S.Amdt. 971

SA 971. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 957 proposed by Mr. Reid to the bill H.R. 2354, making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In the matter under the heading “Defense Environmental Cleanup” under the heading “ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES” of title III of division A, before the period, insert the following: “: Provided further, That not more than $933,712,000 may be used for cleanup activities under this heading at the Hanford site and, not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report describing alternatives for minimizing the total costs necessary to ensure contamination associated with the Hanford site does not pose risks to human health and safety or the environment off-site and provides an accounting for funds that have been spent on cleanup on the site before the date of enactment of this Act”.