S.Amdt. 1854

SA 1854. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1813 submitted by Mr.

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Dorgan to the bill H.R. 3183, making appropriations for energy and
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

On page 48, lines 23 and 24, strike ``until expended'' and
insert the following:
until expended: Provided, That, not later than 30 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall
certify that the Yucca Mountain site has been selected as,
and remains, the site for the development of a repository for
the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent
nuclear fuel in accordance with section 160 of the Nuclear
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10172): Provided further,
That if the President fails to make the certification,
$98,400,000 shall be made available to the States that store
defense-related nuclear waste (which is to be transferred to
the Yucca Mountain site), to be used by each State to help
offset the loss in community investments that results from
the continued storage of defense-related nuclear waste in the
State and to help mitigate the public health risks that
result from the continued storage of the defense-related
nuclear waste in the State
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