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      "title": "Defense Cleanup and Environmental Programs: Authorization and Appropriations for FY2005",
      "summary": "The Department of Defense (DOD) administers five environmental programs: environmental\ncleanup, compliance, pollution prevention, environmental technology, and conservation. The\nDepartment of Energy (DOE) manages defense nuclear waste and cleans up contaminated nuclear\nweapons sites. In the second session of the 108th Congress, the most controversial issues regarding\nthese activities were whether to provide further exemptions for military readiness activities from\ncertain air quality and hazardous waste cleanup requirements, and whether to provide DOE with the\nauthority to classify certain radioactive tank wastes at nuclear weapons sites in Idaho, South\nCarolina, and Washington in a manner that would permit these wastes to be permanently disposed\nof on-site in those states.\n  The Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for FY2005 ( P.L. 108-375 ,\n H.R. 4200 ) authorizes $1.35 billion for cleanup at active military installations and\nFormerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS), $40 million more than requested. The increase is for cleanup\nat FUDS sites. The law authorizes the Administration's request of $246 million in new funds for\nenvironmental cleanup at base closure sites. Total funding for cleanup at these sites would be $322\nmillion, including the use of unobligated balances and proceeds from land sales and leases from base\nclosures. Funding for DOD's other environmental activities is authorized under several larger\naccounts. The law also authorizes $6.96 billion for DOE's cleanup of nuclear weapons sites, slightly\nmore than requested, and provides targeted authority for permanent on-site disposal of radioactive\ntank wastes in Idaho and South Carolina. The law does not include the environmental exemptions\nfrom air quality and hazardous waste cleanup requirements that DOD requested.\n  In addition to defense authorization legislation, the 108th Congress completed action on the two\nFY2005 appropriations bills that fund cleanup and other environmental activities administered by\nDOD. The Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY2005 ( P.L. 108-287 ,  H.R. 4613 ) provides $1.36 billion for cleanup at active military installations and FUDS sites, $10 million\nmore than authorized and $50 million more than requested. The increase is devoted to cleanup at\nFUDS sites. As in authorization legislation, funding for DOD's other environmental activities is not\nspecified but is provided under several larger accounts. The Military Construction Appropriations\nAct for FY2005 ( P.L. 108-324 ,  H.R. 4837 ) provides $246 million in new funds for\ncleanup at base closure sites, the same as authorized and requested.\n  Action was also completed on FY2005 appropriations for DOE's cleanup of former nuclear\nweapons sites. The Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY2005 ( P.L. 108-447 ,  H.R. 4818 ) provides $7.03 billion for this activity, subject to an across-the-board rescission of 0.8%, an\nincrease relative to FY2004 and the Administration's request. Of this amount, $292 million is\nallocated to the disposal of radioactive tank wastes. This report will be updated to reflect DOD\nallocations of FY2005 funding for environmental activities for which amounts were not specified\nin bill or report language, but were provided as part of larger accounts.",
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