To provide for the treatment by the Department of Energy of waste material.

1. Rewrites section 3119

   Replaces

   In S. 2400 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   SEC. 3119. TREATMENT OF [struck: DISPOSITION ]WASTE [struck: FROM REPROCESSING OF LOW- LEVEL OR TRANSURANIC WASTE][inserted: MATERIAL].

   (a) [struck: In General][inserted: Availability of Funds for Treatment].--[struck: Subject to subsection (c) and except as provided in subsection (d), of ][inserted: Of ]the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 3102([inserted: a)(]1) for [struck: defense ]environmental management for defense site acceleration completion, [struck: a total of ]$350,000,000 shall be available for [struck: activities ][inserted: the following purposes ]at [struck: each site][inserted: the sites] referred to in subsection (b)[struck: to stabilize, treat, or process for disposition waste from reprocessing of low-level or transuranic waste.][inserted: :]

   Struck: (b) Covered Sites.--The sites referred to in this subsection are as follows:

   Inserted: (1) The safe management of tanks or tank farms used to store waste from reprocessing activities.

   Inserted: (2) The on-site treatment and storage of wastes from reprocessing activities and related waste.

   Inserted: (3) The consolidation of tank waste.

   Inserted: (4) The emptying and cleaning of storage tanks.

   Inserted: (5) Actions under section 3116.

   Inserted: (b) Sites.--The sites referred to in this subsection are as follows:

   (1) The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho.

   (2) The Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina.

   (3) The Hanford Site, Richland, Washington.

   Struck: (c) Limitation.--Amounts referred to in subsection (a) shall be available for activities described in that subsection at a site referred to in subsection (b) only if the Secretary of Energy certifies to the President and Congress that there is adequate certainty of the legality of the disposition pathway contemplated by such activities at such site as to warrant proceeding with such activities at such site.

   Struck: (d) Deadline.--If the Secretary has not made a certification described in subsection (c) regarding activities described in subsection (a) at a site referred to in subsection (b) as of June 1, 2005, any funds referred to in subsection (a) that would otherwise be available for such activities shall no longer be available to the Department of Energy for any purpose as of that date.

   Original wording

   Strike section 3119 and insert the following:

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