JOURNAL OF THE

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T105.4 JULY 31

T105.4 APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

EVERETT, announced he had examined and approved the Journal of the

proceedings of Friday, July 28, 1995.

Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal was approved.

T105.5 COMMUNICATIONS

Executive and other communications, pursuant to clause 2, rule XXIV,

were referred as follows:

1281. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of

State, transmitting copies of international

agreements, other than treaties, entered into

by the United States, pursuant to 1 U.S.C.

112b(a); to the Committee on International

Relations.

1282. A letter from the Administrator,

Agency for International Development,

transmitting the quarterly update report on

development assistant program allocations

as of March 31, 1995, pursuant to 22 U.S.C.

2413(a); to the Committee on International

Relations.

1283. A letter from the Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, transmitting

the administration’s final environmental impact statement [FEIS] on the effects of the

implementation of the expanded east coast

plan over the State of New Jersey, pursuant

to Public Law 101–508, section 9119(c) (104

Stat. 1388–369); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

T105.6 MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

A message from the Senate by Mr.

Lundregan, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate had passed

with amendments in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill

of the House of the following title:

H.R. 1817. An Act making appropriations

for military construction, family housing,

and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

The message also announced that the

Senate insists upon its amendments to

the bill (H.R. 1817) ‘‘An Act making appropriations for military construction,

family housing, and base realignment

and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes,’’ requests a conference with the

House on the disagreeing votes of the

two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr.

BURNS, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. SHELBY, Mr.

GREGG, Mr. REID, Mr. INOUYE, and Mr.

BYRD, to be the conferees on the part of

the Senate.

T105.7 COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES

TO SIT

On motion of Mr. EMERSON, by

unanimous consent, the following committees and their subcommittees were

granted permission to sit during the 5-

minute rule today: the Committee on

Government Reform and Oversight, the

Committee on International Relations,

and the Committee on the Judiciary.

T105.8 MIDEWIN NATIONAL TALLGRASS

PRAIRIE

On motion of Mr. EMERSON, by

unanimous consent, the Committee on

Commerce and the Committee on National Security were discharged from

further consideration of the bill (H.R.

714) to establish the Midewin National

Tallgrass Prairie in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes.

When said bill was considered and

read twice.

The following amendment in the nature of a substitute, recommended by

the Committee on Agriculture was considered:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and

insert:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as

the ‘‘Illinois Land Conservation Act of 1995’’.

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.

Sec. 2. Definitions.

TITLE I—CONVERSION OF JOLIET ARMY

AMMUNITION PLANT TO MIDEWIN NATIONAL TALLGRASS PRAIRIE

Sec. 101. Principles of transfer.

Sec. 102. Transfer of management responsibilities and jurisdiction over

Arsenal.

Sec. 103. Continuation of responsibility and

liability of Secretary of the

Army for environmental cleanup.

Sec. 104. Establishment and administration

of Midewin National Tallgrass

Prairie.

Sec. 105. Special management requirements

for Midewin National Tallgrass

Prairie.

Sec. 106. Special disposal rules for certain

Arsenal parcels intended for

MNP.

TITLE II—OTHER REAL PROPERTY DISPOSALS INVOLVING JOLIET ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT

Sec. 201. Disposal of certain real property at

Arsenal for a national cemetery.

Sec. 202. Disposal of certain real property at

Arsenal for a county landfill.

Sec. 203. Disposal of certain real property at

Arsenal for economic development.

TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. Degree of environmental cleanup.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this Act:

(1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the

Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

(2) The term ‘‘agricultural purposes’’

means the use of land for row crops, pasture,

hay, and grazing.

(3) The term ‘‘Arsenal’’ means the Joliet

Army Ammunition Plant located in the

State of Illinois.

(4) The acronym ‘‘CERCLA’’ means the

Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42

U.S.C. 9601 et seq.).

(5) The term ‘‘Defense Environmental Restoration Program’’ means the program of environmental restoration for defense installations established by the Secretary of Defense

under section 2701 of title 10, United States

Code.

(6) The term ‘‘environmental law’’ means

all applicable Federal, State, and local laws,

regulations, and requirements related to protection of human health, natural and cultural resources, or the environment, including CERCLA, the Solid Waste Disposal Act

(42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), the Federal Water

Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.),

the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.), the

Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601

et seq.), and the Safe Drinking Water Act (42

U.S.C. 300f et seq.).

(7) The term ‘‘hazardous substance’’ has

the meaning given such term by section

101(14) of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601(14)).

(8) The abbreviation ‘‘MNP’’ means the

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie established pursuant to section 104 and managed

as a part of the National Forest System.

(9) The term ‘‘national cemetery’’ means a

cemetery established and operated as part of

the National Cemetery System of the Department of Veterans Affairs and subject to

the provisions of chapter 24 of title 38,

United States Code.

(10) The term ‘‘person’’ has the meaning

given such term by section 101(21) of

CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601(21)).

(11) The term ‘‘pollutant or contaminant’’

has the meaning given such term by section

101(33) of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601(33)).

(12) The term ‘‘release’’ has the meaning

given such term by section 101(22) of

CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601(22)).

(13) The term ‘‘response action’’ has the

meaning given the term ‘‘response’’ by section 101(25) of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601(25)).

TITLE I—CONVERSION OF JOLIET ARMY

AMMUNITION PLANT TO MIDEWIN NATIONAL TALLGRASS PRAIRIE

SEC. 101. PRINCIPLES OF TRANSFER.

(a) LAND USE PLAN.—The Congress ratifies

in principle the proposals generally identified by the land use plan which was developed by the Joliet Arsenal Citizen Planning

Commission and unanimously approved on

May 30, 1995.

(b) TRANSFER WITHOUT REIMBURSEMENT.—

The area constituting the Midewin National

Tallgrass Prairie shall be transferred, without reimbursement, to the Secretary of Agriculture.

(c) MANAGEMENT OF MNP.—Management by

the Secretary of Agriculture of those portions of the Arsenal transferred to the Secretary under this Act shall be in accordance

with sections 104 and 105 regarding the

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie.

(d) SECURITY MEASURES.—The Secretary of

the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture

shall each provide and maintain physical and

other security measures on such portion of

the Arsenal as is under the administrative

jurisdiction of such Secretary. Such security

measures (which may include fences and natural barriers) shall include measures to prevent members of the public from gaining unauthorized access to such portions of the Arsenal as are under the administrative jurisdiction of such Secretary and that may endanger health or safety.

(e) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator are individually and collectively authorized to enter

into cooperative agreements and memoranda

of understanding among each other and with

other affected Federal agencies, State and

local governments, private organizations,

and corporations to carry out the purposes

for which the Midewin National Tallgrass

Prairie is established.

(f) INTERIM ACTIVITIES OF THE SECRETARY

OF AGRICULTURE.—Prior to transfer and subject to such reasonable terms and conditions

as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe,

the Secretary of Agriculture may enter upon

the Arsenal property for purposes related to

planning, resource inventory, fish and wildlife habitat manipulation (which may include prescribed burning), and other such activities consistent with the purposes for

which the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie is established.