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Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)

S.Amdt. 6171

S.Amdt. 6171 · Senate amendment

A Republican amendment with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Changes S. 4784 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

Offered

Offered, and not voted on yet. Most amendments never get a vote: the Senate takes up the bill and moves on without them.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

This amendment, submitted by Ms. Lummis and Mr. Kelly, aims to add a section regarding Defense-Related Uranium Mine (DRUM) sites to bill S. 4784.

The purpose of this addition is to:

  • Authorize NRC service providers to access DRUM sites on Federal land for the recovery of uranium and remediation.

  • Require the Chief of the Forest Service and the Secretary of the Interior, working with the Secretary of Energy, to revise specific regulations to allow this access.

  • Establish that these activities are deemed to result in no or negligible surface disturbance, provided they do not create new mine workings or expand existing pits.

  • Remove the requirement for site-specific environmental assessments under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for activities carried out by an NRC service provider at these sites.