[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8113]
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  SA 4601. Mr. LUJAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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 XXXI, add the following:

     SEC. 3157. ASSESSMENT OF TRANSFER OF LAND NO LONGER NEEDED 
                   FOR OPERATIONS AND MISSIONS AT LOS ALAMOS 
                   NATIONAL LABORATORY.

       (a) Site Visits Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Nuclear 
     Security shall arrange for personnel of the National Nuclear 
     Security Administration to conduct site visits with officials 
     of Los Alamos County, New Mexico, and the Pueblo of San 
     Ildefonso, of covered parcels of land to assess whether those 
     parcels should be transferred to the County or Pueblo.
       (2) Assessments and identifications.--After the site visits 
     required by paragraph (1) are conducted, the Administrator 
     shall--
       (A) with respect to each covered parcel of land, assess--
       (i) the remediation needs of the parcel;
       (ii) the environmental and archeological impacts of 
     transferring the parcel; and
       (iii) the access Tribes have to traditional areas of 
     cultural or religious importance; and
       (B) identify whether all portions of the covered parcels of 
     land within the technical areas specified in subsection 
     (c)(2) are, or are anticipated to be, necessary to the 
     operations and missions of the Administration at Los Alamos 
     National Laboratory.
       (b) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in 
     consultation with officials of Los Alamos County, New Mexico, 
     and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso, shall submit to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a report--
       (1) describing the findings of the site visits required by 
     subsection (a);
       (2) including the assessments and identification required 
     by subsection (a)(2);
       (3) assessing--
       (A) the environmental costs of transferring covered parcels 
     of land;
       (B) the potential impacts of such transfers on endangered 
     species in the area;
       (C) the disturbance or encroachment on any archeological 
     sites likely to result from such transfers;
       (D) opportunities to improve any safety buffers around 
     critical facilities; and
       (E) whether such a transfer would--
       (i) assist the National Nuclear Security Administration 
     with recruitment at Los Alamos National Laboratory;
       (ii) improve available housing for employees of that 
     laboratory; and
       (iii) increase the ability of a Tribal Government or Tribal 
     members to access cultural resources and access or acquire 
     lands of cultural significance; and
       (4) including a safety and security determination with 
     respect to each covered parcel of land, without regard to 
     whether the parcel can be transferred.
       (c) Covered Parcel of Land.--The term ``covered parcel of 
     land''--
       (1) means a parcel of land--
       (A) located in Los Alamos County, New Mexico;
       (B) owned by the Department of Energy; and
       (C) that the Administrator determines is not needed for 
     operations and missions at Los Alamos National Laboratory; 
     and
       (2) includes Technical Area-36, Technical Area-70, and 
     Technical Area-71 at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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