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Depleted Uranium Munitions Suspension and Study Act of 2001

Introduced: October 17, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Jan 28, 2002
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Oct 29, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Oct 17, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 17, 2001
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Depleted Uranium Munitions Suspension and Study Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Defense and other Federal entities to suspend the use and approval for foreign sale or export of depleted uranium munitions until the Secretary of Health and Human Services certifies to specified congressional committees that studies indicate such munitions will not jeopardize the health of U.S. or NATO military personnel or civilian populations if used in future conflicts.

Limits subsequent use, foreign sale, or export to stocks certifiably free of plutonium and other transuranic matter.

Directs the Comptroller General to investigate the contamination of stocks of depleted uranium munitions with transuranic elements.

Requires the Directors of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to jointly and comprehensively study the health effects of exposure to such weapons on veterans and their children, as well as a public health assessment of persons with an epidemiological link to military installations or production facilities where such munitions have been used or produced.

Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a comprehensive study of possible environmental contamination at these installations or facilities. Requires the Secretary of Defense to: (1) furnish to the Administrator with a list of sites; and (2) develop a plan for their mitigation and cleanup (consistent with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969).

What's happening now January 28, 2002

Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1