§ 7922. Termination of authority of Secretary

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1978

   Pub. L. 95–604 title I § 112 · 92 Stat. 3021

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 7922

   Pub. L. 95–604, title I, § 112, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3031

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 95–604, title I, § 112, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3031

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 112. termination; authorization (a) The authority of the Secretary to perform remedial 42 USC 7922. action under this title shall terminate on the date seven years after the date of promulgation by the Administrator of general standards applicable to such remedial action unless such termination date is specifically extended by an Act of Congress enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) The amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this title by the Secretary, the Administrator, the Commission, and the Secretary of the Interior shall not exceed such amounts as are established in annual authorization Acts for fiscal year 1979 and each fiscal year thereafter applicable to the Department of Energy. Any sums appropriated for the purposes of this title shall be available until expended.

2. 1988

   Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Amendments Act of 1988

   Pub. L. 100–616 § 3 · 102 Stat. 3192

   Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 7922(a)

   Pub. L. 100–616 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “The authority of the Secretary to perform remedial action under this subchapter shall terminate on the date seven years after the date of promulgation by the Administrator of general standards applicable to such remedial action unless such termination date is specifically extended by an Act of Congress enacted after November 8, 1978.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–616 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “The authority of the Secretary to perform remedial action under this subchapter shall terminate on the date seven years after the date of promulgation by the Administrator of general standards applicable to such remedial action unless such termination date is specifically extended by an Act of Congress enacted after November 8, 1978.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. Section 112(a) of UMTRCA (42 U.S.C. 7922(a)) is amended to read as follows: “(a) The authority of the Secretary to perform remedial action Water. under this title shall terminate on September 30, 1994, except that the authority of the Secretary to perform ground water restoration activities under this title is without limitation.”.

3. 1992

   Energy Policy Act of 1992

   Pub. L. 102–486 title X § 1031 · 106 Stat. 2776

   Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 7922(a)

   Pub. L. 102–486 substituted “1996” for “1994”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–486 substituted “1996” for “1994”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 1031. URANIUM MILL TAILINGS RADIATION CONTROL ACT EXTENSION. Section 112(a) of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7922(a)) is amended by striking “1994” and inserting “1996”.

4. 1996

   Pub. L. 104–259 § 2 · 110 Stat. 3173

   Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 7922(a)

   Pub. L. 104–259 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “The authority of the Secretary to perform remedial action under this subchapter shall terminate on September 30, 1996, except that the authority of the Secretary to perform groundwater restoration activities under this subchapter is without limitation.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–259 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “The authority of the Secretary to perform remedial action under this subchapter shall terminate on September 30, 1996, except that the authority of the Secretary to perform groundwater restoration activities under this subchapter is without limitation.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 2. TERMINATION; AUTHORIZATION. Section 112(a) (42 U.S.C. 7922(a)) is amended to read as follows: “(a) (1) The authority of the Secretary to perform remedial action under this title shall terminate on September 30, 1998, except that— “(A) the authority of the Secretary to perform groundwater restoration activities under this title is without limitation, and “(B) the Secretary may continue operation of the disposal site in Mesa County, Colorado (known as the Cheney disposal cell) for receiving and disposing of residual radioactive material from processing sites and of byproduct material from property in the vicinity of the uranium milling site located in Monticello, Utah, until the Cheney disposal cell has been filled to the capacity for which it was designed, or September 30, 2023, whichever comes first. “(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘byproduct material’ has the meaning given that term in section 11e.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(e)(2)).”.

5. 2020

   Energy Act of 2020

   Pub. L. 116–260 div. Z title XI § 11002 · 134 Stat. 1182

   Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 7922(a)(1)(B)

   Pub. L. 116–260 substituted “September 30, 2031” for “September 30, 2023”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 116–260 substituted “September 30, 2031” for “September 30, 2023”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 11002. AUTHORIZATION.   Section 112(a)(1)(B) of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7922(a)(1)(B)) is amended by striking “September 30, 2023” and inserting “September 30, 2031”.

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