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H.R. 4705 113th Congress House

To amend the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Defense to decontaminate certain portions of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico.

Introduced: May 21, 2014 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Caribbean areaHazardous wastes and toxic substancesMilitary facilities and propertyPuerto RicoU.S. territories and protectorates
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jun 20, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
May 21, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
May 21, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 20, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1974 to allow portions of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico, to be utilized for purposes that would require decontamination at the expense of the United States. (Currently, such utilization is prohibited.)

Makes the authority for such utilization applicable to portions of such island identified as having regular public access in the Department of Defense (DOD) study entitled "Study Relating to the Presence of Unexploded Ordnance in a Portion of the Former Naval Bombardment Area of Culebra Island, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico," dated April 20, 2012, which was prepared in accordance with the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4435 Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4705: To amend the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Defense to decontaminate certain portions of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4705/
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"H.R. 4705: To amend the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Defense to decontaminate certain portions of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4705/.
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H.R. 4705, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4705/.
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