[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4005 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4005

  To amend the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 to 
 extend the authorization of a disposal site in Mesa County, Colorado, 
             until the site is filled to designed capacity.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 5, 2026

 Mr. Hickenlooper (for himself, Mr. Curtis, and Mr. Bennet) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                    on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 to 
 extend the authorization of a disposal site in Mesa County, Colorado, 
             until the site is filled to designed capacity.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Responsible Containment 
Reauthorization Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF 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 ``, or 
September 30, 2031, whichever comes first''.
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