[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 88 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3467]
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  SA 4443. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Cantwell) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 3121 and insert the following:

     SEC. 3121. ROUGH ESTIMATE OF TOTAL LIFE CYCLE COST OF TANK 
                   WASTE CLEANUP AT HANFORD NUCLEAR RESERVATION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees, including the 
     Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development of the Committee 
     on Appropriations of the Senate and the Subcommittee on 
     Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 
     a rough estimate of the total life cycle cost of the cleanup 
     of tank waste at Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Richland, 
     Washington.
       (b) Elements.--The rough estimate of the total life cycle 
     cost required by subsection (a) shall include cost estimates 
     for the following:
       (1) The Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, assuming 
     a hot start occurs in 2033 and initial plant operations 
     commence in 2036.
       (2) Operations of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization 
     Plant, assuming operations continue through 2061.
       (3) Tank waste management and treatment, assuming 
     operations of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant 
     continue through 2061.
       (4) Anticipated increases in the volume of waste in the 
     double shell tanks resulting from tank waste management 
     activities.
       (5) High-level waste canister temporary storage and 
     preparation for permanent disposal.
       (6) Any additional facilities, including additional 
     evaporative capacity, that may be needed to treat tank waste 
     at Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
       (c) Cost Estimating Best Practices.--To the maximum extent 
     practicable, the rough estimate of the total life cycle cost 
     required by subsection (a) shall be developed in accordance 
     with the cost estimating best practices of the Government 
     Accountability Office.
       (d) Submission of Additional Independent Cost Estimates.--
     The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees described in subsection (a), as part of the rough 
     estimate of the total life cycle cost required by that 
     subsection, any other independent cost estimates for the 
     Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant or related 
     facilities conducted before the date on which the rough 
     estimate of the total life cycle cost is required to be 
     submitted under that subsection.
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