2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 5 May 2006 04:49:01 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Military Range Legacy Act
 
On April 25, 2006, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) and four other members of Congress introduced H.R. 5172 the Military Range Legacy Act of 2006 "To improve the effectiveness of Department of Defense programs for the remediation of unexploded ordnance on former defense sites, and for other purposes."

The bill contains sections on:

* Department of Defense implementation of requirements regarding unexploded ordnance, discarded military munitions, and munitions constituents

* Wide-area assessment of suspected UXO sites

* Detection instrument technology research

* Single Munitions Response Program (including a multi-stakeholder advisory panel)

* Inventory.

* Public database of incidents involving unexploded ordnance or discarded military munitions.

* Sense of Congress regarding procurement and use of munitions.

* Report on defense site cleanup at military installations closed or realigned under base closure law.

* Comptroller General study on adequacy of funding, staffing, and organization of military munitions response program.

To see the full text of the proposed legislation, go to http://thomas.loc.gov and do a search for "H.R. 5172."

Lenny

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