[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 58 (Thursday, May 9, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S4165]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. ALLARD (for himself, Mr. Sessions, and Mrs. Hutchison):
  S. 2501. A bill to establish requirements arising from the delay or 
restriction on the shipment of special nuclear materials to the 
Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina; to the Committee on Armed 
Services.
  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 2501

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

     SECTION 1. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DELAY, RESTRICTION, OR 
                   PROHIBITION ON SHIPMENT OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR 
                   MATERIALS TO SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, AIKEN, SOUTH 
                   CAROLINA.

       (a) Requirements.--Subject to subsection (c), if as of the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, or at any time after that 
     date, the State of South Carolina acts to delay or restrict, 
     or seeks or enforces a judgment to prohibit, the shipment of 
     special nuclear materials (SNM) to the Savannah River Site, 
     Aiken, South Carolina, for processing by the proposed mixed 
     oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication facility at the Savannah River 
     Site, the Secretary of Energy shall--
       (1) reopen the Record of Decision (ROD) on the mixed oxide 
     fuel fabrication facility for purposes of identifying and 
     evaluating alternative locations for the mixed oxide fuel 
     fabrication facility; and
       (2) conduct a study of the costs and implications for the 
     national security of the United States of--
       (A) converting the Savannah River site to an environmental 
     management (EM) closure site; and
       (B) transferring all current and proposed national security 
     activities at the Savannah River Site from the Savannah River 
     Site to other facilities of the National Nuclear Security 
     Administration or the Department of Energy, as appropriate.
       (b) Report on Study.--If the Secretary conducts a study 
     under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on the study not 
     later than six months after the commencement of the study.
       (c) Contingent Suspension of Applicability of 
     Requirements.--If at any time before the requirements in 
     subsection (a) otherwise go into effect, the Secretary and 
     the State of South Carolina enter into an agreement regarding 
     the shipment of special nuclear materials to the Savannah 
     River Site for processing by the proposed mixed oxide fuel 
     fabrication facility at the Savannah River Site, the 
     requirements in subsection (a) shall not go into effect as 
     long, as determined by the Secretary, as the Secretary and 
     the State of South Carolina comply with the agreement.
       (d) Special Nuclear Materials.--In this section, the term 
     ``special nuclear materials'' includes weapons grade 
     plutonium.

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