                   SUBCONTRACTS FOR OCEAN TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

       (a) Procurement Notice Posting Thresholds.--Section 
     18(a)(1)(B) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 
     (41 U.S.C. 416 (a)(1)(B)) is amended--
       (1) by striking out ``subsection (f)--'' and all that 
     follows through the end of the subparagraph and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``subsection (b); and''; and
       (2) by inserting after ``property or services'' the 
     following: ``for a price expected to exceed $10,000, but not 
     to exceed $25,000,''.
       (b) Subcontracts for Ocean Transportation Services.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither section 
     901(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1241(b)) 
     nor section 2631 of title 10, United States Code, shall be 
     included prior to May 1, 1996 on any list promulgated under 
     section 34(b) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 
     (41 U.S.C. 430(b)).
     

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