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| 104-hr-4339 | 104 | hr | 4339 | Transported Air Pollution Mitigation Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-10-03 | 1996-10-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Condit, Gary A. [D-CA-18] | CA | D | C000670 | 3 | Transported Air Pollution Mitigation Act of 1996 - Amends Clean Air Act provisions regarding State implementation plans for national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards to require a State, for each upwind area which causes or significantly contributes to a violation of the ambient air quality standard for ozone in a downwind area, to submit a plan revision that requires the upwind area to either: (1) reduce emissions of each air pollutant concerned by an amount necessary to mitigate impacts to pollution concentrations in the downwind area; or (2) make payments to the State or the air quality district as compensation to the downwind area for the costs of emission reduction measures. Requires a State, for each Moderate ozone nonattainment area determined to cause or significantly contribute to a violation of the national ambient air quality standard for ozone in a downwind area, to submit a plan revision including all provisions necessary for an enhanced vehicle inspection described in provisions concerning Serious areas and Environmental Protection Agency regulations. Requires amendment by a State of its plan for maintenance (required when a State requests redesignation of a nonattainment area as an area which has attained the national ambient air quality standard) to include measures for such an inspection program if the State determines that the area concerned is causing or significantly contributing to a violation of such standards for ozone in a downwind area. | 2025-08-21T20:15:15Z | |
| 104-s-2185 | 104 | s | 2185 | Local Growth Management Incentives Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-10-01 | 1996-10-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 0 | Local Growth Management Incentives Act of 1996 - Requires each Federal agency to cooperate with qualified State agencies and local land use jurisdictions (those with growth management and land use programs certified under this Act) to reduce duplication of State and local requirements by National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) environmental assessment procedures. Requires such cooperation to include joint planning processes, environmental research, public hearings, and environmental assessments. Permits use of one document if State or local law imposes requirements that are in addition to, but not in conflict with, the NEPA requirements. Requires a NEPA statement to address, and describe the extent to which the State or local entity will reconcile, any inconsistency of a proposed action with any approved plan or other requirement of the entity. Allows States and local land use jurisdictions, upon certification (and with exceptions), additional time to comply with any new Federal requirement in order to integrate a qualified program's requirements with the Federal requirement. Describes certification procedures (and restrictions) and requires for support of a certification that State or local laws establish a qualified program containing, among other things, mechanisms for: (1) designating areas of critical environmental concern (those in which development may damage important historic, cultural, or aesthetic values or natural systems or processes or result in a threat to human life and safety from natural hazards); (2) addressing compatibility of land uses; and (3) assessing whether development activity impacts would result in environmental or health law violations. Describes methods for establishment of such a program. Requires federally conducted development projects or activities that affect land use or are otherwise regulated under a qualified program to be carried out consistently with the program. Amends Federal law concerning obligation of Federal-aid highway and surface transportation fund… | 2025-08-21T20:15:18Z | |
| 104-s-2179 | 104 | s | 2179 | Children's Environmental Protection Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-30 | 1996-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 0 | Children's Environmental Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to state U.S. policy regarding the adequacy of protection of children and other vulnerable subpopulations from exposure to environmental pollutants. Defines "vulnerable subpopulations" to include children, pregnant women, the elderly, individuals with a history of serious illness, and other subpopulations identified by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as likely to experience elevated health risks from environmental pollutants. Directs the Administrator to: (1) work with each State, including by making grants, to develop a family right-to-know initiative requiring disclosure of the details of application of a pollutant in a public area accessible to children, State reports of such information, and provision of data for a nationwide survey; (2) identify and make publicly available a list of hazardous substances and pesticides commonly used in schools and parks; (3) create a list of substances with high hazard risks; (4) develop and issue an EPA-approved warning sign and label for posting in such areas; and (5) prohibit a school or park from using any pollutant on the high hazard risk list. Directs the Administrator and the Secretaries of Agriculture and of Health and Human Services to: (1) coordinate and implement research studies of the physiological and pharmacokinetic differences in the effects and toxicity of pesticides and other pollutants on children and other vulnerable subpopulations; (2) conduct surveys and research to document differences between children and adults with respect to exposure; and (3) report to the Congress. Directs the Administrator to evaluate environmental health risks to children and vulnerable subpopulations in all risk assessments and characterizations, environmental or public health standards, or general regulatory decisions and develop and use a separate assessment with respect to vulnerable subpopulations. Requires a report to the Congress. Requires public ava… | 2025-08-21T20:14:03Z | |
| 104-hr-4283 | 104 | hr | 4283 | National Invasive Species Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-28 | 1996-10-26 | Became Public Law No: 104-332. | House | Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-19] | OH | R | L000553 | 0 | National Invasive Species Act of 1996 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to mandate regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance species into the Great Lakes through ballast water. Authorizes education, technical assistance, and other measures to promote compliance. Mandates voluntary guidelines to prevent such introduction and spread in U.S. waters by ballast water and other vessel operations. Mandates education, technical assistance, and other measures to encourage compliance. Requires mandatory regulations if guideline compliance is inadequate. Provides for enforcement through civil and criminal penalties and revocation of clearance. Encourages negotiations with foreign governments to develop and implement an international program for preventing such introduction and spread. Allows a vessel to not conduct a ballast water exchange if the exchange would threaten the safety or stability of the vessel. Allows a vessel that does not, for that reason, conduct an exchange to discharge ballast in any harbor, except in the Great Lakes. Mandates a study and report to the Congress on the effectiveness of existing shoreside ballast water facilities used by crude oil tankers in the coastwise trade off Alaska in preventing such introduction and spread. Mandates studies of Lake Champlain, the Chesapeake Bay, San Francisco Bay, Honolulu Harbor, the Columbia River system, other estuaries of national significance, and other waters. Provides for making specified amounts available for research on aquatic nuisance species prevention and control in the Chesapeake Bay, the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific coast, the Atlantic Coast, and the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. Establishes a clearinghouse of national data on ballasting practices and compliance with guidelines under this Act. Mandates a ballast water management program for vessels of the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard. Requires: (1) a ballast water management program to demonstrate techn… | 2025-04-07T15:29:40Z | |
| 104-hr-4288 | 104 | hr | 4288 | Natural Gas Vehicle Incentives Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-28 | 1996-10-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] | TX | R | B000213 | 9 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Provisions Title II: Emission Reduction Credits Title III: Tax Incentives Title IV: Revision of Purchase Mandates Title V: Federal Transit Incentives for Natural Gas Vehicles Title VI: Government Contract Incentives for Natural Gas Vehicles Title VII: Research, Development, and Demonstration Incentives for Natural Gas Vehicles Natural Gas Vehicle Incentives Act of 1996 - Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth the findings of Congress with respect to increased use of domestic natural gas as a transportation fuel. Title II: Emission Reduction Credits - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an emission reduction credit program for natural gas vehicles, Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle (ULEV)-certified alternative fuel vehicles, and fueling infrastructure. Title III: Tax Incentives - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish natural gas vehicle property credits for any of the following property placed in service during the taxable year: (1) natural gas vehicles (50 percent of the cost); (2) fueling stations (the lesser of $25,000 or ten percent of the cost); and (3) transportation fuel (25 cents per gallon of liquefied natural gas or per gasoline gallon equivalent of compressed natural gas). (Sec. 302) Imposes an excise tax of 3.54 cents per gallon on liquefied natural gas sold for use or used as motor vehicle or motorboat fuel unless there was a taxable sale of such gas. (Sec. 303) Provides for shorter depreciation recovery periods for natural gas vehicles (three years) and refueling property (seven years). Title IV: Revision of Purchase Mandates - Declares the national policy to be that: (1) a viable, sustainable market for natural gas and other low emission vehicles requires cooperative efforts by and among fleet operators and other users, fuel providers, and vehicle manufacturers; (2) government mandates requiring private sector fleet p… | 2025-08-21T20:17:00Z | |
| 104-hr-4308 | 104 | hr | 4308 | Quiet Communities Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-28 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 10 | Quiet Communities Act of 1996 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to reestablish an Office of Noise Abatement and Control, which shall be responsible for coordinating Federal noise abatement activities, updating or developing noise standards, providing technical assistance to local communities, and promoting research and education. Requires the Administrator, with funds provided for the Office, to conduct a study of airport noise and its physiological effects on surrounding communities in major metropolitan areas. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:16:22Z | |
| 104-hr-4317 | 104 | hr | 4317 | Relating to disposal of contaminated dredged materials in the Port of New York-New Jersey. | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-28 | 1996-09-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) construct subaqueous borrow pits in Newark Bay, Port of New York-New Jersey, for the disposal of contaminated dredged materials from the Port, which are not eligible for open water disposal; and (2) expedite selection of a method for sediment decontamination. Prohibits the Secretary from constructing sediment containment islands if it would result in the loss of shellfish or other fisheries habitat. Requires designation of any necessary upland disposal site within close proximity of the actual dredging site. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 104-s-2157 | 104 | s | 2157 | Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-28 | 1996-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH] | NH | R | S000606 | 0 | Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit persons from disposing of lead-acid batteries (batteries) in a landfill, by incineration, or in any manner other than by return of spent batteries to one of the following authorized recipients: (1) a retail or wholesale seller of such batteries; (2) a regulated lead smelter; (3) an automotive dismantler or scrap dealer; (4) a collection entity designated to accept such batteries; or (5) a manufacturer of batteries of the same general type. Specifies respective authorized recipients of returns from retailers, wholesalers, dismantlers, collection entities, and manufacturers. Requires retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers of batteries (with an exception for a low number of sales) to accept spent batteries of the same general type as those sold in a quantity approximately equal to the number of batteries sold. Requires retailers to post a clearly visible notice informing the public of the legal requirement to recycle batteries. Sets forth labeling requirements, preempting State or local requirements inconsistent with this Act. Permits export of a spent battery for recycling purposes. Imposes civil penalties for violations of this Act and permits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to commence an action for appropriate relief, including injunctions. | 2025-08-21T20:15:23Z | |
