S.Amdt. 3393

1. Adds SEC. 1087. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION, BADGER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT, BARABOO, WISCONSIN at the end of subtitle H of title X of division A

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   (j) Coordination With Other Amendments Made by This Act.--For purposes of applying amendments made by provisions of this Act other than this section, the amendments made by subsections (b) through (h) of this section shall be treated as having been enacted immediately before any such amendments by other provisions of this Act.

   Inserted: SEC. 1087. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION, BADGER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT, BARABOO, WISCONSIN.

   Inserted: (a) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) Plant.--The term "plant" means the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant near Baraboo, Wisconsin.

   Inserted: (2) Property.--The term "Property" includes--

   Inserted: (A) the plant;

   Inserted: (B) any land located in Sauk County, Wisconsin, and managed by the Federal Government relating to the plant; and

   Inserted: (C) any structure on the land described in subparagraph (B).

   Inserted: (b) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall transfer to the Secretary of the Interior administrative jurisdiction over the approximately 1,553 acres of land located within the boundary of the Property, to be held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of the Ho-Chunk Nation.

   Inserted: (2) Date of transfer.--

   Inserted: (A) In general.--The transfer of all land described in paragraph (1) shall be carried out not later than 1 year after the latter of--

   Inserted: (i) the date on which environmental remediation activities on the land described in that paragraph are finalized; and

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   Inserted: (ii) the date of enactment of this Act.

   Inserted: (B) Finalization of environmental remediation activities.--For purposes of this paragraph, environmental remediation activities on a parcel of land to be transferred under paragraph (1) are considered to be finalized on the date on which the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Wisconsin makes a final case closure and no-action-required determination for that parcel of land.

   Inserted: (3) Transfer of parcels.--The Secretary of the Army may transfer the land described in paragraph (1) in parcels.

   Inserted: (4) Legal description.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall publish in the Federal Register a legal description of the land to be transferred under paragraph (1).

   Inserted: (c) Retention of Environmental Responsibilities by the Army.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2) and notwithstanding the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over the Property to the Secretary of the Interior under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary of the Army shall retain sole Federal responsibility and liability to fund and implement actions necessary for compliance with all environmental remediation activities required to support the land reuse identified in the final case closure and no-action-required determination of the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Wisconsin for any transferred parcel of the Property.

   Inserted: (2) Limitation.--The responsibility and liability of the Secretary of the Army described in paragraph (1) is limited to the remediation of environmental contamination caused by the activities of the Department of Defense that occurred before the date on which administrative jurisdiction over the land is transferred under this section.

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   At the end of subtitle H of title X of division A, add the following:

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