SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SHIPMENTS OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.

SEC. 3162. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SHIPMENTS OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL. (a) Findings.— Congress makes the following findings: (1) The United States has entered into a settlement agreement with the State of Idaho in the actions captioned Public Service Co. of Colorado v. Batt, Civil No. 91–0035–S–EJL, and United States v. Batt, Civil No. 91–0054–S–EJL, in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho, regarding shipment of naval spent nuclear fuel to Idaho, examination and storage of such fuel in Idaho, and other matters. (2) Under this court enforceable agreement— (A) the State of Idaho has agreed— 110 STAT. 628 (i) to accept 575 shipments of naval spent nuclear fuel from the Navy into Idaho between October 17, 1995 and 2035; (ii) to accept certain shipments of spent nuclear fuel from the Department of Energy into Idaho between October 17, 1995 and 2035; and (iii) to allow the Navy and the Department of Energy, on an interim basis, to store the spent nuclear fuel in Idaho over the next 40 years; and (B) the United States has made commitments— (i) to remove all spent nuclear fuel (except certain quantities for testing) from Idaho by 2035; and (ii) to facilitate the cleanup and stabilization of radioactive waste at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. (3) The settlement agreement allows the Department of Energy and the Department of the Navy to meet responsibilities that are important to the national security interests of the United States. (4) Authorizations and appropriations of funds will be necessary in order to provide for fulfillment of the terms and obligations set forth in the settlement agreement. (b) Sense of Congress.— (1) Congress recognizes the need to implement the terms, conditions, rights, and obligations contained in the settlement agreement referred to in subsection (a)(1) and the consent order of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho, dated October 17, 1995, that effectuates the settlement agreement in accordance with those terms, conditions, rights, and obligations. (2) It is the sense of Congress that funds requested by the President to carry out the settlement agreement and such consent order should be appropriated for that purpose.