| 104-s-2160 | 104 | s | 2160 | Innovative Compliance Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-28 | 1996-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] | CT | D | L000304 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Alternative Strategies for Achieving Superior Environmental Performance Title II: Environmental Market-Based Strategies Innovative Compliance Act of 1996 - Title I: Alternative Strategies for Achieving Superior Environmental Performance - Allows an owner or operator of a facility that is subject to an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule to petition the EPA Administrator to modify or waive the rule with respect to the facility and enter into an enforceable compliance agreement establishing an alternative compliance strategy. (Sec. 104) Requires a petitioner to undertake a stakeholder participation process to facilitate participation of, and notice to, the public, including government agencies and officials. (Sec. 105) Set forth criteria for approval of a petition for a proposed alternative compliance strategy, including that the strategy will achieve better overall environmental results than would be achieved under current and reasonably anticipated future regulatory requirements. Requires the Administrator to deny a petition involving more than one pollutant or medium if: (1) at least one stakeholder objects to the strategy; and (2) the Administrator determines that the objection relates to any of the enumerated approval criteria and has a clear and reasonable foundation. (Sec. 106) Requires that priority be given to petitions proposing strategies using pollution prevention approaches and those submitted by persons with strong records of outstanding environmental performance and worker health and safety protection. (Sec. 107) Sets forth petition approval procedures, including those for public notice, preliminary comment, judicial review, and a limitation on the number of petitions considered. (Sec. 113) Requires the Administrator to establish a program to facilitate development, and provide expedited review, of proposals from small business groups. (Sec. 114) Sets forth congressional reporting requirements. (Sec. 116) Requires establishment of an on-line… | 2025-08-21T20:14:40Z | |
| 104-hr-4234 | 104 | hr | 4234 | Public Right-to-Know and Children's Environmental Health Protection Act | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-27 | 1996-10-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 3 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Toxics Reporting and Public Right to Know Title II: Children's Environmental Protection Act Title III: Endocrine Disruptors Public Right-to-Know and Children's Environmental Health Protection Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States that: (1) adequate data should be developed with respect to industry's use of and the public's exposure to toxic substances, with priority given to the exposure of children; and (2) such data should be generated by manufacturers, processors, and users of chemical substances and mixtures and then made available to the general public. Title I: Toxics Reporting and Public Right to Know - Amends the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act to revise toxic chemical release form requirements, providing, among other things, for certain additional information to be reported to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about known toxic chemicals at facilities subject to such requirements, including the number of employees and contractors at the facility along with the number of those that have been exposed to the chemical. Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish new thresholds for reporting highly toxic chemicals; and (2) develop an EPA plan for integrating and improving access to publicly available information within the jurisdiction of the agency in order to improve the management of information resources and assist agency enforcement, pollution prevention, and multimedia permitting and reporting initiatives. (Sec. 105) Modifies the authority to bring civil actions under this Act, specifically allowing them to be brought for any of the listed failures that are past or ongoing. (Sec. 106) Gives the EPA Administrator the authority to prescribe regulations to carry out the Pollution Prevention Act. Title II: Children's Environmental Protection Act - Children's Environmental Health Protection Act - Prohibits any person in the course of doing business from knowingly exposing any infant or young … | 2025-08-21T20:14:43Z | |
| 104-hr-4272 | 104 | hr | 4272 | Hazardous Waste Facilities Financial Responsibility Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-27 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5] | SC | D | S000749 | 0 | Hazardous Waste Facilities Financial Responsibility Act of 1996 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise financial responsibility and post-closure care standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities to provide for: (1) a post-closure care period of at least 30 years where wastes or residuals remain on site; (2) financial responsibility from the issuance of an operating or post-closure permit through closure and the post-closure care period; (3) liability assurances through such period; and (4) post-closure care cost estimate revisions. Precludes satisfaction of these standards, for any facility closed after enactment of this Act, by means of certain financial tests or a corporate guarantee for closure issued by a parent corporation. | 2025-08-21T20:14:13Z | |
| 104-hr-4211 | 104 | hr | 4211 | Florida Wetlands Mitigation Banking Study Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-26 | 1996-09-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] | FL | R | M000350 | 0 | Florida Wetlands Mitigation Banking Study Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to study and report to specified congressional committees and the President on the potential and problems of mitigation banking in Florida. | 2025-08-21T20:15:18Z | |
| 104-hr-4218 | 104 | hr | 4218 | Environmental Crimes and Enforcement Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-26 | 1996-10-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials, and in addition to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | S000148 | 3 | Environmental Crimes and Enforcement Act of 1996 - Provides that, upon motion of the United States, any person found guilty of a criminal violation of specified Federal environmental laws, or conspiracy to violate such laws, may be ordered to pay the costs incurred by a State, local, or tribal government or an agency thereof for assistance to the Federal Government's investigation and criminal prosecution of the case, with the payments used solely for environmental law enforcement. Imposes penalties upon individuals and organizations that commit a criminal violation of listed Federal environmental laws which causes "serious bodily injury" to or the death of any other person, including a Federal, State, local, or tribal government employee performing official duties as a result of the violation. Environmental Crimes Training Act of 1996 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish within EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance a State, Local, and Tribal Enforcement Training Program to train State, local, and tribal law enforcement personnel in the investigation of environmental crimes. Sets a five-year statute of limitations (longer in cases of concealment of the offense by an affirmative act) for violation of, or a conspiracy to violate, specified Federal environmental laws. Amends various Federal environmental laws to cover attempts to engage in proscribed conduct. Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the court to order restitution for listed Federal environmental crimes, including, in the case of an offense resulting in pollution of or damage to the environment, payment for removal and remediation of the pollution or damage and restoration of the environment. Defines "victim" of the offense in such cases to include a community or communities, whether or not the members are individually identified. Authorizes the court to issue prejudgment orders to prevent alienation or disposal of assets needed to remedy environmental harms caused by environmental… | 2025-08-21T20:16:19Z | |
| 104-hr-4175 | 104 | hr | 4175 | Environmental Defense Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-25 | 1996-10-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. | House | Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2] | NY | R | L000155 | 0 | Environmental Defense Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Education to investigate, and report to the Congress on, the feasibility of the Federal Government's establishing a National Environmental Science and Policy Academy. | 2025-08-21T20:14:33Z | |
| 104-hr-4126 | 104 | hr | 4126 | California Bay-Delta Environmental Enhancement and Water Security Act | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-19 | 1996-10-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Baker, Bill [R-CA-10] | CA | R | B000078 | 47 | California Bay-Delta Environmental Enhancement and Water Security Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1998 through 2000 for the initial Federal share of the cost of developing and implementing: (1) a specified portion of an ecosystem protection plan for the San Francisco Bay Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed (Bay-Delta) in California; and (2) the ecosystem restoration elements of the long-term California-Federal Bay-Delta Program. Requires such appropriated funds to be administered in accordance with procedures established by such Program until the Congress authorizes an entity recommended by the Program to carry out this Act. Requires funds authorized to be appropriated to agencies that are currently or that subsequently become Program participants to be in addition to the baseline funding levels established in this Act for currently authorized projects and programs under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act and other currently authorized Federal programs for the purpose of Bay-Delta ecosystem protection and restoration. Authorizes agencies and departments that are or that become participants in the Program to undertake the activities and programs for which Federal cost sharing is provided by this Act. Requires the United States to immediately initiate coordinated consultations and negotiations with California to expeditiously execute a specified cost-sharing agreement signed by its Governor on July 11, 1996. Directs the Office of Management and Budget to submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, as part of the President's FY 1998 Budget, an interagency budget crosscut that displays Federal spending for FY 1993 through 1998 on ecosystem restoration and other purposes in the Bay-Delta Region, separately showing funding provided previously or requested under pre-existing authorities and new authorities granted by this Act. | 2025-08-21T20:16:28Z | |
| 104-s-2096 | 104 | s | 2096 | Environmental Crimes and Enforcement Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-19 | 1996-09-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 2 | Environmental Crimes and Enforcement Act of 1996 - Provides that, upon motion of the United States, any person found guilty of a criminal violation of specified Federal environmental laws, or conspiracy to violate such laws, may be ordered to pay the costs incurred by a State, local, or tribal government or an agency thereof for assistance to the Federal Government's investigation and criminal prosecution of the case, with the payments used solely for environmental law enforcement. Sets penalties for individuals and organizations that commit a criminal violation of listed Federal environmental laws which causes "serious bodily injury" to or the death of any other person, including a Federal, State, local, or tribal government employee performing official duties as a result of the violation. Environmental Crimes Training Act of 1996 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish within EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance a State, Local, and Tribal Enforcement Training Program to train State, local, and tribal law enforcement personnel in the investigation of environmental crimes. Sets a five-year statute of limitations (longer in cases of concealment of the offense by an affirmative act) for violation of, or a conspiracy to violate, specified Federal environmental laws. Amends various Federal environmental laws to cover attempts to engage in proscribed conduct. Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the court to order restitution for listed Federal environmental crimes, including, in the case of an offense resulting in pollution of or damage to the environment, payment for removal and remediation of the pollution or damage and restoration of the environment. Defines "victim" of the offense in such cases to include a community or communities, whether or not the members are individually identified. | 2025-08-21T20:15:03Z | |
