text: SECTION 1. URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING FUND.
  
      (a) Expenditures Beginning October 1, 1999.--Notwithstanding any 
  other law, beginning on October 1, 1999, the Secretary of Energy may 
  expend amounts collected under subsections (c) and (d) of section 1802 
  of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. section 2297g-1 (c), (d)) 
  for the purposes set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 1803 
  of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2297g-2 (b), (c)) without further appropriation 
  and without fiscal year limitation.
      (b) Expenditures Beginning October 1, 2008.--Notwithstanding any 
  other law, beginning October 1, 2008, the Secretary of Energy may 
  expend amounts in the fund established by section 1801 of the Atomic 
  Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g) for the purposes set forth in 
  subsections (b) and (c) of section 1803 of such Act (42 U.S.C. section 
  2297g-1 (c), (d)) without further appropriation and without fiscal year 
  limitation but subject to limitations that may be included in 
  appropriations Acts.
  
  SEC. 2. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.
  
      (a) In General.--The funds referred to in section 1 shall be 
  allocated to each decontamination and decommissioning program of the 3 
  gaseous diffusion plants in, Portsmouth, Ohio, Paducah, Kentucky, and 
  Oak Ridge, Tennessee, proportional to the total number of Separative 
  Work Units processed at each such site. Such units shall be calculated 
  as of the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Energy shall 
  report the allocation to Congress within 60 days of such date of 
  enactment.
      (b) Advance Notification of Termination of Lease.--Upon receiving 
  advance notification that the United States Enrichment Corporation, or 
  its affiliates, is terminating all or part of its lease with the 
  Department of Energy at the gaseous diffusion plant at Portsmouth, 
  Ohio, or Paducah, Kentucky, the Department of Energy shall notify local 
  and State officials, the congressional delegation, employee 
  representatives, and community reuse organizations (if any).
      (c) Decontamination and Decommissioning Program.--If such a lease 
  is terminated, in whole or in part, the Department of Energy shall, 
  within 60 days, make a determination whether it will lease the facility 
  involved in the lease to a successor entity, operate the facility as a 
  government enterprise, operate the facility on standby, or close all or 
  part of the operations of the facility. In the event that the 
  Department of Energy determines that it will no longer operate or lease 
  all or part of a gaseous diffusion plant, the Department of Energy 
  shall immediately initiate a decontamination and decommissioning 
  program. Within 30 days of such decision, the Department of Energy 
  shall immediately commence all required environmental reviews, 
  including compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
  1969.
      (d) Report.--The Secretary of Energy shall transmit to Congress a 
  decontamination and decommissioning program for the Portsmouth, Ohio 
  and Paducah, Kentucky, gaseous diffusion plants no later than 180 days 
  after the date a decision has been made to close all or part of one of 
  the gaseous diffusion plants.
  
  SEC. 3. PORTSMOUTH AND PADUCAH OPERATIONS OFFICE.
  
      (a) In General.--The Department of Energy shall establish, not 
  later than March 30, 2000, a Portsmouth and Paducah Operations Office. 
  The office shall manage the environmental restoration, nuclear energy, 
  and uranium enrichment program activities at such 2 sites. The office 
  shall be provided with budget authority and contracting authority over 
  existing contracts and authority to award new contracts. The office 
  shall manage and direct, among other projects, the depleted uranium 
  hexafluoride conversion program and decontamination and decommissioning 
  program. The office shall also have its own capacity to perform 
  environmental, safety, health, and financal oversight.
      (b) Plan.--The Department shall submit, not later than 60 days 
  after the date of enactment of this Act, a plan for establishing the 
  Portsmouth and Paducah Operations Office. The plan shall describe 
  actions required to transfer functions from the Oak Ridge Operations 
  Office to the Portsmouth and Paducah Operations Office. The plan shall 
  outline the personnel transfers, full-time equivalent requirements, 
  budget requirements, physical space requirements, and identify the 
  source of funds to accomplish the transfer of personnel, documents, and 
  support systems. The plan shall include the provision for legal counsel 
  and chief financial officer and describe the reporting relationships to 
  the Headquarters Program Office. The plan shall detail which Operations 
  Office functions shall be located at the Portsmouth Plant Area Office 
  versus the Paducah Plant Area Office.
      (c) President's Budget.--The President's Budget request for fiscal 
  year 2001 and for each fiscal year thereafter shall include funding for 
  the Portsmouth and Paducah Operations Office as a separate line item 
  from the Oak Ridge Operations Office budget.
  
  SEC. 4. CLOSURE OF GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT.
  
      The Department of Energy shall minimize the social and economic 
  impacts of any decisions related to the closure of all or part of a 
  gaseous diffusion plant at Portsmouth, Ohio, or Paducah, Kentucky. As 
  part of this effort, all contracts and subcontracts for safe shutdown, 
  deactivation, decontamination, and decommissioning work at 
  such Department of Energy's gaseous diffusion plants shall include 
  requirements that--
              (1) consistent with site seniority practices, contractors 
          and subcontractors of all tiers directly provide a continuing 
          right of first refusal for available work to gaseous diffusion 
          plant employees and Department of Energy contractor employees 
          who were employed on the date of enactment of this Act and are 
          displaced or facing displacement and are qualified or can 
          qualify with a reasonable amount of training;
              (2) contractors and subcontractors provide requisite 
          training and retraining for incumbent employees not to exceed 
          $10,000 per worker, excluding wages and time spent in training;
              (3) pay wages and benefits not less than wages and fringes 
          provided under the Service Contract Act of 1965, and provide 
          pension and retiree health care benefit continuity using the 
          Multiple Employer Pension Plan now in place at the Portsmouth, 
          Ohio, Paducah, Kentucky, and Oak Ridge, Tennessee sites or an 
          equivalent instrument;
              (4) comply with the workforce restructuring plan 
          promulgated by the Department of Energy pursuant to section 
          3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
          1993 (42 U.S.C. 7274h); and
              (5) suits alleging violations of this section may be 
          brought in any district court of the United States having 
          jurisdiction over the parties, without regard to the amount in 
          controversy or citizenship of the parties.
target: (Sec. 2) Mandates allocation of such funds to each decontamination and decommissioning program of the gaseous diffusion plants in Portsmouth, Ohio, Paducah, Kentucky, and Oak Ridge, Tennessee, proportional to the total number of Separative Work Units processed at each site.
  Sets forth procedural guidelines for possible termination by the United States Enrichment Corporation of its lease with the Department of Energy (DOE).
  Instructs the Secretary to transmit a decontamination and decommissioning program for the Portsmouth, Ohio, and Paducah, Kentucky, gaseous diffusion plants after the date a decision has been made to close all or part of one of the gaseous diffusion plants.
  (Sec. 3) Directs DOE to establish a Portsmouth and Paducah Operations Office to manage environmental restoration, nuclear energy, and uranium enrichment program activities.
  Mandates that the President's Budget request for FY2001 and for each fiscal year thereafter include funding for such Office as a separate line item from the Oak Ridge Operations Office budget.
  (Sec. 4) Sets forth closure requirements to minimize social and economic impacts relating to partial or total closures of the Portsmouth, Ohio, and Paducah, Kentucky, gaseous diffusion plants.
feat_title: To provide funding for the Portsmouth and Paducah, Tennessee, gaseous diffusion plants.