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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1321 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for |
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| 6 | 6 | | Fiscal Year 1999 to provide for the transfer of the Moab site to Grand |
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| 7 | 7 | | County, Utah, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL8, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | URTIS(for himself and Mr. LEE) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 12 | 12 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural |
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| 13 | 13 | | Resources |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authoriza- |
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| 16 | 16 | | tion Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide for the transfer |
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| 17 | 17 | | of the Moab site to Grand County, Utah, and for other |
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| 18 | 18 | | purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Moab UMTRA Project 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Transition Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •S 1321 IS |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. MOAB UMTRA PROJECT. 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 3405(i) of the Strom Thurmond National De-2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (10 U.S.C. 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 8720 note; Public Law 105–261) is amended— 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) by striking paragraph (5); 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para-6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | graph (5); and 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(6) T |
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| 36 | 36 | | RANSFER OF MOAB SITE TO GRAND 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | COUNTY.— 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 39 | 39 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | graphs (B), (C), and (D), on achieving a reme-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | dial action completion status sufficient for land 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | conveyance, as determined by the Secretary of 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Energy in consultation with relevant regulatory 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | authorities, and subject to any regulatory or 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | use restrictions, if determined necessary to pro-17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | tect human health and safety by the Secretary 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | of Energy or the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | sion (including restrictions pursuant to the 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) and part 192 of 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc-23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | cessor regulations)), the Secretary of Energy 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | shall convey, at no cost, all available right, title, 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | •S 1321 IS |
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| 57 | 57 | | and interest of the United States in and to the 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Moab site to Grand County, Utah. 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(B) R |
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| 60 | 60 | | ETENTION OF CERTAIN WATER 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | RIGHTS.—In carrying out the conveyance under 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | subparagraph (A), in accordance with applica-5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ble law, the Secretary of Energy shall ensure 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | that the United States retains such water rights 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | as the Secretary of Energy determines nec-8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | essary to carry out the responsibilities of the 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Secretary of Energy under the Uranium Mill 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | U.S.C. 7901 et seq.), part 192 of title 40, Code 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | of Federal Regulations (or successor regula-13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | tions), and other applicable requirements, in-14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | cluding, if the remediation of groundwater is 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ongoing at the time of the conveyance, such 16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | rights as are necessary to maintain access to 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | wells and the associated surface footprint of 18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | those wells. 19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(C) P |
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| 78 | 78 | | ROHIBITION.—The conveyance 20 |
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| 79 | 79 | | under subparagraph (A) shall include a provi-21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | sion that prohibits Grand County, Utah, from 22 |
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| 81 | 81 | | reconveying to a private entity or nonprofit or-23 |
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| 82 | 82 | | ganization any portion of the land conveyed to 24 |
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| 83 | 83 | | Grand County, Utah, under that subparagraph. 25 |
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| 86 | 86 | | •S 1321 IS |
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| 87 | 87 | | ‘‘(D) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDI -1 |
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| 88 | 88 | | TIONS.—The Secretary of Energy may require 2 |
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| 89 | 89 | | such additional terms and conditions in connec-3 |
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| 90 | 90 | | tion with the conveyance under subparagraph 4 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (A) as the Secretary determines necessary to 5 |
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| 92 | 92 | | protect the interests of the United States.’’. 6 |
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