| 104-hr-4107 | 104 | hr | 4107 | To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise water quality criteria for ammonia, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-18 | 1996-09-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] | MN | D | P000258 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise and publish water quality criteria for ammonia under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that such criteria reflect the latest and best scientific knowledge. Prohibits the Administrator, pending the issuance of such final revised criteria, from: (1) using, or requiring a State to use, water quality criteria for ammonia issued before enactment of this Act in establishing effluent limitations for ammonia; and (2) initiating or continuing, or requiring a State to initiate or continue, any enforcement action for a violation of a permit requirement based on such existing criteria. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 104-hr-4077 | 104 | hr | 4077 | Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-12 | 1996-09-12 | Referred to the House Committee on Resources. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 2 | Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 1996 - Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (the Act) to prohibit persons from taking migratory game birds: (1) with a trap, snare, net, rifle, pistol, swivel gun, shotgun larger than 10 gauge, punt gun, battery gun, machine gun, fish hook, poison, drug, explosive, or stupefying substance or with a shotgun of any description capable of holding more than three shells; (2) from or by means, aid, or use of a sinkbox or any other type of low floating device having a depression affording a hunter a means of concealment beneath the surface of the water; (3) from or by means, aid or use of any motor vehicle, motor-driven land conveyance, or aircraft of any kind, except that paraplegics and persons missing one or both legs may take from any stationary motor vehicle or stationary motor-driven land conveyance; (4) from or by means of any motorboat or other craft having a motor attached, or any sailboat, unless the motor has been completely shut off and or the sails furled, and its progress therefrom has ceased (allows a powered craft to be used to retrieve dead or crippled birds, except that crippled birds may not be shot from such craft except in the seaduck area, as provided by regulations issued by the Secretary of the Interior); (5) by means or aid of any motor-driven land, water, or air conveyance or any sailboat used for the purpose of, or resulting in, the concentrating, driving, rallying, or stirring up of any migratory bird; (6) by the use or aid of live birds as decoys, including on areas where tame or captive live ducks or geese are present, unless such birds are and have been for a period of ten consecutive days before such taking, confined within an enclosure which substantially reduces the audibility of their calls and totally conceals such birds from the sight of wild migratory waterfowl; (7) by the use or aid of recorded or electrically amplified bird calls or sounds or of imitations thereof; or (8) while possessing shot (either in shotshells or loose shot for muzzle-loa… | 2025-08-21T20:17:00Z | |
| 104-hr-4048 | 104 | hr | 4048 | California Environmental Enhancement and Water Security Act | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-11 | 1996-09-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Baker, Bill [R-CA-10] | CA | R | B000078 | 7 | California Environmental Enhancement and Water Security Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1998 through 2000 for the Federal share of the cost of implementing the program described in the document entitled "Principle for Agreement on Bay-Delta Standards Between the State of California and the Federal Government," dated December 15, 1994. Makes this Act effective on the date of passage of 1996 California State proposition 204. | 2025-08-21T20:14:47Z | |
| 104-hr-4049 | 104 | hr | 4049 | To permit States to prohibit the disposal of solid waste imported from other nations. | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-11 | 1996-09-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5] | OH | R | G000210 | 0 | Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to allow any State to prohibit disposal in the State of any solid waste imported from a foreign country. Exempts from such a prohibition foreign-generated waste received pursuant to an existing host community agreement that explicitly authorizes such receipt by a facility owner or operator that complies with all of the agreement's terms and conditions. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 104-hr-4028 | 104 | hr | 4028 | Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-05 | 1996-09-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans. | House | Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-19] | OH | R | L000553 | 8 | Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1996 - Amends the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 to: (1) include among the Act's purposes to develop and implement proposals for the restoration of fish and wildlife resources in the Great Lakes Basin (Basin); and (2) include microorganisms within the definition of "nonindigenous species." Requires the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to: (1) ensure that proposals resulting from recommendations of the Great Lakes fishery resources restoration study or identified through an annual request to specified State and tribal entities are developed and that the highest priority proposals are implemented; and (2) annually request that State Directors and Indian Tribes submit fish and wildlife resources restoration proposals based on the results of the study or other sources. Requires the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to retain authority and responsibility for formulation and implementation of a comprehensive program for eradicating or minimizing sea lamprey populations in the Basin. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, at the Commission's request, to construct and improve water resources projects related to sea lamprey management. Establishes the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Proposal Review Committee. Directs the Secretary to select proposals to be implemented and, within available appropriations, fund their implementation. Sets forth cost-sharing requirements. Authorizes appropriations for the operation of the three offices for each of FY 1998 through 2002. Revises the Act to require the Director to maintain the functions of the Great Lakes Coordination Office in East Lansing, Michigan, and of the Upper and Lower Great Lakes Fishery Resources Offices and to provide administrative and technical support services. Requires the Director, within six months after the end of every second fiscal year, to submit to specified congressional committees a report describing actions taken to implement the process… | 2025-08-21T20:14:46Z | |
| 104-hr-4030 | 104 | hr | 4030 | New Jersey Marine Ecosystem Protection Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-05 | 1996-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 1 | New Jersey Marine Ecosystem Protection Act of 1996 - Prohibits the transport of dredged material for the purpose of dumping it into ocean waters at the New York Bight Dredged Material Disposal Site (Mud Dump Site), other than for remediation pursuant to this Act, on and after September 1, 1997. Prohibits, after the date of this Act's enactment, the transport of: (1) dredged material for such purpose, other than Category I or II dredged material; and (2) Category II dredged material for such purpose unless the applicant for a transport permit has certified, and the Secretary of the Army has published a finding, that the affected States or ports were requested to provide alternate disposal sites and failed to provide a reasonable alternative site, and that dumping at the Mud Dump Site will not increase the elevation of the ocean bottom at such Site beyond a certain point. Directs: (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a remediation and restoration plan in accordance with applicable laws and regulations for the Mud Dump Site and surrounding areas and to designate such Site and areas that have been used for disposal of contaminated material as the Historic Area Remediation Site (to be managed as specified); and (2) the Secretary and Administrator to modify environmental assessment activities at the Mud Dump Site as appropriate to reflect the provisions of this Act. Prohibits the transport of dredged material for the purpose of dumping it into ocean waters in the New York Bight Apex outside the Historic Area Remediation Site, or into waters of the New York-New Jersey Harbor on and after September 1, 1997. Prohibits the Administrator from designating any new site for ocean dumping of dredged material within the Apex, and the Secretary from issuing any permit for transportation of dredged material for the purpose of dumping it in the Apex, except in accordance with this Act. Prescribes penalties for violations of this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish, operate, and maintain a c… | 2025-08-21T20:14:24Z | |
| 104-hr-4034 | 104 | hr | 4034 | Ocean Dumping Termination Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-09-05 | 1996-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3] | NJ | R | S000097 | 4 | Ocean Dumping Termination Act of 1996 - Prohibits the ocean dumping (or transporting for dumping) of any material (including Category II dredged material) at the Mud Dump Site (the New York Bight Dredged Material Disposal Site), notwithstanding certain provisions of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 or any permit issued under any Federal law after enactment of this Act. Requires that violations be treated as violations under that Act. | 2025-08-21T20:14:30Z | |
| 104-hr-3961 | 104 | hr | 3961 | To provide that customs officers and immigration officers have the authority to deny entry into the United States of certain foreign motor vehicles that do not comply with applicable laws governing motor vehicle emissions, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1996-08-02 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-49] | CA | R | B000461 | 8 | Directs: (1) Federal departments and agencies to cooperate with State and local enforcement of State auto emission standards; and (2) U.S. customs and immigration officers to deny U.S. entry to noncommercial motor vehicles that do not meet certain auto emission standards. | 2025-01-02T17:39:18Z | |
| 104-hr-4009 | 104 | hr | 4009 | Hazardous Waste Facilities Public Accountability Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5] | SC | D | S000749 | 0 | Hazardous Waste Facilities Public Accountability Act of 1996 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from authorizing a State hazardous waste program unless the State promulgates standards for the acceptable location of new (or expansion of existing) treatment, storage, and disposal facilities as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment, including standards related to seismic and geological features, ecological resources, proximity to residences and certain public facilities, complex hydrogeology, and groundwater resources; and (2) require the Administrator to promulgate such standards with respect to the State if the State does not do so. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations setting requirements for the payment of permit fees by owners and operators of hazardous waste facilities sufficient to cover reasonable costs of administering the permit program. Prohibits authorization of a State program unless the State demonstrates that it will collect such amounts. Requires regular review of programs for compliance with these requirements and allows the Administrator to collect fees directly from owners and operators in the event the State does not adequately do so. Imposes penalties for fee nonpayment. Prohibits a person from obtaining or renewing a permit for a facility or expanding or transferring the facility unless the person makes certain demonstrations regarding environmental and public health law compliance, payment of outstanding fines or penalties, and the availability to the public of a disclosure statement concerning previous violations of law. | 2025-08-21T20:16:40Z | |
