S.Amdt. 2826

SA 2826. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr.
McCain) to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2019 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:

After section 3116, add the following:

SEC. 3117. AUTHORIZATION FOR DISPOSAL OF PROLIFERATION-
ATTRACTIVE TRANSURANIC WASTE.

Section 3132 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (50 U.S.C. 2569), as
amended by section 3116, is further amended--
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
``(N) The disposal of proliferation-attractive transuranic
waste and related equipment received by the Secretary under
the program at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico,
notwithstanding--
``(i) the second sentence of section 213(a) of the
Department of Energy National Security and Military
Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1980
(Public Law 96-164; 93 Stat. 1265); or
``(ii) section 2(19) of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Land Withdrawal Act (Public Law 102-579; 106 Stat. 4779), as
amended by section 3182 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat.
2851).''; and
(2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
``(7) The term `transuranic waste' has the meaning given
that term in section 2 of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Withdrawal Act (Public Law 102-579; 106 Stat. 4777), as
amended by section 3182 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat.
2851).''.
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