A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to purchase certain essential mineral rights and resolve natural…

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A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to purchase certain essential mineral rights and resolve natural resource damage liability claims.

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R AllardSponsor

1 cosponsor · 1 D

D Salazar

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States that specified funds authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy for the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Colorado) shall be available to the Secretary for the purchase of essential mineral rights at Rocky Flats.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Oct 6, 2005

Prescribes related conditions under which any natural resource damage liability claim shall be deemed to be satisfied.

Exempts mineral rights purchased under this Act from the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Amends the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge Act of 2001 to repeal the mandate for a Memorandum of Understanding in connection with the transfer to the Secretary of the Interior of management responsibilities and jurisdiction over Rocky Flats. Repeals, also, the prohibiton against any reduction in funds available to the Secretary of Energy for cleanup and closure of Rocky Flats as a result of such transfer.

Revises the composition of the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge and excludes specified lands subject to certain essential mineral rights.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to purchase certain essential mineral rights and resolve natural resource damage liability claims.

Latest action (Oct 6, 2005): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Oct 6, 2005

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.