| 104-s-2028 | 104 | s | 2028 | Brownfields and Environmental Cleanup Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 4 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Brownfield Remediation and Environmental Cleanup Title II: Prospective Purchasers Title III: Fiduciary and Lender Liability Title IV: Innocent Landowners Brownfields and Environmental Cleanup Act of 1996 - Title I: Brownfield Remediation and Environmental Cleanup - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to provide grants to local governments to inventory brownfield sites and conduct site characterizations of affected sites at which cleanups are being conducted or are proposed under a State program. Defines an "affected site," with exceptions, as a facility that has or is suspected of having environmental contamination that: (1) could prevent the timely use, development, reuse, or redevelopment of the facility; and (2) is relatively limited in scope or severity and can be comprehensively characterized and readily analyzed. (Sec. 102) Directs the Administrator to establish a program to provide grants to State and local governments for capitalization of loan programs for affected site cleanup by either the State or locality or by an owner or prospective purchaser. (Sec. 104) Makes amounts in the Hazardous Substance Superfund (the Fund) available to carry out the grant programs of this Act. Authorizes appropriations from the Fund. (Sec. 105) Authorizes appropriations to EPA to carry out the site characterization and loan capitalization programs. Requires reports to the Congress regarding the programs. (Sec. 107) Imposes funding limitations, including a restriction on use of funds for administrative costs and a prohibition on the use of grants to pay fines or penalties. Title II: Prospective Purchasers - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to absolve from liability for response actions bona fide prospective purchasers to the extent liability at a facility for a release or threat thereof is based solely on ownership or operation of a facility. Give… | 2025-08-21T20:16:10Z | |
| 104-s-2041 | 104 | s | 2041 | Long Island Sound Preservation and Protection Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 2 | Long Island Sound Preservation and Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit the dumping in Long Island Sound or Block Island Sound of dredged material from any Federal or non-Federal project containing constituents prohibited as other than trace contaminants, subject to exception. Requires any dumping of dredged material in Long Island Sound from a Federal project (or pursuant to Federal authorization) by a non-Federal applicant exceeding 25,000 cubic yards to comply with specified criteria. | 2025-08-21T20:16:51Z | |
| 104-hr-3948 | 104 | hr | 3948 | Publicly Owned Treatment Works Biological Monitoring Use Act | Environmental Protection | 1996-08-01 | 1996-08-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] | CO | R | H000444 | 0 | Publicly Owned Treatment Works Biological Monitoring Use Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require criteria for whole effluent toxicity based on laboratory biological monitoring or assessment methods to employ an aquatic species that is indigenous to the type of waters, a species that is representative of such a species, or an appropriate species that indicates the toxicity of the effluent in the receiving waters, taking into account the accepted analytical variability associated with such methods in defining an exceedance of such criteria. Requires permits to establish procedures for responding to an exceedance of such criteria that includes analysis, identification, reduction, or (where feasible) elimination of any effluent toxicity. Specifies that the failure of a biological monitoring or whole effluent toxicity test shall not result in a finding of a violation under this Act unless the permittee failed to comply with such procedures. Requires permits to allow such procedures to be discontinued if the permittee: (1) is an entity other than a publicly owned treatment works and demonstrates to the permitting authority through a field bioassessment study that a balanced and healthy population of aquatic species indigenous to the type of waters exists in the waters affected by the discharge, and if the applicable numerical water quality standards for specific pollutants are met for such waters; or (2) is a publicly owned treatment works, if the source or cause of such toxicity cannot be identified. | 2025-08-21T20:15:42Z | |
| 104-s-2009 | 104 | s | 2009 | Oil Pollution Act Amendments of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-08-01 | 1996-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Oil Pollution Act Amendments Title II: Marine Science Enhancement for Oil Spill Prevention and Response Title III: Deepwater Port Modernization Oil Pollution Act Amendments of 1996 - Title I: Oil Pollution Act Amendments - Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue not later than September 30, 1996, a final rule under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) regarding operational requirements applicable to tank vessels over 5,000 gross tons without double hulls that the Secretary determines will provide environmental protection as substantial as is economically and technologically feasible. (Sec. 102) Amends OPA to add provisions for rules regarding operational safety of single-hull barges. Requires captains of ports in which tank vessels operate to establish minimum under-keel clearances for entering or departing port. Amends Federal law to allow the Secretary to require the installation, maintenance, and use of a fire suppression system or other equipment on board towing vessels. (Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) review existing requirements regarding oil lighterage in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, considering economic burdens of regulation and international standards; (2) coordinate with the National Research Council a study into how the designation of shipping lanes and waters through which tankers transport oil affects the risk of an oil spill; and (3) report to the Congress a plan to increase reporting of vessel accidents to appropriate State law enforcement officials. Imposes monetary penalties for failing to report a casualty under a State marine casualty reporting system. (Sec. 105) Amends OPA to exclude from the definition of a vessel owner or operator: (1) persons with security interests in or security titles to vessels; and (2) lessors or charterers unless they have actual possession or control, or participate in the management, of the vessel at the time of oil discharge.… | 2025-08-21T20:16:43Z | |
| 104-hr-3906 | 104 | hr | 3906 | To encourage the development and use of new and innovative environmental monitoring technology by accelerating the move toward performance-based monitoring methods, establishing target dates for implementing a new regulatory approach across all environmental programs, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1996-07-25 | 1996-08-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Baker, Bill [R-CA-10] | CA | R | B000078 | 1 | Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish the Performance-Based Monitoring Methods Advisory Committee to: (1) advise the Administrator on performance-based monitoring technologies; and (2) assist the Administrator in the development of a process and a plan for the acceptance of performance-based monitoring methods. Requires, no later than two years after enactment of this Act, that the Administrator establish a performance-based monitoring methods approval process to be used uniformly in all environmental programs for purposes of monitoring compliance with environmental laws and permits. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-02T17:39:00Z | |
| 104-hr-3893 | 104 | hr | 3893 | Waste Export and Import Prohibition Act | Environmental Protection | 1996-07-24 | 1996-08-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] | NY | D | T000326 | 0 | Waste Export and Import Prohibition Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit: (1) solid waste exports from the United States to a foreign country not a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); and (2) effective January 1, 1999, solid waste exports to or imports from an OECD member country. Specifies exceptions from the first prohibition for certain waste paper, textiles, and glass intended for recycling and not regulated as hazardous waste and an additional exception from the latter for certain scrap metals. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in the case of an export violation, to: (1) ensure that the exported waste is retrieved (if the recipient country is agreeable to retrieval), either pursuant to a compliance order issued under this Act or by direct retrieval; or (2) dispose of or clean up such waste (to the extent agreed to) if the country is not agreeable to retrieval. Sets forth procedures for issuance of compliance orders. Establishes civil and criminal penalties. Authorizes commencement of citizen lawsuits by foreign governments. Repeals existing prohibitions on the export of hazardous waste. | 2025-08-21T20:16:36Z | |
| 104-hr-3862 | 104 | hr | 3862 | Citizen's Fair Hearing Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-07-22 | 1996-09-17 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Chenoweth-Hage, Helen [R-ID-1] | ID | R | C000345 | 49 | Citizen's Fair Hearing Act of 1996 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that any person who satisfies the requirements of the Constitution and demonstrates having suffered or being threatened with economic or other injury resulting from a violation of such Act or a failure of the Secretary of Commerce to act in accordance with it shall be deemed to be within the zone of protected interests of such Act and shall have standing to commence a civil suit on his or her own behalf. | 2025-08-21T20:15:57Z | |
| 104-hr-3849 | 104 | hr | 3849 | To amend the Clean Air Act and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to clarify the listing of a unique chemical substance. | Environmental Protection | 1996-07-18 | 1996-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Burr, Richard [R-NC-5] | NC | R | B001135 | 41 | Amends the Clean Air Act to delete from the glycol ether category in the list of hazardous air pollutants ethylene glycol monobutyl ether as used or emitted by metal or composite can manufacturing. Amends the toxic chemical release forms provisions of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to delete from the lists of toxic chemicals and extremely hazardous substances employed under such Act any substance that has been deleted or removed from the hazardous air pollutants list unless the Administrator demonstrates on the basis of convincing evidence significant human health or environmental threats posed by the substance's storage, use, or release. | 2025-01-02T17:38:59Z | |
| 104-hr-3818 | 104 | hr | 3818 | To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude beverage alcohol compounds emitted from aging warehouses from the definition of volatile organic compounds. | Environmental Protection | 1996-07-16 | 1996-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Hamilton, Lee H. [D-IN-9] | IN | D | H000114 | 6 | Amends the Clean Air Act to exclude from the definition of "volatile organic compound" beverage alcohol compounds (ethanol) emitted from aging warehouses. | 2025-01-02T17:38:53Z | |
| 104-hr-3824 | 104 | hr | 3824 | To provide for the refunding of expenses incurred by innocent persons in the State of Maine required to comply with automobile inspection and maintenance requirements negligently imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency. | Environmental Protection | 1996-07-16 | 1996-07-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Longley, James B., Jr. [R-ME-1] | ME | R | L000431 | 0 | Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide a grant, in a specified amount, to the State of Maine to be used for refunds to persons (including governmental entities) for testing, repair, and other costs incurred pursuant to automobile inspection and maintenance requirements adopted by the State for Clean Air Act purposes. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-02T17:38:53Z | |
