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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1321
To amend the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1999 to provide for the transfer of the Moab site to Grand
County, Utah, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL8, 2025
Mr. C
URTIS(for himself and Mr. LEE) introduced the following bill; which
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
A BILL
To amend the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide for the transfer
of the Moab site to Grand County, Utah, and for other
purposes.
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 ‘‘Moab UMTRA Project 4
Transition Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. MOAB UMTRA PROJECT. 1
Section 3405(i) of the Strom Thurmond National De-2
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (10 U.S.C. 3
8720 note; Public Law 105–261) is amended— 4
(1) by striking paragraph (5); 5
(2) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para-6
graph (5); and 7
(3) by adding at the end the following: 8
‘‘(6) T
RANSFER OF MOAB SITE TO GRAND 9
COUNTY.— 10
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-11
graphs (B), (C), and (D), on achieving a reme-12
dial action completion status sufficient for land 13
conveyance, as determined by the Secretary of 14
Energy in consultation with relevant regulatory 15
authorities, and subject to any regulatory or 16
use restrictions, if determined necessary to pro-17
tect human health and safety by the Secretary 18
of Energy or the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-19
sion (including restrictions pursuant to the 20
Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 21
1978 (42 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) and part 192 of 22
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc-23
cessor regulations)), the Secretary of Energy 24
shall convey, at no cost, all available right, title, 25
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and interest of the United States in and to the 1
Moab site to Grand County, Utah. 2
‘‘(B) R
ETENTION OF CERTAIN WATER 3
RIGHTS.—In carrying out the conveyance under 4
subparagraph (A), in accordance with applica-5
ble law, the Secretary of Energy shall ensure 6
that the United States retains such water rights 7
as the Secretary of Energy determines nec-8
essary to carry out the responsibilities of the 9
Secretary of Energy under the Uranium Mill 10
Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 11
U.S.C. 7901 et seq.), part 192 of title 40, Code 12
of Federal Regulations (or successor regula-13
tions), and other applicable requirements, in-14
cluding, if the remediation of groundwater is 15
ongoing at the time of the conveyance, such 16
rights as are necessary to maintain access to 17
wells and the associated surface footprint of 18
those wells. 19
‘‘(C) P
ROHIBITION.—The conveyance 20
under subparagraph (A) shall include a provi-21
sion that prohibits Grand County, Utah, from 22
reconveying to a private entity or nonprofit or-23
ganization any portion of the land conveyed to 24
Grand County, Utah, under that subparagraph. 25
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‘‘(D) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDI -1
TIONS.—The Secretary of Energy may require 2
such additional terms and conditions in connec-3
tion with the conveyance under subparagraph 4
(A) as the Secretary determines necessary to 5
protect the interests of the United States.’’. 6
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