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Changes the authorized annual federal funding level for the West Valley Demonstration Project to $50,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2037, replacing a prior authorization of $75,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2020 through 2026. This is an amendment to the statute that sets the authorized ceiling for annual funding; it does not itself appropriate money. The change narrows the authorized annual amount and shifts the covered years, which could affect planning, program pace, and budgeting for the cleanup and related activities at the West Valley site. Actual spending will still depend on future appropriations and agency decisions.
The bill guarantees a decade of $50M-per-year support to keep West Valley cleanup and related jobs going and enable planning, but does so by cutting the previously authorized level to $50M and leaving appropriations uncertainty—risks that could slow cleanup, raise long-term costs, and unsettle contractors and workers.
Regional stakeholders (local governments and energy/utilities contractors) retain an 11-year, predictable federal funding stream of $50M per year (2027–2037) to continue West Valley cleanup work, sustaining projects and jobs and enabling multi-year planning and contractor continuity.
Local governments and energy/utilities contractors face a reduced cleanup pace or narrower scope because the bill lowers the annual authorized funding level from $75M to $50M.
Taxpayers could ultimately pay more if slower cleanup caused by lower annual funding increases long-term remediation costs.
Workers, contractors, and local stakeholders remain exposed to funding uncertainty because an authorization of $50M per year does not guarantee Congress will appropriate the full amount annually, risking job disruption and interrupted work if appropriations fall short.
Introduced January 15, 2026 by Kirsten Gillibrand · Last progress January 15, 2026