On the recordDecember 16, 2011
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements relating to the matter be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 2009) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 2009 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Insular Areas Act of 2011''. SEC. 2. CONTINUED MONITORING ON RUNIT ISLAND. Section 103(f)(1) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(f)(1)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and inserting the following: ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(B) Continued monitoring on runit island.-- ``(i) Cactus crater containment and groundwater monitoring.--Effective beginning January 1, 2012, the Secretary of Energy shall, as a part of the Marshall Islands program conducted under subparagraph (A), periodically (but not less frequently than every 4 years) conduct-- ``(I) a visual study of the concrete exterior of the Cactus Crater containment structure on Runit Island; and ``(II) a radiochemical analysis of the groundwater surrounding and in the Cactus Crater containment structure on Runit Island.…