| 104-hr-3811 | 104 | hr | 3811 | Endangered Species Incentive Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-07-12 | 1996-07-19 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-4] | AZ | R | S000275 | 0 | Endangered Species Incentive Act of 1996 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a voluntary conservation agreement for up to five years with any State, Indian tribe, or local government, if requested, with the goal of preventing endangerment. Requires agreements to contain specified information, including: (1) objective, measurable scientific criteria which, if met, would prevent endangerment; (2) a description of actions that will be taken to minimize any adverse social or economic impacts; and (3) a method of monitoring the success of the agreement. Directs the Secretary to establish a Conservation Assistance Fund. (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary to: (1) seek to work cooperatively with private landowners in the conservation of threatened and endangered species; and (2) establish a Community Assistance Program within each field office of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, a private landowner cooperative agreement program, and voluntary incentive programs for conserving species on private lands. (Sec. 5) Allows habitat conservation plans to cover multiple species or habitats. Directs the Secretary to issue standards and guidelines for the development and approval of such plans. (Sec. 6) Requires the Secretary to provide technical advice and assistance to non-Federal persons who wish to participate in achieving the conservation objectives for a species under the Act. (Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary to: (1) prepare and make publicly available a manual providing guidance to States and local communities regarding the establishment of a community-based recovery planning process; (2) publish reliable and timely information regarding upcoming listings of species, designations of critical habitat, and issuance of recovery plans; (3) provide technical assistance and guidance regarding how to conserve endangered species and their habitats, how the Act affects landowners, and how to obtain permits authorizing incidental takings; and (4) identify and p… | 2025-08-21T20:14:30Z | |
| 104-s-1950 | 104 | s | 1950 | Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-07-12 | 1996-07-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 1 | Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue water quality criteria for pathogens in coastal recreation waters. Requires States to adopt consistent water quality standards. Requires the Administrator to publish regulations specifying methods to be used by States to monitor coastal recreation waters during periods of use by the public for compliance with standards. Requires notification of local governments and the public of water quality standards violations. Directs the Administrator to: (1) issue guidance on uniform assessment and monitoring procedures for floatable materials in coastal recreation waters; and (2) specify the conditions under which the presence of floatable material constitutes a threat to public health and safety. Requires studies and reports to the Congress on developing better indicators for detecting harmful bacteria and viruses in coastal recreation waters. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States to fulfill requirements under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:17:01Z | |
| 104-hr-3789 | 104 | hr | 3789 | Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-07-11 | 1996-07-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 0 | Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue water quality criteria for pathogens in coastal recreation waters. Requires States to adopt consistent water quality standards. Requires the Administrator to publish regulations specifying methods to be used by States to monitor coastal recreation waters during periods of use by the public for compliance with standards. Requires notification of local governments and the public of water quality standards violations. Directs the Administrator to: (1) issue guidance on uniform assessment and monitoring procedures for floatable materials in coastal recreation waters; and (2) specify the conditions under which the presence of floatable material constitutes a threat to public health and safety. Requires studies and reports to the Congress on developing better indicators for detecting harmful bacteria and viruses in coastal recreation waters. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States to fulfill requirements under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:17:09Z | |
| 104-hr-3780 | 104 | hr | 3780 | Common Sense Hazardous Waste Facilities Siting and Permitting Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-07-10 | 1996-07-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-4] | IN | R | S001143 | 0 | Common Sense Hazardous Waste Facilities Siting and Permitting Act of 1996 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to add to standards applicable to hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities under the Act and under State and local law the requirement that States and local permitting authorities develop siting criteria which, at a minimum, impose restrictions on facility location: (1) within specified distances of densely populated areas or schools, churches, day care centers, or other buildings frequented by persons under age 18; (2) on or within specified distances of aquifers or recharge areas used as sources of drinking or irrigation water, bodies of water, or prime farm land (as defined in this Act); and (3) based upon environmental redlining (selection of sites predominantly on the basis of the income of residents in the surrounding area). Requires States and local permitting authorities to develop siting procedures which meet specified minimum standards concerning the application process, host community advisory committee recommendations, official consent of the host community, and a restricted appeals process. | 2025-08-21T20:15:59Z | |
| 104-s-1935 | 104 | s | 1935 | Public Trust and Environmental Accountability Act | Environmental Protection | 1996-07-09 | 1996-07-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001225 | 0 | Public Trust and Environmental Accountability Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a plan to implement policies, programs, and methods for integrating and making publicly available information regarding the environment and public health policy concerns within EPA's jurisdiction. Requires coordination of these activities with those of other governmental agencies and allows integration and dissemination of publicly available information not collected by EPA. Allows the Administrator to set charges for providing information. Requires policies to include support services to encourage public use of EPA-maintained information. Requires the Administrator to establish an award program to recognize companies for source reduction programs. | 2025-08-21T20:14:50Z | |
| 104-hr-3746 | 104 | hr | 3746 | To amend title IX the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to make the development of brownfield sites eligible for assistance. | Environmental Protection | 1996-06-27 | 1996-07-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development. | House | Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8] | MA | D | K000110 | 11 | Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to permit financial assistance authorized under such Act to be used for the development of brownfield sites (land containing abandoned or underused commercial or industrial facilities the expansion or redevelopment of which is complicated by the presence or potential presence of hazardous substances). | 2025-01-02T17:39:00Z | |
| 104-hr-3692 | 104 | hr | 3692 | Wetlands Restoration and Improvement Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-06-20 | 1996-07-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] | NC | R | J000255 | 4 | Wetlands Restoration and Improvement Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to declare that it is national policy to: (1) achieve, through regulatory and nonregulatory opportunities involving all levels of government and supported by private initiatives, the conservation and restoration of wetlands to increase the quantity and quality of, and no overall net loss of, the wetlands resource base of the United States; and (2) foster wetlands mitigation banking as a means to mitigate wetlands loss by providing a stable, practical, and workable regulatory framework for the use of mitigation banking, making appropriate use of existing, successful State programs for mitigation banking, taking into account regional variations in wetlands conditions. Directs the Secretary of the Army to issue a mitigation bank charter to a person whose application satisfies specified criteria. Requires an applicant to submit an application signed by a responsible official which contains specified information, including: (1) the proposed restoration, enhancement, creation, or preservation projects proposed to be included in the scope of the charter; (2) the proposed service area for each proposed project; (3) reliable assurances of an adequate source of water; (4) adequate legal control over the real property in the proposed project; (5) adequate financial assurances; (6) an adequate operations and maintenance plan to assure continued viability of the proposed project after completion of project construction; and (7) adequate legal protection to assure permanent protection of the wetlands in the mitigation bank that are used as the basis for selling credits. Sets forth provisions regarding annual reports, decision deadlines, and other procedural matters, including State approval of mitigation bank projects. Authorizes a mitigation bank, upon receipt of its charter, to offer mitigation credits for sale, subject to specified requirements. Directs the Secretary to propose regulations which set forth objective criteria… | 2025-08-21T20:14:35Z | |
| 104-hr-3639 | 104 | hr | 3639 | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. | Environmental Protection | 1996-06-13 | 1996-06-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Blute, Peter I. [R-MA-3] | MA | R | B000576 | 1 | Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants: (1) under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (the Act) to appropriate instrumentalities for the construction of treatment works (including combined sewer overflow facilities) to serve coastal localities; and (2) to States for assistance for the construction of treatment works and alternative wastewater treatment systems to serve small communities. Authorizes appropriations. Modifies the Act's: (1) definition of "treatment works" to include acquisition of the land that will be an integral part of the treatment process or will be used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment and acquisition of other lands, and interests in lands, which are necessary for construction; and (2) policy on cost effectiveness to provide that a project for waste treatment and management undertaken with Federal assistance by any State, municipality, or intermunicipal or interstate agency shall be that system which constitutes the most economical and cost-effective treatment works, subject to specified requirements. Requires that each permit issued for a discharge from a combined storm and sanitary sewer conform with the combined sewer overflow control policy signed by the Administrator on April 11, 1994. Authorizes the Administrator or a State with an approved program to issue a permit for such a discharge that includes a schedule for compliance with a long-term control plan under the control policy up to 15 years, subject to extension under specified circumstances. Modifies the Act to allow sums available to each State water pollution control revolving fund to be used only for providing financial assistance to activities which have as a principal benefit the improvement or protection of water quality of navigable waters to a municipality, intermunicipal, interstate, or State agency or other person. Extends the repayment period for loans from a State water pollution control revolving fund for disadvantaged communities. Permits t… | 2025-01-02T17:38:46Z | |
| 104-hr-3645 | 104 | hr | 3645 | National Environmental Education Amendments Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-06-13 | 1996-06-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. | House | Rep. Klug, Scott L. [R-WI-2] | WI | R | K000274 | 42 | National Environmental Education Amendments Act of 1996 - Amends the National Environmental Education Act to require development of curricula, materials, and training programs supported by the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Environmental Education to be balanced and scientifically sound. Requires that implementation of the Act be through EPA. Eliminates requirements for a Director and a minimum number of staff. Allows activities to be carried out through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts. Reduces the percentage of funds to be obligated for environmental education grants of not more than $5,000. Prohibits use of grants for certain lobbying activities. Eliminates provisions for environmental internships and fellowships. Eliminates all environmental education awards provided for under such Act, except the President's Environmental Youth Awards. Revises requirements for membership on the National Environmental Education Advisory Council. Revises requirements for membership on the Federal Task Force on Environmental Education to require that it be open to representatives of any Federal agency actively engaged in environmental education. (Under current law, membership must include specified agency representatives.) Eliminates specific requirements for contents of Advisory Council reports. Changes the name of the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation to the Foundation for Environmental Education. Increases the size of the Board of the Directors. Removes the prohibition on the transmission of logos or other means of identification on materials donated to the Foundation for environmental education and training use. Authorizes appropriations. Revises funding limitations. Limits amounts available for administrative costs. | 2025-08-21T20:15:27Z | |
