HR 2552 104th Congress House

To transfer the Tatum Salt Dome property to the State of Mississippi to be designated by the State as the Jamie Whitten Wilderness Area.

Introduced: October 26, 1995 See on congress.gov

Public Lands and Natural Resources Environmental ProtectionHazardous waste site remediationLand transfersMississippi

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Radioactive pollution of waterRadioactive wastesWilderness areas

Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

May 2, 1996

Favorable Executive Comment Received from DOE.

Dec 1, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities.

Dec 1, 1995

Executive Comment Requested from DOE.

Nov 15, 1995

Rereferred to the House Committee on National Security.

Nov 15, 1995

Mr. Stump asked unanimous consent to rerefer H.R. 2552 to the Committee on National Security. Agreed to without objection.

Nov 1, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands.

Oct 26, 1995

Referred to the House Committee on Resources. (Referral Suspended).

Oct 26, 1995

Introduced in House

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Latest action May 2, 1996

Favorable Executive Comment Received from DOE.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the Secretary of Energy to transfer, without compensation, the Tatum Dome Test Site to the State of Mississippi after certification from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the State that any contamination of such property has been remedied in accordance with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations.

Subjects such transfer to retention by the United States of the following: (1) the subsurface estate below the depth of 2700 feet below sea level unless a lesser depth is agreed upon by the Secretary; (2) rights of access for monitoring wells for sampling; and (3) the right to install wells additional to those identified in the remediation plan to the extent deemed necessary by the Secretary to monitor potential pathways of contaminant migration.

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Committees of jurisdiction 4

Armed Services Committee
House of Representatives
Federal Lands Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Natural Resources Committee
Military Installations and Facilities Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Armed Services Committee
Natural Resources Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 9

Bishop, Sanford D.

Georgia · Oct 26, 1995

Maryland · Oct 26, 1995

LIPINSKI, WILLIAM

· Oct 26, 1995

Neal, Richard E.

Massachusetts · Oct 26, 1995

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Oct 26, 1995

Thompson, Bennie G.

Mississippi · Oct 26, 1995

Wicker, Roger F.

Mississippi · Oct 26, 1995

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2552: To transfer the Tatum Salt Dome property to the State of Mississippi to be designated by the State as the Jamie Whitten Wilderness Area.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2552/

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"H.R. 2552: To transfer the Tatum Salt Dome property to the State of Mississippi to be designated by the State as the Jamie Whitten Wilderness Area.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2552/.

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