S.Amdt. 3398

SA 3398. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2400, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Services, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 408, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:

SEC. 3147. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING AND EDUCATION CENTER.

(a) Transfer of Responsibility for Management and Operations.--(1) The Secretary of Energy shall transfer to the Office of Energy Assurance of the Department of Energy responsibility for the management and operations of the Hazardous Materials Management and Emergency Response Training and Education Center (referred to in this section as “HAMMER”) authorized under section 3142 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103-160; 107 Stat. 1948).

(2) The Secretary of Energy shall ensure that the Office of Energy Assurance carries out the worker safety and health training programs, including computer-based, hands-on, and simulation training, that are conducted at HAMMER in support of cleanup efforts at the Hanford Site, Richland, Washington.

(3) The Secretary of Energy may enter into partnering arrangements with other Federal and non-Federal entities to use excess capacities and develop new homeland security, environmental, and health and safety capabilities at HAMMER. Activities under such arrangements may include the establishment and operation of a training center of excellence at HAMMER.

(b) Funding.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 3102 for environmental management activities, $6,000,000 shall be made available in fiscal year 2005 for the Office of Energy Assurance for carrying out activities under this section.