[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3257]
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  SA 1749. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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 title XXVII, add the following:

     SEC. 2703. CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army may not suspend 
     remediation activities conducted at a location under a 
     settlement agreement pursuant to a base closure law 
     notwithstanding that--
       (1) the Secretary determines that the quantity and depth of 
     contamination at the location has exceeded original 
     estimates; and
       (2) such agreement expires in 2020.
       (b) Base Closure Law Defined.--In this section the term 
     ``base closure law'' has the meaning given that term in 
     section 101(a)(17) of title 10, United States Code.
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