| 104-s-1873 | 104 | s | 1873 | National Environmental Education Amendments Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-06-13 | 1996-09-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 16 | National Environmental Education Amendments Act of 1996 - Amends the National Environmental Education Act to require development of curricula, materials, and training programs supported by the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Environmental Education to be balanced and scientifically sound. Requires that implementation of the Act be through EPA. Eliminates requirements for a Director and a minimum number of staff. Allows activities to be carried out through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts. Reduces the percentage of funds to be obligated for environmental education grants of not more than $5,000. Prohibits use of grants for certain lobbying activities. Eliminates provisions for environmental internships and fellowships. Eliminates environmental education awards provided for under such Act, except the President's Environmental Youth Awards. Revises requirements for membership on the National Environmental Education Advisory Council. Revises requirements for membership on the Federal Task Force on Environmental Education to require that it be open to representatives of any Federal agency actively engaged in environmental education. (Under current law, membership must include specified agency representatives.) Eliminates specific requirements for contents of Advisory Council reports. Changes the name of the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation to the Foundation for Environmental Education. Increases the size of the Board of the Directors. Replaces the prohibition on transmission of logos or other means of identification on donated educational materials with a provision that allows the Foundation to acknowledge receipt of donations by means of listing of donor names but prohibits such acknowledgment from: (1) appearing in materials presented to students; or (2) identifying a donor by means of a logo or other corporate commercial symbol, slogan, or product. Authorizes appropriations. Revises funding limitations. Limits amounts available for administrative costs. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 104-hr-3619 | 104 | hr | 3619 | To provide off-budget treatment for the land and water conservation fund. | Environmental Protection | 1996-06-12 | 1996-06-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology. | House | Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-15] | CA | R | C000100 | 5 | Provides for off-budget treatment for the land and water conservation fund by prohibiting its receipts and disbursements from being counted in any of specified ways for purposes of: (1) the Federal budget as submitted by the President; (2) the congressional budget; or (3) the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Exempts such trust fund from any general statutory budget limitation. | 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z | |
| 104-hr-3604 | 104 | hr | 3604 | Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-06-10 | 1996-07-17 | Laid on the table. See S. 1316 for further action. (consideration: CR H7740) | House | Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-7] | VA | R | B000556 | 40 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Public Water Systems Subtitle A: Promulgation of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Subtitle B: State Primary Enforcement Responsibility for Public Water Systems Subtitle C: Notification and Enforcement Subtitle D: Exemptions and Variances Subtitle E: Lead Plumbing and Pipes Subtitle F: Capacity Development Title II: Amendments to Part C Title III: General Provisions Regarding Safe Drinking Water Act Title IV: Miscellaneous Title V: Additional Assistance for Water Infrastructure and Watersheds Title VI: Drinking Water Research Authorization Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 - Title I: Public Water Systems - Subtitle A: Promulgation of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act (the Act) to: (1) repeal a provision requiring the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set new standards for 25 additional contaminants every three years; (2) require the Administrator to publish a list of contaminants that are not subject to proposed or promulgated national primary drinking water (NPDW) regulations, that are known or anticipated to occur in public water systems (systems), and that may require regulation; and (3) direct the Administrator, every five years, to determine whether to regulate not fewer than five contaminants on the list based on findings that such contaminants are known or are likely to occur in systems with a frequency and at a level of public health concern and that their regulation presents a meaningful opportunity for public health risk reduction. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) judicial review; (2) contaminant selection priorities; (3) promulgation of maximum contaminant level (MCL) goals and NPDW regulations; and (3) publication of health advisories. (Sec. 102) Directs the Administrator to promulgate an information collection rule to obtain… | 2025-04-07T15:29:56Z | |
| 104-hr-3573 | 104 | hr | 3573 | Oil Spill Prevention and Response Improvement Act | Environmental Protection | 1996-06-04 | 1996-06-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. | House | Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13] | NJ | D | M000639 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Enhancement of Oil Spill Prevention Title II: Improvement of Responses to Oil Spills Oil Spill Prevention and Response Improvement Act - Title I: Enhancement of Oil Spill Prevention - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) to deem effective as final rules, if they do not become effective by specified dates, certain rules proposed by the Secretary of Transportation regarding operational and structural standards applicable to tank vessels over 5,000 gross tons without double hulls. Adds provisions regarding operational safety of single-hull barges and minimum under-keel clearances of tank vessels without double bottoms for entering or departing port. (Sec. 102) Makes applicable otherwise inapplicable limitations of liability, where the incident was proximately caused by a violation of a Federal safety, construction, or operating regulation, to a responsible party in the case of a vessel that is either: (1) equipped with a double hull as of enactment of this Act; or (2) one that is double-hulled and replacing a single-hulled vessel at least five years prior to the required retirement date. (Sec. 103) Deems effective as a final rule, if it does not become effective by a specified date, a proposed rule on navigation safety equipment for towing vessels. Directs the Secretary to require by rule a fire suppression system or fire suppression equipment aboard such vessels. (Sec. 104) Requires a study with the National Research Council into how the designation of shipping lanes and waters through which tankers transport oil affects the risk of an oil spill. Directs the Secretary to include in oil and hazardous material lighterage regulations requirements of environmental protection that is as substantial as is economically and technologically feasible. Title II: Improvement of Responses to Oil Spills - Amends OPA to provide, with respect to oil pollution damages resulting from loss of profits or earning capacity, that: (1) recovery may be partial; and (2) payment of interim, s… | 2025-08-21T20:14:47Z | |
| 104-hr-3518 | 104 | hr | 3518 | To amend the Clean Air Act to permit the exclusive application of State regulations regarding reformulated gas in certain areas. | Environmental Protection | 1996-05-23 | 1996-05-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-49] | CA | R | B000461 | 18 | Amends the Clean Air Act to allow reformulated gasoline rules of States for which a certain waiver is in effect (permitting them to enforce State motor vehicle emissions standards) to apply in an ozone nonattainment area in lieu of Environmental Protection Agency-promulgated requirements if the State rules will achieve reductions in emissions of ozone-forming compounds and toxic air contaminants at least as great as would result from application of the Federal requirements. | 2025-01-02T17:38:27Z | |
| 104-hr-3519 | 104 | hr | 3519 | Clean Air Act Amendments of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-05-23 | 1996-05-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] | TX | R | B000213 | 0 | Clean Air Act Amendments of 1996 - Amends the Clean Air Act to define permit program "applicable requirements." Revises Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards for permit programs regarding: (1) permitting authorities' requirements that a source obtain or modify a permit for a physical or operational change or another action prior to a date seven days after the change or action has begun; and (2) major stationary source permits that allow emissions increases and decreases at various units within the source without permit revision if certain overall emissions standards are met. Doubles the allowable term of a permit. Requires, before permit program-related sanctions are imposed, a determination by the EPA Administrator that such failure will cause the State to fail to attain a national primary ambient air quality standard by the applicable date. (Sec. 3) Repeals the authority of the Administrator to require enhanced monitoring of major stationary sources and revises compliance certification and method requirements. (Sec. 4) Adds a definition of "potential to emit" to treat physical or operational limits on a source's capacity to emit regulated air pollutants as part of the source's design if the limitation is effective. (Sec. 5) Requires, before sanctions are imposed for non-submittal, disapproval, or failure to implement requirements of a plan for a nonattainment area, a determination that the deficiency is likely to result in a failure by the State to attain a national primary ambient air quality standard by the applicable date. Makes the imposition of sanctions discretionary. (Sec. 6) Modifies the procedure for permit revision where the Administrator promulgates a hazardous air pollutant emission standard, after the permit's issuance, that would be applicable to the source in lieu of the limitation established by permit. (Sec. 7) Provides, with respect to plans for Moderate ozone nonattainment areas, for the crediting as reductions of certain voluntary measures implemented before designation as a non… | 2025-08-21T20:14:48Z | |
| 104-hr-3471 | 104 | hr | 3471 | Hudson River Habitat Restoration Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-05-16 | 1996-05-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19] | NY | R | K000078 | 0 | Hudson River Habitat Restoration Act of 1996 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to enter into a cooperative agreement with the State of New York to develop and implement at sites identified in a specified report one or more individual restoration projects to: (1) assess and improve habitat value and environmental outputs of recommended projects; (2) evaluate various restoration techniques; (3) fill an important local habitat need within a specific portion of the study area; or (4) take advantage of actions by other agencies, local municipalities, or environmental groups that would increase the effectiveness, or decrease the overall cost, of implementing one of the recommended restoration project sites. Limits the maximum amount of Federal funds that may be expended under this Act at any site. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:16:50Z | |
