[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 186 (Monday, December 16, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S7057]
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                   CONTAMINATED WELLS RELOCATION ACT

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be discharged from 
further consideration of S. 5300 and the Senate proceed to its 
immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 5300) to authorize the Administrator of the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration to reimburse 
     the Town of Chincoteague, Virginia, for costs directly 
     associated with the removal and replacement of certain 
     drinking water wells.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 5300) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 5300

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Contaminated Wells 
     Relocation Act''.

     SEC. 2. DRINKING WATER WELL REPLACEMENT FOR CHINCOTEAGUE, 
                   VIRGINIA.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration may enter into an agreement, as appropriate, 
     with the Town of Chincoteague, Virginia, for a period of up 
     to five years, for reimbursement of the Town of 
     Chincoteague's costs directly associated with--
       (1) the development of a plan for removal of drinking water 
     wells currently situated on property administered by the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and
       (2) the establishment of alternative drinking water wells 
     on property under the administrative control, through lease, 
     ownership, or easement, of the Town of Chincoteague.
       (b) Elements.--An agreement under subsection (a) shall 
     include, to the extent practicable--
       (1) a provision for the removal and relocation of the three 
     remaining wells described in that subsection;
       (2) a description of the location of the site to which such 
     wells will be relocated or are planned to be relocated; and
       (3) a current estimated cost of such relocation, including 
     for the purchase, lease, or use of additional property, 
     engineering, design, permitting, and construction.
       (c) Submission to Congress.--Not later than 18 months after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
     the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in 
     coordination with the heads or other appropriate 
     representatives of relevant entities, shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress any agreement entered into 
     under subsection (a).

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