S.Amdt. 3125
What it does: Adds SEC. 314. LIMITED DECONTAMINATION AUTHORITY FOR PORTIONS OF FORMER NAVAL BOMBARDMENT AREA, CULEBRA ISLAND, PUERTO RICO at the end of subtitle B of title III
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)What it changes
1 change to S. 3254 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 314. LIMITED DECONTAMINATION AUTHORITY FOR PORTIONS OF FORMER NAVAL BOMBARDMENT AREA, CULEBRA ISLAND, PUERTO RICO at the end of subtitle B of title III
Adds a sectionIn S. 3254 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(b) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may purchase such limited quantities of alternative fuels as are necessary to complete engine or fleet certification for 50/50 blends. In such instances, the Secretary shall purchase such alternative fuel using amounts authorized for research, development, test, and evaluation using competitive procedures and shall ensure the best purchase price for the fuel.
Inserted: SEC. 314. LIMITED DECONTAMINATION AUTHORITY FOR PORTIONS OF FORMER NAVAL BOMBARDMENT AREA, CULEBRA ISLAND, PUERTO RICO.
Inserted: (a) Decontamination Authority.--Notwithstanding section 204(c) of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1974 (Public Law 93-166; 87 Stat. 668), and paragraph 9 of the quitclaim deed relating to the transfer of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Secretary of Defense may authorize and conduct activities for the removal of unexploded ordnance and munitions scrap from those portions of the former bombardment area that were explicitly identified as having regular public access in the Department of Defense study entitled "Study Relating to the Presence of Unexploded Ordnance in a Portion of the Former Naval Bombardment Area of Culebra Island, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico" and dated April 20, 2012, which was prepared in accordance with section 2815 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111-383; 124 Stat. 4464).
Inserted: (b) Exceptions.--In authorizing and conducting activities for the removal of unexploded ordnance and munitions scrap within the transferred former bombardment area, as authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may exclude areas of dense vegetation and steep terrain that--
Inserted: (1) make public access difficult and public use infrequent; and
Inserted: (2) would severely hamper the effectiveness and increase the cost of removal activities.
Inserted: (c) Definitions.--In this section:
Inserted: (1) The term "quitclaim deed" refers to the quitclaim deed from the United States to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, signed by the Secretary of the Interior on August 11, 1982, for that portion of Tract (1b) consisting of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
Inserted: (2) The term "unexploded ordnance" has the meaning given that term by section 101(e)(5) of title 10, United States Code.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:
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SA 3125. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:
SEC. 314. LIMITED DECONTAMINATION AUTHORITY FOR PORTIONS OF FORMER NAVAL BOMBARDMENT AREA, CULEBRA ISLAND, PUERTO RICO.
(a) Decontamination Authority.--Notwithstanding section 204(c) of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1974 (Public Law 93-166; 87 Stat. 668), and paragraph 9 of the quitclaim deed relating to the transfer of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Secretary of Defense may authorize and conduct activities for the removal of unexploded ordnance and munitions scrap from those portions of the former bombardment area that were explicitly identified as having regular public access in the Department of Defense study entitled “Study Relating to the Presence of Unexploded Ordnance in a Portion of the Former Naval Bombardment Area of Culebra Island, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico” and dated April 20, 2012, which was prepared in accordance with section 2815 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111-383; 124 Stat. 4464).
(b) Exceptions.--In authorizing and conducting activities for the removal of unexploded ordnance and munitions scrap within the transferred former bombardment area, as authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may exclude areas of dense vegetation and steep terrain that--
(1) make public access difficult and public use infrequent; and
(2) would severely hamper the effectiveness and increase the cost of removal activities.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term “quitclaim deed” refers to the quitclaim deed from the United States to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, signed by the Secretary of the Interior on August 11, 1982, for that portion of Tract (1b) consisting of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
(2) The term “unexploded ordnance” has the meaning given that term by section 101(e)(5) of title 10, United States Code.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 28, 2012