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[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2187 Reported in House (RH)]

                              

                              

                                    Union Calendar No. 119 
107th CONGRESS 
  1st Session 
                         H. R. 2187 

               [Report No. 107-202, Part I] 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to make receipts collected from 
    mineral leasing activities on certain naval oil shale reserves 
  available to cover environmental restoration, waste management, and 
   environmental compliance costs incurred by the United States with 
                 respect to the reserves. 

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              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

                       June 14, 2001 

   Mr. Hefley (for himself, Mr. Udall of Colorado, and Mr. McInnis) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                    committee concerned 

                    September 10, 2001 

Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period 
         ending not later than September 10, 2001 

                    September 10, 2001 

   The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the 
 Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to 
                        be printed 

                    September 10, 2001 

Reported from the Committee on Resources with an amendment 
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                        in italic] 

 __________________________________________________________

                          A BILL 

 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to make receipts collected from 
    mineral leasing activities on certain naval oil shale reserves 
  available to cover environmental restoration, waste management, and 
   environmental compliance costs incurred by the United States with 
                 respect to the reserves. 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 

<DELETED>SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF RECEIPTS FROM MINERAL LEASING 
              ACTIVITIES ON CERTAIN NAVAL OIL SHALE 
              RESERVES. </DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 7439(f)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended in the second sentence by striking ``Subject to a specific 
authorization and appropriation for this purpose, such moneys may be 
used for reimbursement of'' and inserting ``The moneys received shall 
be available, without further appropriation and until September 30, 
2006, for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior to 
cover''.  </DELETED>

SECTION 1. USE OF RECEIPTS FROM MINERAL LEASING ACTIVITIES ON CERTAIN 
              NAVAL OIL SHALE RESERVES. 

    Section 7439 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
 
            (1) in subsection (f)(1), by striking the second sentence; 
        and 
            (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        subsection: 
    ``(g) Use of Receipts.--(1) The Secretary of the Interior may use, 
without further appropriation, not more than $1,500,000 of the moneys 
covered into the Treasury under subsection (f)(1) to cover the cost of 
any additional analysis, site characterization, and geotechnical 
studies deemed necessary by the Secretary to support environmental 
restoration, waste management, or environmental compliance with respect 
to Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 3. Upon the completion of such studies, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress a report 
containing-- 
            ``(A) the results and conclusions of such studies; 
        and 
            ``(B) an estimate of the total cost of the Secretary's 
        preferred alternative to address environmental restoration, 
        waste management, and environmental compliance needs at Oil 
        Shale Reserve Numbered 3. 
    ``(2) If the cost estimate required by paragraph (1)(B) does not 
exceed the total of the moneys covered into the Treasury under 
subsection (f)(1) and remaining available for obligation as of the date 
of submission of the report under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the 
Interior may access such moneys, beginning 60 days after submission of 
the report and without further appropriation, to cover the costs of 
implementing the preferred alternative to address environmental 
restoration, waste management, and environmental compliance needs at 
Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 3. If the cost estimate exceeds such 
available moneys, the Secretary of the Interior may only access such 
moneys as authorized by subsequent Act of 
Congress.''.    
                     

                              

                                    Union Calendar No. 119 

107th CONGRESS 

  1st Session 

                        H. R. 2187 

               [Report No. 10709202, Part I] 

 __________________________________________________________

                          A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to make receipts collected from 
    mineral leasing activities on certain naval oil shale reserves 
  available to cover environmental restoration, waste management, and 
   environmental compliance costs incurred by the United States with 
                 respect to the reserves. 

 __________________________________________________________

                    September 10, 2001 

Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period 
         ending not later than September 10, 2001 

   The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the 
 Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to 
                        be printed 

           Reported from the Committee on Resources with an 
amendment
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