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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 environ-
mental compliance costs incurred by the United States with respect 
to the reserves. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 14, 2001 
Mr. HEFLEY (for himself, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, and Mr. MCINNIS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Re-
sources, 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 com-
mittee 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 Com-
mittee 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 
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[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 res-
toration, waste management, and environmental compli-
ance costs incurred by the United States with respect 
to the reserves. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF RECEIPTS FROM MINERAL 
LEASING ACTIVITIES ON CERTAIN NAVAL OIL 
SHALE RESERVES. 
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 pur-
pose, 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’’. 
SECTION 1. USE OF RECEIPTS FROM MINERAL LEASING AC-
TIVITIES ON CERTAIN NAVAL OIL SHALE RE-
SERVES. 
Section 7439 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
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(1) in subsection (f)(1), by striking the second 
sentence; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) USE OF RECEIPTS.—(1) The Secretary of the In-
terior 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 environ-
mental 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 Sec-
retary’s preferred alternative to address environ-
mental restoration, waste management, and environ-
mental compliance needs at Oil Shale Reserve Num-
bered 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 
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under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Interior may ac-
cess 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 envi-
ronmental 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.’’. 
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