| 104-hr-3446 | 104 | hr | 3446 | Regulatory Relief and Job Preservation Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-05-10 | 1996-05-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-9] | TX | R | S000937 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments of the Clean Air Act Title II: Environmental Self-Audits Title III: Regulation of Chlorine Compound Production Title IV: Amendment of the Solid Waste Disposal Act Title V: Amendment of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Regulatory Relief and Job Preservation Act of 1996 - Title I: Amendments of the Clean Air Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to repeal the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require enhanced monitoring and submission of compliance certifications. (Sec. 102) Prohibits the Administrator from specifying a minimum oxygen content for reformulated gasoline and invalidates any such regulation previously promulgated. (Sec. 103) Approves the use of a State Operating Permits Program in lieu of EPA programs even if a final decision on approval of the State program is not yet received. (Sec. 104) Exempts commercial fire suppression equipment from prohibitions on the sale or distribution of products containing class II ozone-depleting substances. Repeals certain requirements for labeling of products containing or manufactured with ozone-depleting substances. (Sec. 105) Requires the Administrator, with respect to each emissions standard for hazardous air pollutants, to provide a cost-benefit analysis and prohibits establishment of any standard at a level at which incremental compliance costs exceed incremental benefits. (Sec. 106) Revises State enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance program standards for serious ozone nonattainment areas. Requires rescission of EPA regulations and reissuance of rules to conform with this Act. (Sec. 107) Delays the primary standard attainment date for moderate ozone nonattainment areas. (Sec. 108) Provides standards for interpretation of ozone monitor readings used in determining excessive ozone amounts. (Sec. 109) Provides a formula for establishment of a baseline trend to be used in redesignation of areas as attainment or nonattainment. Title II: Environmental Sel… | 2025-08-21T20:16:47Z | |
| 104-s-1742 | 104 | s | 1742 | Minor Party Liability Relief Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-05-09 | 1996-05-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 1 | Minor Party Liability Relief Act of 1996 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to except persons from liability under the Act for costs and damages at a facility if: (1) the liability is based solely on arrangement for disposal (or transport for disposal) of hazardous substances or acceptance of such substances for transport to facilities from which there is a release or threatened release; and (2) the material is in an amount not exceeding that specified in this Act or by regulation of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. States exceptions to this limitation. | 2025-08-21T20:14:48Z | |
| 104-s-1730 | 104 | s | 1730 | Oil Spill Prevention and Response Improvement Act | Environmental Protection | 1996-05-07 | 1996-06-26 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 466. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 4 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Enhancement of Oil Spill Prevention Title II: Improvement of Responses to Oil Spills Title III: Tailoring of Offshore Facility Financial Responsibility Requirements to Oil Spill Risks Title IV: Miscellaneous Technical Amendments Oil Spill Prevention and Response Improvement Act - Title I: Enhancement of Oil Spill Prevention - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) to deem effective as final rules, if they do not become effective by specified dates, certain rules proposed by the Secretary of Transportation regarding operational and structural standards applicable to tank vessels over 5,000 gross tons without double hulls, except a provision in the proposed structural standard rule which the Secretary may find would be likely to increase the risks of oil pollution. Adds provisions regarding operational safety of single-hull barges and minimum under-keel clearances of tank vessels without double bottoms for entering or departing port and when operating in an inland or coastal waterway. Permits the Secretary to include these provisions in the final structural standards rule. (Sec. 102) Makes applicable otherwise inapplicable limitations of liability, where the incident was proximately caused by a violation of a Federal safety, construction, or operating regulation, to a responsible party in the case of a vessel that is either: (1) equipped with a double hull along the entire length of the vessel, including fuel oil tanks, as of enactment of this Act; or (2) one that is so equipped and replacing a single-hulled vessel at least five years prior to the required retirement date. (Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary to issue and place in effect a final rule on navigation safety equipment for towing vessels by September 30, 1996. Deems effective as a final rule, if one does not become effective by such date, a proposed rule on such equipment. Directs the Secretary to require by rule the following with respect to towing vessels: (1) a fire suppression sys… | 2025-04-07T15:28:28Z | |
| 104-s-1728 | 104 | s | 1728 | A bill to require Navy compliance with shipboard solid waste control requirements. | Environmental Protection | 1996-05-03 | 1996-05-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] | AK | R | S000888 | 0 | Amends the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987 to exempt certain Navy owned or operated vessels from such Act's requirements that certain garbage be discharged in special areas at sea. Prescribes special requirements for such vessels for the discharge of non-plastic and non-floating garbage consisting of metal, glass, and a slurry of seawater, paper, cardboard, and food waste at certain distances from the nearest land. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to publish in the Federal Register: (1) a list of such vessels planned to be decommissioned between certain dates; and (2) standards to ensure their compliance with such Act without impairing operational capabilities. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 104-hr-3391 | 104 | hr | 3391 | Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Amendments Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-05-02 | 1996-09-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | House | Rep. Schaefer, Dan [R-CO-6] | CO | R | S000109 | 33 | Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Amendments Act of 1996 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to distribute to States at least 85 percent of the funds appropriated to EPA from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund each fiscal year for the reasonable costs under cooperative agreements of: (1) State actions under the EPA program for petroleum release responses; (2) necessary administrative expenses directly related to corrective action and compensation programs under State financial responsibility requirements; (3) other costs of such programs in any instance, as determined by the State, in which an owner's or operator's financial resources (excluding resources provided by such programs) are inadequate to pay the costs of a corrective action without significantly impairing the ability to continue in business; (4) enforcement of an approved State or local underground storage tank (UST) program or similar provisions; and (5) State and local corrective actions pursuant to regulations regarding corrective action in response to UST releases. Prohibits use of such funds to provide financial assistance to an owner or operator in meeting regulatory requirements for upgrading of existing UST systems. Sets forth requirements for allocation of funds to States. Makes inapplicable to Trust Fund amounts provided to owners or operators under programs described in (2), above, provisions for recovery of petroleum release corrective or enforcement action costs. | 2025-04-07T15:28:50Z | |
| 104-hr-3338 | 104 | hr | 3338 | Antimicrobial Pesticide Registration Reform Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1996-04-25 | 1996-07-23 | For Further Action See H.R.1627. | House | Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] | KS | R | R000307 | 65 | Antimicrobial Pesticide Registration Reform Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to exclude: (1) bacteria from the definition of "fungus"; and (2) liquid chemical sterilant products for use on a critical or semi-critical medical or dental device from the definition of "pesticide." Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) coordinate data requirements, test protocols, timetables, and standards of review and reduce burdens and redundancy caused to the registrant, whenever data in support of a pesticide registration is requested by one or more State or Federal agencies; and (2) develop a process to identify and assist in alleviating future disparities between Federal and State data requirements. Provides, with respect to the labeling of an antimicrobial pesticide product, that: (1) a registrant may modify the labeling to include relevant information on the product's efficacy, composition, or container or other characteristics unrelated to a pesticidal claim or activity; (2) such labeling shall not be false or misleading or in conflict with statements required as a condition of registration and be substantiated upon request; (3) modifications shall be subject to a notification and approval process; and (4) different cautionary statements for use dilutions may be included in the labeling upon approval of the Administrator. Directs the Administrator, to the maximum extent practicable, to identify and evaluate changes to the process for registration of antimicrobial pesticides that will reduce current time periods for review. Details rulemaking requirements regarding the review of such pesticides. Requires an annual report to the Congress on measures taken to effect such changes. Exempts from applicability of certain FIFRA storage, disposal, transportation, and container requirements household, industrial, or institutional antimicrobial products that are not subject to regulation under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, unless the Administra… | 2025-08-21T20:14:25Z | |
| 104-hr-3309 | 104 | hr | 3309 | To authorize the establishment of a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1996-04-24 | 1996-05-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Bateman, Herbert H. [R-VA-1] | VA | R | B000229 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects. Requires any project receiving such assistance to be publicly owned, operated, and maintained. Requires local cooperation agreements with non-Federal interests before the provision of such assistance. Places at 75 percent the Federal share of total project costs. Requires the Secretary to establish at least one project for the receipt of such assistance in each of Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Requires a report on program results. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-02T17:38:19Z | |
| 104-hr-3319 | 104 | hr | 3319 | To require that the United States promptly sue for recovery of costs and damages for the cleanup of the Stepan Property Superfund Site in Bergen County, New Jersey. | Environmental Protection | 1996-04-24 | 1996-04-24 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Zimmer, Dick [R-NJ-12] | NJ | R | Z000008 | 0 | Requires the President, acting through the Attorney General, to bring an action in the appropriate U.S. District Court under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1989 against all persons who are potentially responsible parties with respect to the Stepan Property Superfund Site in Bergen County, New Jersey, to recover all costs of removal or remedial action incurred by the United States and all damages for injury to, or destruction or loss of, natural resources that are recoverable. | 2025-01-02T17:38:11Z | |
| 104-hr-3299 | 104 | hr | 3299 | Deep Water Outfall Treatment Systems Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-04-23 | 1996-05-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Resident Commissioner Romero-Barcelo, Carlos A. [D-PR-At Large] | PR | D | R000417 | 2 | Deep Water Outfall Treatment Systems Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize an eligible State to initiate, expand, or continue a study of the marine environment of coastal areas to determine the feasibility of constructing a deep water outfall for any publicly owned treatment work (POTW) that uses primary treatments and is not exempt from specified effluent limitations. Provides that such study may recommend one or more technically feasible locations for a deep water outfall that would have beneficial effects on the marine environment. Sets forth provisions regarding applications for: (1) modification of secondary treatment requirements for certain POTWs by the owner in an eligible State at a location recommended in such a study; and (2) initial and final determinations regarding and effective periods of such modifications. Specifies that such requirements shall not apply to the POTW owner or operator in an eligible State that has submitted an application for a modification during the period beginning on the date of submission of the application and ending on the date of a final determination. | 2025-08-21T20:15:08Z | |
