at page 9, lines 20-23 of the manager's substitute amendment, section 101(g) provides that ``subject to subsection (f), nothing in this Act shall be construed to subject the United States to financial liability for the Secretary's failure to meet any deadline for the acceptance or emplacement of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste. * * *'' Is it the manager's intention that this language prevent contract holders from recovering damages or other financial relief from the Government on account of DOE's failure to comply with the 1998 deadline established in section 302(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982?
Mike Levin: “at page 9, lines 20-23 of the manager's substitute amendment, section 101(g) provides that ``subject to subsection (f)…”
On the recordJuly 31, 1996
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Questioning the implications of a provision in the manager's substitute amendment regarding financial liability.
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