,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #gcg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,december #c1       
#bjai,mr4 ,o',halleran 7for himself1    
,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4
 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,stanton1 ,ms4 ,haaland1
 ,ms4 ,torres ,small of ,new ,mexico1   
and ,mr4 ,lujn7 submitted the following 
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on       
,transportation and ,infrastructure1 for
 a period to be subsequently determined 
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,,resolution       
,expressing the sense of the ,house of  
,representatives regarding the efforts  
of the ,federal ,government to address  
the public health and environmental     
crisis on the ,navajo ,nation caused by 
abandoned uranium mines4  ,whereas      
,federal directives from ,world ,war    
,,ii and the ,cold ,war era led to the  

extensive mining of uranium ore on the  
,navajo ,nation2 ,whereas #ebd abandoned
 uranium mines remain scattered across  
the ,navajo ,nation and pose a          
significant radiation health hazard to  
the public and environment2 ,whereas    
cancer from radiation exposure is the   
second-leading cause of sickness and    
death on the ,navajo ,nation2 ,whereas  
the ,environmental ,protection ,agency1 
upon the insistence of the ,navajo      
,nation1 has secured settlement         
agreements with responsible parties to  
fund the cleanup of #bai of the         
abandoned uranium mines on the ,navajo  
,nation2 ,whereas there are #cje        
abandoned uranium mines on the ,navajo  
,nation for which ,federal funds or     
settlement agreements are not available 
to fund their cleanup2 and ,whereas it  
is the express duty of the ,united      
,states1 through the ,environmental     
,protection ,agency1 to address and     
ensure the timely remediation of the    
environmental contamination resulting   

from abandoned uranium mines on the     
,navajo ,nation3 ,now1 therefore1 be it 
,that it is the sense of the ,house of  
,representatives that the ,environmental
 ,protection ,agency1 in full           
coordination and partnership with the   
,navajo ,nation ,environmental          
,protection ,agency and other affected  
,tribes1 should take all necessary steps
 to ensure that cleanup actions for all 
abandoned uranium mines and related     
environmental pollution on the ,navajo  
,nation and other ,tribal lands are     
implemented expeditiously4