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 PUBLIC LAW 106-398 —APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-463 programs relating to the retrieval and treatment of tank waste at the site at Hanford, Washington, under the management of the Office of River Protection, shall he known and designated as the "River Protection Project". Any reference to that project in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be considered to be a reference to the River Protection Project. (b) MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY OF OFFICE OF RIVER PROTECTION. —Subsection (b) of section 3139 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 2250) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking "managing all aspects of the" and all that follows through the period and inserting "managing, consistent with the policy direction established by the Department, all aspects of the River Protection Project, Richland, Washington."; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(3)(A) The Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management shall delegate in writing responsibility for the management of the River Protection Project, Richland, Washington, to the head of the Office. "(B) Such delegation shall include, at a minimum, authorities for contracting, financial management, safety, and general program management that are equivalent to the authorities of managers of other operations offices of the Department of Energy. "(C) The head of the Office shall, to the maximum extent possible, coordinate all activities of the Office with the manager of the Richland Operations Office of the Department of Energy.". (c) DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.— Subsection (c) of such section is amended— (1) by striking "manager" and inserting "head"; and (2) by striking "to manage" and all that follows through the period and inserting "to carry out the responsibilities specified in subsection (b)(2).". (d) REPORTING TO CONGRESS.—Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows: "(d) REPORT.— The Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, a copy of the delegation of authority required by subsection (b)(3).". SEC. 3142. REPORT ON TANK WASTE REMEDIATION SYSTEM, HANFORD RESERVATION, RICHLAND, WASHINGTON. Not later than December 15, 2000, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress a report on the Tank Waste Remediation System project, Hanford Reservation, Richland, Washington. The report shall include the following: (1) A proposed plan for processing and stabilizing all nuclear waste located in the Hanford Tank Farm. (2) A proposed schedule for carrying out that proposed plan. (3) The total estimated cost of carrying out that proposed plan.

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