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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2746 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide for the closure and disposal of the Pueblo Chemical Depot, |
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| 6 | 6 | | Pueblo County, Colorado. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL20, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | OEBERT(for herself, Mr. LAMBORN, and Mr. BUCK) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To provide for the closure and disposal of the Pueblo |
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| 14 | 14 | | Chemical Depot, Pueblo County, Colorado. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pueblo Economic 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Transfer Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. CLOSURE AND DISPOSAL OF THE PUEBLO CHEM-6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | ICAL DEPOT, PUEBLO COUNTY, COLORADO. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) I |
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| 23 | 23 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army shall 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | close Pueblo Chemical Depot in Pueblo County, Colorado 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Depot’’), not later than 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | one year after the completion of the chemical demilitariza-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | tion mission in such location in accordance with the Chem-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ical Weapons Convention Treaty. 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) P |
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| 33 | 33 | | ROCEDURES.—The Secretary of the Army shall 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | carry out the closure and subsequent related property 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | management and disposal of the Depot, including the 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | land, buildings, structures, infrastructure, and associated 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | equipment, installed equipment, material, and personal 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | property that comprise the Chemical Agent-Destruction 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Pilot Plant, in accordance with the procedures and au-10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | thorities for the closure, management, and disposal of 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | property under the Defense Base Closure and Realign-12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ment Act of 1990, as amended (part A of title XXIX of 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note). 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (c) O |
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| 45 | 45 | | FFICE OFLOCALDEFENSECOMMUNITYCO-15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | OPERATIONACTIVITIES.—The Office of Local Defense 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Community Cooperation of the Department of Defense 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | may make grants and supplement other Federal funds 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | pursuant to section 2391 of title 10, United States Code, 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | to support closure and reuse activities of the Depot. 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (d) T |
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| 52 | 52 | | REATMENT OFEXISTINGPERMITS.—Nothing in 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | this section shall be construed to prevent the removal or 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | demolition by the Program Executive Office, Assembled 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Chemical Weapons Alternatives of the Department of the 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Army of existing buildings, structures, infrastructure, and 25 |
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| 60 | 60 | | associated equipment, installed equipment, material, and 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | personal property of the Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Plant at the Depot in accordance with the existing Haz-3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ardous Waste Permit Number CO–20–09–02–01 under 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (commonly known as the Resource Conservation and Re-6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | covery Act of 1976) issued by the State of Colorado, or 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | any associated or follow-on permits under such Act. 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (e) H |
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| 69 | 69 | | OMELESSUSE.—Given the nature of activities 9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | undertaken at the Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant 10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | at the Depot, such land, buildings, structures, infrastruc-11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ture, and associated equipment, installed equipment, ma-12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | terial, and personal property comprising the Chemical 13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant is deemed unsuitable for 14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | homeless use, and in carrying out any closure, manage-15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ment, or disposal of property under this section, need not 16 |
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| 77 | 77 | | be screened for homeless use purposes pursuant to Section 17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | 2905(b)(7) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | Act of 1990, as amended (part A of title XXIX of Public 19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note). 20 |
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