The House version of the Fiscal Year 2016 Defense Authorization bill would reject the Department of Energy’s request for a contribution to a federal fund used to help cover cleanup costs at the Paducah, Portsmouth and Oak Ridge sites, according to additional details about the bill released yesterday. The bill would not authorize any of the approximately $472 million DOE is seeking for a new federal contribution to the Uranium Enrichment D&D fund, according to the Chairman’s mark of the bill. Notably, House appropriators have backed DOE’s entire request for funding for a new contribution in their version of the FY 2016 Energy and Water appropriations bill, which is set to undergo debate on the House floor later this week.
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