Title: To require the Comptroller General of the United States to study radiological contamination in Coldwater Creek, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report on efforts to reduce health impacts from radiological contamination near Coldwater Creek in Missouri. The GAO must install signage to inform residents and visitors of potential exposure risks in the areas where remediation efforts have not been completed.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7879 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7879

   To require the Comptroller General of the United States to study 
 radiological contamination in Coldwater Creek, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 27, 2022

   Ms. Bush introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Armed Services, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Comptroller General of the United States to study 
 radiological contamination in Coldwater Creek, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. STUDY ON CONTAMINATION OF COLDWATER CREEK, MISSOURI.

    (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United States, in 
coordination with the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of Energy, 
the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry, and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall--
            (1) undertake a review of prior and ongoing efforts to 
        remediate radiological contamination in the vicinity of 
        Coldwater Creek in North St. Louis County, Missouri, associated 
        with historic radiological waste storage near the St. Louis 
        Airport;
            (2) consult with State and local agencies, and 
        representatives of the Coldwater Creek community;
            (3) take into consideration the Public Health Assessment 
        for the Evaluation of Community Exposure Related to Coldwater 
        Creek, dated April 30, 2019, and prepared by the Agency for 
        Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; and
            (4) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
        this section, submit to Congress a report on the status of 
        efforts to reduce or eliminate the potential human health 
        impacts from potential exposure to such contamination, 
        including any recommendations for further action.
    (b) Installation of Signage To Prevent Potential Exposure Risks.--
Not later than 90 days after the date on which the report is submitted 
pursuant to subsection (a)(4) and in accordance with the 
recommendations of the Public Health Assessment for the Evaluation of 
Community Exposure Related to Coldwater Creek, the Comptroller General, 
in coordination with the Secretary of the Army, shall install signage 
to inform residents and visitors of potential exposure risks in areas 
around Coldwater Creek where remediation efforts have not been 
undertaken or completed.
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