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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2746
To provide for the closure and disposal of the Pueblo Chemical Depot,
Pueblo County, Colorado.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL20, 2023
Mrs. B
OEBERT(for herself, Mr. LAMBORN, and Mr. BUCK) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To provide for the closure and disposal of the Pueblo
Chemical Depot, Pueblo County, Colorado.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pueblo Economic 4
Transfer Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. CLOSURE AND DISPOSAL OF THE PUEBLO CHEM-6
ICAL DEPOT, PUEBLO COUNTY, COLORADO. 7
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army shall 8
close Pueblo Chemical Depot in Pueblo County, Colorado 9
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Depot’’), not later than 10
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one year after the completion of the chemical demilitariza-1
tion mission in such location in accordance with the Chem-2
ical Weapons Convention Treaty. 3
(b) P
ROCEDURES.—The Secretary of the Army shall 4
carry out the closure and subsequent related property 5
management and disposal of the Depot, including the 6
land, buildings, structures, infrastructure, and associated 7
equipment, installed equipment, material, and personal 8
property that comprise the Chemical Agent-Destruction 9
Pilot Plant, in accordance with the procedures and au-10
thorities for the closure, management, and disposal of 11
property under the Defense Base Closure and Realign-12
ment Act of 1990, as amended (part A of title XXIX of 13
Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note). 14
(c) O
FFICE OFLOCALDEFENSECOMMUNITYCO-15
OPERATIONACTIVITIES.—The Office of Local Defense 16
Community Cooperation of the Department of Defense 17
may make grants and supplement other Federal funds 18
pursuant to section 2391 of title 10, United States Code, 19
to support closure and reuse activities of the Depot. 20
(d) T
REATMENT OFEXISTINGPERMITS.—Nothing in 21
this section shall be construed to prevent the removal or 22
demolition by the Program Executive Office, Assembled 23
Chemical Weapons Alternatives of the Department of the 24
Army of existing buildings, structures, infrastructure, and 25
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associated equipment, installed equipment, material, and 1
personal property of the Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot 2
Plant at the Depot in accordance with the existing Haz-3
ardous Waste Permit Number CO–20–09–02–01 under 4
the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) 5
(commonly known as the Resource Conservation and Re-6
covery Act of 1976) issued by the State of Colorado, or 7
any associated or follow-on permits under such Act. 8
(e) H
OMELESSUSE.—Given the nature of activities 9
undertaken at the Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant 10
at the Depot, such land, buildings, structures, infrastruc-11
ture, and associated equipment, installed equipment, ma-12
terial, and personal property comprising the Chemical 13
Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant is deemed unsuitable for 14
homeless use, and in carrying out any closure, manage-15
ment, or disposal of property under this section, need not 16
be screened for homeless use purposes pursuant to Section 17
2905(b)(7) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 18
Act of 1990, as amended (part A of title XXIX of Public 19
Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note). 20
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