[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 132 (Thursday, August 3, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4885]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 759. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 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:

       At the end of subtitle E of title III, add the following:

     SEC. ___. ACCELERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION 
                   ACTIVITIES AT FORMER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANTS.

       (a) Availability of Funds.--Of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated for fiscal year 2018 by section 301 and 
     available for environmental restoration, Army, as specified 
     in the funding table in section 4301, not less than 
     $100,000,000 shall be used to accelerate ongoing remediation 
     activities at former Army ammunition plants.
       (b) Remediation Activities Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``remediation activities'' includes actions required 
     under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
     and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) in 
     connection with environmental remediation, the development, 
     deployment, and operation of appropriate groundwater 
     remediation to provide clean drinking water to impacted 
     communities, the testing of groundwater contaminant levels, 
     and engagements with such communities to incorporate 
     preferred approaches to environmental remediation.
       In the funding table in section 4201, in the item relating 
     to the Long Range Standoff Weapon of the Air Force, decrease 
     the amount in the Senate Authorized column by $100,000,000.
       In the funding table in section 4301, in the item relating 
     to Environmental Restoration, Amy, increase the amount in the 
     Senate Authorized column by $100,000,000.
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