[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 124 (Monday, July 21, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4509]
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  SA 2957. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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 appropriate place in title XXXI, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 31___. LIMITATION RELATING TO RECLASSIFICATION OF HIGH-
                   LEVEL WASTE.

       (a) Limitation.--Except as provided by subsection (b), none 
     of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or 
     otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026 for the 
     Department of Energy may be obligated or expended by the 
     Secretary of Energy to apply the interpretation of high-level 
     radioactive waste described in the notice published by the 
     Secretary titled ``Supplemental Notice Concerning U.S. 
     Department of Energy Interpretation of High-Level Radioactive 
     Waste'' (84 Fed. Reg. 26835), or successor notice, with 
     respect to such waste located in the State of Washington.
       (b) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the limitation under 
     subsection (a) relating to the reclassification of high-level 
     radioactive waste if--
       (1) the Secretary submits to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a notice of the waiver that includes--
       (A) a justification for such reclassification; and
       (B) documentation from both the Environmental Protection 
     Agency and the Department of Ecology of the State of 
     Washington that indicates that such Agency and Department, 
     respectively, concur with such reclassification, as required 
     by the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order, 
     signed on January 10, 2025; and
       (2) a period of 60 days has elapsed following the 
     submission of such notice.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) The Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on 
     Energy and Water Development of the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (2) The Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on 
     Energy and Water Development of the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
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