Depleted Uranium Munitions Suspension and Study Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5303
Sponsor: Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2006-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arms control
Arms sales
Child health
Commerce
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Defense industries
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental monitoring
Environmental research
Epidemiology
Export controls
Families
Fires
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Hazardous wastes
Health
International Affairs
Iraq compilation
Maps
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medical statistics
Medical tests
Military bases
Military medicine
Military personnel
NATO military forces
Ordnance
Planning
Plutonium
Pollution measurement
Product safety
Quality of products
Radioactive wastes
Refuse and refuse disposal
Science, Technology, Communications
Smoke
Soil pollution
Treaties
Uranium

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: 
Depleted Uranium Munitions Suspension and Study Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to direct that all elements of the Department of Defense (DOD) suspend use of depleted uranium munitions until the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) certifies to certain congressional committees that use of such munitions in future conflicts: (1) will not pose a likely long-term or residual threat to the health of U.S. or NATO military personnel; and (2) will not jeopardize the health of civilian populations in the area of such use.
 
Suspends federal approval of the foreign sale or export of munitions containing depleted uranium until the Secretary of HHS has made such certification.
 
Limits future exports to stocks certified free of transuranic matter by the Secretary of Defense.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to investigate and report to Congress on the contamination of stocks of depleted uranium munitions with transuranic elements.
 
Requires the Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention jointly to conduct a comprehensive study of the health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions on veterans and on their children born after their respective exposures to uranium.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Administrator) a list and maps of all sites in the United States where depleted uranium munitions have been used or produced.
 
Requires the Administrator to study and report to Congress and the Secretary of Defense on the possible depleted uranium contamination of the soil, air, water, and vegetation of each listed site. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan for mitigation and cleanup at each site.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2006-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and International Relations, 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.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and International Relations, 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.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and International Relations, 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.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and International Relations, 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.
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-04
text: Introduced in House