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Depleted Uranium Munitions Study Act

Introduced: May 17, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 21, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jun 3, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
May 17, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
May 17, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3338)
May 17, 2005
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Depleted Uranium Munitions Study Act - Requires the Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and the Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to study and report jointly to Congress on: (1) the health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions upon veterans and their children born after such exposure; and (2) a public health assessment of persons thought to have an epidemiological link to any U.S. military installation or production facility at which depleted uranium munitions have either been, or currently are being, used or produced.

Instructs the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a list of all sites in the United States where depleted uranium munitions have been used or produced, and a site-specific map of each site.

Directs the Administrator to report to the Secretary and to certain congressional committees on the results of a comprehensive environmental evaluation of possible contamination of the soil, air, water, and vegetation by depleted uranium at the listed sites.

Requires the Secretary to develop and implement a plan for the mitigation and cleanup of depleted uranium at the pertinent sites.

What's happening now June 21, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 10 Independent 1