S.Amdt. 6353

SA 6353. Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Gillibrand, and
Mr. Hickenlooper) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him
to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027
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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE REAUTHORIZATIONS.

(a) Economic Assistance and Miscellaneous Payments for the
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.--Section 15(a) of the Waste
Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act (Public Law 102-
579; 106 Stat. 4791; 110 Stat. 2854) is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``14-year
Authorization'' and inserting ``In General''; and
(2) in the first sentence--
(A) by striking ``each of the 14 fiscal years beginning
with''; and
(B) by inserting ``and each fiscal year thereafter through
the fiscal year during which transuranic waste shipments to
or from WIPP have been terminated'' before the period at the
end.
(b) Extension of Authorization of Cheney Disposal Cell.--
Section 112(a)(1)(B) of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation
Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7922(a)(1)(B)) is amended by
striking ``, or September 30, 2031, whichever comes first''.
(c) West Valley Demonstration Project.--Section 3(a) of the
West Valley Demonstration Project Act (Public Law 96-368; 42
U.S.C. 2021a note) is amended by striking ``$75,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2020 through 2026'' and inserting
``$150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2037''.
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