(Sec. 2) Mandates allocation of such funds to each decontamination and decommissioning program of the gaseous diffusion plants in Portsmouth, Ohio, Paducah, Kentucky, and Oak Ridge, Tennessee, proportional to the total number of Separative Work Units processed at each site.
Sets forth procedural guidelines for possible termination by the United States Enrichment Corporation of its lease with the Department of Energy (DOE).
Instructs the Secretary to transmit a decontamination and decommissioning program for the Portsmouth, Ohio, and Paducah, Kentucky, gaseous diffusion plants after the date a decision has been made to close all or part of one of the gaseous diffusion plants.
(Sec. 3) Directs DOE to establish a Portsmouth and Paducah Operations Office to manage environmental restoration, nuclear energy, and uranium enrichment program activities.
Mandates that the President's Budget request for FY2001 and for each fiscal year thereafter include funding for such Office as a separate line item from the Oak Ridge Operations Office budget.
(Sec. 4) Sets forth closure requirements to minimize social and economic impacts relating to partial or total closures of the Portsmouth, Ohio, and Paducah, Kentucky, gaseous diffusion plants.
[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3151 Introduced in House (IH)]
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3151
To provide funding for the Portsmouth and Paducah, Tennessee, gaseous
diffusion plants.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 26, 1999
Mr. Strickland (for himself and Mr. Whitfield) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce
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A BILL
To provide funding for the Portsmouth and Paducah, Tennessee, gaseous
diffusion plants.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING FUND.
(a) Expenditures Beginning October 1, 1999.--Notwithstanding any
other law, beginning on October 1, 1999, the Secretary of Energy may
expend amounts collected under subsections (c) and (d) of section 1802
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. section 2297g-1 (c), (d))
for the purposes set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 1803
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2297g-2 (b), (c)) without further appropriation
and without fiscal year limitation.
(b) Expenditures Beginning October 1, 2008.--Notwithstanding any
other law, beginning October 1, 2008, the Secretary of Energy may
expend amounts in the fund established by section 1801 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g) for the purposes set forth in
subsections (b) and (c) of section 1803 of such Act (42 U.S.C. section
2297g-1 (c), (d)) without further appropriation and without fiscal year
limitation but subject to limitations that may be included in
appropriations Acts.
SEC. 2. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.
(a) In General.--The funds referred to in section 1 shall be
allocated to each decontamination and decommissioning program of the 3
gaseous diffusion plants in, Portsmouth, Ohio, Paducah, Kentucky, and
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, proportional to the total number of Separative
Work Units processed at each such site. Such units shall be calculated
as of the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Energy shall
report the allocation to Congress within 60 days of such date of
enactment.
(b) Advance Notification of Termination of Lease.--Upon receiving
advance notification that the United States Enrichment Corporation, or
its affiliates, is terminating all or part of its lease with the
Department of Energy at the gaseous diffusion plant at Portsmouth,
Ohio, or Paducah, Kentucky, the Department of Energy shall notify local
and State officials, the congressional delegation, employee
representatives, and community reuse organizations (if any).
(c) Decontamination and Decommissioning Program.--If such a lease
is terminated, in whole or in part, the Department of Energy shall,
within 60 days, make a determination whether it will lease the facility
involved in the lease to a successor entity, operate the facility as a
government enterprise, operate the facility on standby, or close all or
part of the operations of the facility. In the event that the
Department of Energy determines that it will no longer operate or lease
all or part of a gaseous diffusion plant, the Department of Energy
shall immediately initiate a decontamination and decommissioning
program. Within 30 days of such decision, the Department of Energy
shall immediately commence all required environmental reviews,
including compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969.
(d) Report.--The Secretary of Energy shall transmit to Congress a
decontamination and decommissioning program for the Portsmouth, Ohio
and Paducah, Kentucky, gaseous diffusion plants no later than 180 days
after the date a decision has been made to close all or part of one of
the gaseous diffusion plants.
SEC. 3. PORTSMOUTH AND PADUCAH OPERATIONS OFFICE.
(a) In General.--The Department of Energy shall establish, not
later than March 30, 2000, a Portsmouth and Paducah Operations Office.
The office shall manage the environmental restoration, nuclear energy,
and uranium enrichment program activities at such 2 sites. The office
shall be provided with budget authority and contracting authority over
existing contracts and authority to award new contracts. The office
shall manage and direct, among other projects, the depleted uranium
hexafluoride conversion program and decontamination and decommissioning
program. The office shall also have its own capacity to perform
environmental, safety, health, and financal oversight.
(b) Plan.--The Department shall submit, not later than 60 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, a plan for establishing the
Portsmouth and Paducah Operations Office. The plan shall describe
actions required to transfer functions from the Oak Ridge Operations
Office to the Portsmouth and Paducah Operations Office. The plan shall
outline the personnel transfers, full-time equivalent requirements,
budget requirements, physical space requirements, and identify the
source of funds to accomplish the transfer of personnel, documents, and
support systems. The plan shall include the provision for legal counsel
and chief financial officer and describe the reporting relationships to
the Headquarters Program Office. The plan shall detail which Operations
Office functions shall be located at the Portsmouth Plant Area Office
versus the Paducah Plant Area Office.
(c) President's Budget.--The President's Budget request for fiscal
year 2001 and for each fiscal year thereafter shall include funding for
the Portsmouth and Paducah Operations Office as a separate line item
from the Oak Ridge Operations Office budget.
SEC. 4. CLOSURE OF GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT.
The Department of Energy shall minimize the social and economic
impacts of any decisions related to the closure of all or part of a
gaseous diffusion plant at Portsmouth, Ohio, or Paducah, Kentucky. As
part of this effort, all contracts and subcontracts for safe shutdown,
deactivation, decontamination, and decommissioning work at
such Department of Energy's gaseous diffusion plants shall include
requirements that--
(1) consistent with site seniority practices, contractors
and subcontractors of all tiers directly provide a continuing
right of first refusal for available work to gaseous diffusion
plant employees and Department of Energy contractor employees
who were employed on the date of enactment of this Act and are
displaced or facing displacement and are qualified or can
qualify with a reasonable amount of training;
(2) contractors and subcontractors provide requisite
training and retraining for incumbent employees not to exceed
$10,000 per worker, excluding wages and time spent in training;
(3) pay wages and benefits not less than wages and fringes
provided under the Service Contract Act of 1965, and provide
pension and retiree health care benefit continuity using the
Multiple Employer Pension Plan now in place at the Portsmouth,
Ohio, Paducah, Kentucky, and Oak Ridge, Tennessee sites or an
equivalent instrument;
(4) comply with the workforce restructuring plan
promulgated by the Department of Energy pursuant to section
3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1993 (42 U.S.C. 7274h); and
(5) suits alleging violations of this section may be
brought in any district court of the United States having
jurisdiction over the parties, without regard to the amount in
controversy or citizenship of the parties.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
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