Leandra Wai Act
Summary
Leandra Wai Act This bill provides for the conveyance and return by the Department of Defense (DOD), to the state of Hawaii, without consideration, all interest of the United States in the parcel of property known as the Makua Military Reservation located in Oahu, Hawaii. DOD shall, in collaboration with the state, conduct a study to map out land hazards, including unexploded ordnance and other contaminants; determine an appropriate schedule, consistent with community standards, for the removal of such land hazards; and provide a cost estimate for the land remediation and restoration activities required to make the reservation suitable for agriculture, residential use, and human habitation. There is established a Makua Military Reservation Conveyance, Remediation, and Environmental Restoration Trust Fund to (1) make the reservation suitable for agriculture, residential use, and human habitation, including any remedial actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; and (2) carry out this bill. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the state that shall govern the study; the conveyance; the timing, planning, methodology, and implementation for the removal of unexploded ordnance; and the use of the sums appropriated to the fund.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
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Introduced Mar 17, 2022
Last action Mar 18, 2022
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Mar 18, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
lower
Mar 18, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
lower
Mar 17, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Mar 17, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Kaiali’i Kahele
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