S. 2203Senate110th Congress (2007-2009)In Committee

Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund Reauthorization Act of 2007

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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-307.

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Introduced in Senate

October 18, 2007

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

October 18, 2007

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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-307.

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

November 15, 2007

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Sen. Bill NelsonD-FL · Nov 15, 2007

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 15, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in open session, to receive…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 15, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in open session, to receive testimony on the state of the United States Army.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, November 15, 2007, at 10 a.m., in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building, in order to conduct a hearing.

The hearing will address issues related to the retirement of the Space Shuttle, its remaining missions, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's, NASA, plans to compensate should they not fulfill all mission requirements on schedule, and other issues facing NASA when the Space Shuttle is retired.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, November 15, 2007, at 10 a.m., in room SD 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, in order to conduct a hearing.

The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 2203, a bill to reauthorize the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, and for other purposes.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, November 15, 2007, at 10 a.m., in room 406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in order to conduct a hearing entitled, ``Legislative Hearing on America's Climate Security Act of 2007, S. 2191.''

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, November 15, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. in order to conduct a hearing on the anti-drug foreign assistance package for Mexico and Central America.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate in order to conduct a hearing entitled ``Restoring Congressional Intent and Protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act'' November 15, 2007, at 2 p.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate in order to conduct an executive business meeting on Thursday, November 15, 2007, at 10 a.m. in room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

Agenda:

I. Bills

S. 2248, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2007;

S. 352, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007, (Grassley, Schumer, Leahy, Specter, Graham, Feingold, Cornyn, Durbin);

S. 344, A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings, (Specter, Grassley, Durbin, Schumer, Feingold, Cornyn);

S. 1638, Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act of 2007, (Leahy, Hatch, Feinstein, Graham, Kennedy). II. Resolutions

S. Res. 366, designating November 2007 as ``National Methamphetamine Awareness Month,'' to increase awareness of methamphetamine abuse, (Baucus, Grassley, Biden, Graham, Schumer);

S. Res. 367, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the mass movement for Soviet Jewish freedom and the 20th anniversary of the Freedom Sunday rally for Soviet Jewry on the National Mall, (Lieberman, Specter, Biden, Brownback, Cardin, Feinstein) III. Nominations

Joseph N. Laplante to be United States District Judge for the District of New Hampshire; Reed Charles O'Connor to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division; Thomas D. Schroeder to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina; Amul R. Thapar to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for the Committee on Veterans' Affairs to be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, November 15, 2007, off the Senate Floor in the Reception Room, immediately after the first rollcall vote occurring after 10 a.m. to consider the nomination of Michael W. Hager to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Human Resources and Management.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 15, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. in order to conduct a business meeting.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia and the Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, November 15, 2007, at 10 a.m. in order to conduct a hearing entitled, ``Not a Matter `If,' But of `When': The Status of U.S. Response Following an RDD Attack.''

Sen. Jeff BingamanD-NM · Nov 8, 2007

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing…

Sen. Carl LevinD-MI · Nov 8, 2007

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental…

Sen. John F. KerryD-MA · Nov 8, 2007

Mr. President, I would like to inform Members that the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship will hold a hearing entitled ``SBA Lender Oversight: Preventing Loan Fraud and Improving…

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Introduced in SenateIssued October 18, 2007

110th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 2203

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

October 18, 2007

Mr. Brown introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To reauthorize the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund Reauthorization Act of 2007.

Reauthorization of Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund

(a)

Amounts in fund

Section 1802 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g–1) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (a)—

(A)

by striking $518,233,333 and inserting $700,000,000; and

(B)

by striking the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and inserting the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund Reauthorization Act of 2007;

(2)

in subsection (c), by inserting after adjusted for inflation the following: beginning 1 year after the date of enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 1992;

(3)

in subsection (d), by striking 15 years after the date of the enactment of this title and inserting 10 years after the date of enactment of the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund Reauthorization Act of 2007; and

(4)

in subsection (e)—

(A)

in paragraph (1), by striking 15 years after the date of the enactment of this title and inserting 10 years after the date of enactment of the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund Reauthorization Act of 2007; and

(B)

in paragraph (2), by striking under such subsection and inserting during the 10–year period beginning on the date of enactment of the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund Reauthorization Act of 2007.

(b)

Reports

Section 1805 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g–4) is amended—

(1)

in the first sentence, by striking the date of the enactment of this title and inserting the date of enactment of the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund Reauthorization Act of 2007; and

(2)

in the second sentence, by striking 5th report submitted under this section and inserting third report submitted after the date of enactment of the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund Reauthorization Act of 2007.

Study of the use of proceeds from the sale of the product of the enrichment of uranium tailings

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall—

(1)

complete a study to determine the manner in which proceeds from the sale of the product of the enrichment of cylinders of uranium tailings in the United States may be used to reduce or supplement the amount of appropriations necessary—

(A)

to fund the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund established under section 1801(a) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g(a)); and

(B)

to provide assistance to units of local government and community reuse organizations at sites eligible for assistance from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; and

(2)

submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that describes the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1).