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      "date": "2004-01-05",
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      "title": "Defense Cleanup and Environmental Programs: Authorization and Appropriations for FY2004",
      "summary": "The Department of Defense (DOD) administers five environmental programs in response to\nvarious\nrequirements under federal environmental laws. These programs include environmental cleanup,\nenvironmental compliance, pollution prevention, environmental technology, and conservation. In\naddition, the Department of Energy (DOE) is responsible for managing defense nuclear waste and\ncleaning up contaminated nuclear weapons sites. Some of the ongoing issues associated with these\nprograms are the adequacy, cost, and pace of cleanup, whether DOD and DOE adequately comply\nwith environmental laws and regulations, and the extent to which environmental requirements\nencroach upon military readiness. \n The National Defense Authorization Act for FY2004 ( P.L. 108-136 ,  H.R. 1588 )\nauthorized $1.31 billion for cleanup at active military installations and Formerly Used Defense Sites\n(FUDS), about $40 million more than requested. FUDS are former military facilities that were\ndecommissioned prior to the rounds of base closings that began in 1988. An increase was authorized\nfor speeding up the pace of cleanup at these sites. The law also authorized $370 million for cleanup\nand other activities at base closure sites, the same as requested. As in past years, the law includes\nline-items for a few other environmental activities, but does not specify the authorization for all of\nDOD's other environmental programs. Rather, their funding is authorized as part of several larger\naccounts. For DOE's cleanup of defense nuclear waste sites, the law authorized $6.81 billion, the\nsame as requested. It also includes numerous environmental provisions that affect military activities. \nAmong the most controversial are those that grant exemptions from certain requirements under the\nEndangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which DOD requested under its\nReadiness and Range Preservation Initiative (RRPI).  In addition to the above authorization\nlegislation, Congress has completed the three\nappropriations bills that fund these activities in FY2004. The Department of Defense Appropriations\nAct for FY2004 ( P.L. 108-87 ,  H.R. 2658 ) provided nearly $1.35 billion for cleanup at\nactive military installations and FUDS sites, $72 million more than requested, and $32 million more\nthan authorized, with the increase going to FUDS sites. The Military Construction Appropriations\nAct for FY2004 ( P.L. 108-132 ,  H.R. 2559 ) provided $370 million for cleanup and other\nactivities at base closure sites, the same as requested and authorized. The Energy and Water\nDevelopment Appropriations Act for FY2004 ( P.L. 108-137 ,  H.R. 2754 ) provided\n$6.64 billion for DOE's cleanup of defense nuclear waste sites, nearly $168 million less than\nrequested and authorized. The conferees indicated that funding was decreased due to concern about\nDOE's progress in working with EPA and the states to implement its reform initiative to increase the\npace of cleanup and lower costs.\n This report provides background information on defense-related environmental programs,\nanalyzes key implementation issues, and examines final versions of legislation to authorize and\nappropriate funding for these activities for FY2004. It will be updated when DOD announces the\nfunding allocations for all of its environmental activities that did not receive a specific line-item\nappropriation.",
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    "Appropriations",
    "Environmental Policy",
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