[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3068]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5912. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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. ___. LIMITATION RELATING TO RECLASSIFICATION OF 
                   HIGHLEVEL WASTE.

       None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
     or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 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 a successor notice, with 
     respect to such waste located in the State of Washington.
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