| 104-hr-3283 | 104 | hr | 3283 | Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation and Regulatory Improvement Act | Environmental Protection | 1996-04-22 | 1996-05-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] | VA | D | M000933 | 3 | Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation and Regulatory Improvement Act - Redesignates the Office of Underground Storage Tanks of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and establishes it as the Office of Storage Tanks (OST), to be headed by a Director. Transfers to OST authorities of other EPA officers under the environmental laws. Requires the Administrator, acting through the Director, to enter Memorandums of Understanding with the Secretaries of Labor and Transportation to clarify the authorities of EPA and the respective Secretaries under: (1) the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and worker protection standards provisions of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986; and (2) pipeline safety provisions. Requires the Director, by regulation, to restate the laws he or she administers in consolidated form and streamline their application to owners and operators of aboveground and underground storage tanks. Expresses congressional intent that this direction is not intended to modify the laws' requirements. Imposes, as part of such regulations, a requirement that an owner or operator of an aboveground storage tank report to the national response center established under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act a release of a regulated substance (one regulated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 or petroleum or a petroleum substance) above a specified threshold, including a description of corrective action taken. Allows the EPA Administrator, after release from an aboveground storage tank of a regulated substance posing an imminent threat to human health, public safety, or the environment, to prohibit the use or operation of all or any portion of a storage tank farm within a facility in which the tank is located until the prohibition is no longer necessary or corrective action has been taken. Authorizes the Director to include in the above regulations release detection, prevention, and correction regulations applicable to o… | 2025-08-21T20:16:38Z | |
| 104-hr-3213 | 104 | hr | 3213 | Long Island Sound Preservation and Protection Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-03-29 | 1996-04-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Forbes, Michael P. [R-NY-1] | NY | R | F000257 | 9 | Long Island Sound Preservation and Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit the dumping in Long Island Sound or Block Island Sound of dredged material from any Federal or non-Federal project that contains any of the constituents prohibited as other than trace contaminants (as defined by certain Federal ocean dumping criteria set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations), except where it is demonstrated to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency that such dumping will not cause significant undesirable effects, including the threat associated with bioaccumulation of such constituents in marine organisms. Requires any dumping of dredged material in Long Island Sound from a Federal project (or pursuant to Federal authorization) by a non-Federal applicant exceeding 25,000 cubic yards to comply with specified criteria under the Act relating the effects of dumping. | 2025-08-21T20:14:23Z | |
| 104-hr-3214 | 104 | hr | 3214 | To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to establish a brownfield cleanup loan program. | Environmental Protection | 1996-03-29 | 1996-04-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Franks, Gary A. [R-CT-5] | CT | R | F000348 | 0 | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to provide loans for the environmental assessment and remediation of brownfield sites, with specified exceptions. Defines a "brownfield site" as a parcel of land that contains or contained abandoned or under-used commercial or industrial facilities, the expansion or redevelopment of which is complicated by the presence or potential presence of hazardous substances. Authorizes the Administrator, upon approval of an application and with the consent of the State and local governments with jurisdiction over the site, to make separate loans for site characterization and assessment and for response action (for purposes of making the site or sites available for manufacturing, business, or other commercial or residential purposes). Directs the Administrator to establish a system for the ranking of applications for assistance. | 2025-01-02T17:38:06Z | |
| 104-hr-3217 | 104 | hr | 3217 | National Invasive Species Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-03-29 | 1996-09-25 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | House | Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-19] | OH | R | L000553 | 39 | National Invasive Species Act of 1996 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to mandate regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance species into the Great Lakes through ballast water. Authorizes education, technical assistance, and other measures to promote compliance. Mandates voluntary guidelines to prevent such introduction and spread in U.S. waters by ballast water and other vessel operations. Mandates education, technical assistance, and other measures to encourage compliance. Requires mandatory regulations if guideline compliance is inadequate. Provides for enforcement through civil and criminal penalties and revocation of clearance. Encourages negotiations with foreign governments to develop and implement an international program for preventing such introduction and spread. Mandates studies of Lake Champlain, the Chesapeake Bay, San Francisco Bay, Honolulu Harbor, the Columbia River system, other estuaries of national significance, and other waters. Requires that specified amounts be made available for research on aquatic nuisance species prevention and control in the Chesapeake Bay, the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific coast, and the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. Establishes a clearinghouse of national data on ballasting practices and compliance with guidelines under this Act. Mandates a ballast water management program for vessels of the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard. Requires: (1) a ballast water management program to demonstrate technologies and practices to prevent aquatic nonindigenous species from being introduced into and spread through ballast water in U.S. waters; and (2) that the installation and construction of those technologies and practices be performed in the United States. Modifies: (1) the composition and research priorities of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force; and (2) zebra mussel demonstration program requirements. Mandates research grants regarding environmentally sound methods for controlling … | 2025-04-07T15:29:57Z | |
| 104-s-1660 | 104 | s | 1660 | National Invasive Species Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-03-29 | 1996-09-19 | Subcommittee on Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 104-746. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 20 | National Invasive Species Act of 1996 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to mandate: (1) regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance species into the Great Lakes through ballast water; and (2) voluntary guidelines to prevent such introduction and spread in U.S. waters by ballast water and other vessel operations. Authorizes mandatory regulations if guideline compliance is inadequate. Provides for enforcement through revocation of clearance and civil and criminal penalties. Encourages negotiations with foreign governments to develop and implement an international program for preventing such introduction and spread in North American waters. Mandates studies of Lake Champlain, the Chesapeake Bay, San Francisco Bay, Honolulu Harbor, Prince William Sound, and other waters. Requires annual grants for six years for aquatic nuisance species prevention and control research in the Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Establishes a clearinghouse of national data on ballasting practices and compliance with guidelines under this Act. Mandates a ballast water management program for the Navy's seagoing fleet to limit the risk of invasion by nonindigenous species from ballast water. Requires: (1) a ballast water management program to demonstrate technologies and practices to prevent aquatic nonindigenous species from being introduced into and spread through ballast water in U.S. waters; and (2) that the installation and construction of those technologies and practices be performed in a U.S. shipyard or ship repair facility. Modifies: (1) the composition and research priorities of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force; and (2) zebra mussel demonstration program requirements. Requires the Task Force to encourage (including through financial assistance) the development and use of regional coordination panels and similar entities in regions other than the Great Lakes. Provides for interstate (in addition to existing State) aquatic nuisance species manag… | 2025-08-21T20:14:04Z | |
| 104-hr-3172 | 104 | hr | 3172 | Clean Power Production Act | Environmental Protection | 1996-03-27 | 1996-04-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] | RI | D | K000113 | 16 | Clean Power Production Act - Instructs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to assess and report to the Congress on the reasonable range of environmental impacts associated with electric utility restructuring, including significant proposed State and Federal changes in public utility regulations and the probable results of such changes upon specified air pollutants and the environment. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish and co-chair the Commission for Environmental Mitigation of Electric Utility Restructuring to develop strategies and policies using such assessment to mitigate environmental impacts associated with such restructuring; and (2) report to the Congress on such strategies and policies. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:16:01Z | |
| 104-s-1645 | 104 | s | 1645 | Antarctic Science, Tourism, and Conservation Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-03-26 | 1996-09-04 | Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 513. (consideration: CR S9867) | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 4 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 Title II: Conforming Amendments to Other Laws Antarctic Science, Tourism, and Conservation Act of 1996 - Title I: Amendments to the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 - Amends the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 to restate findings and purposes of the Act regarding scientific activities and tourism in Antarctica and the Antarctic Treaty and the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Treaty. (Sec. 102) Modifies definitions. (Sec. 103) Revises provisions concerning prohibited acts by any person (currently, U.S. citizens) to modify the prohibitions, in accordance with the Protocol, and make unlawful the following activities in or respecting Antarctica: (1) introduction of any prohibited product onto land or ice shelves or into water; (2) disposal of any waste onto ice-free land areas or into fresh water systems or of any prohibited waste; (3) engaging in open burning of waste; (4) transporting passengers by any seagoing vessel not required to comply with the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, except by agreement under which the vessel owner or operator must comply with Annex IV; (5) failure of an organizer or operator to notify members of an expedition of the environmental protection obligations of this Act and means of compliance by participants; (6) damage to historic sites or monuments; (7) refusal of permission to any authorized U.S. officer or employee to board a U.S. vessel, vehicle, or aircraft for purposes of search or inspection in connection with enforcement of this Act and forcible assault of or other interference with an authorized U.S. officer or employee in the conduct of such activities; (8) resisting lawful arrest or detention for a prohibited act; (9) interference with the apprehension, arrest, or detention of another person, knowing that the other person has committed a prohibited act; (10) violation of any regulation, or a term or condition of a permit, issued pursuant to this Act; an… | 2025-08-21T20:15:16Z | |
| 104-hr-3112 | 104 | hr | 3112 | To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 relating to sediments decontamination technology. | Environmental Protection | 1996-03-19 | 1996-04-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 1 | Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to specify that the goal of the program to assess the effectiveness of selected technologies in rendering sediments acceptable for unrestricted ocean disposal or beneficial reuse, or both, shall be to make possible the development, on an operational scale, of one or more sediment decontamination technologies, each of which demonstrates a sediment decontamination capacity of at least 5,000 cubic yards per day. Sets forth reporting requirements regarding progress toward meeting that goal. Increases and extends the authorization of appropriations. | 2025-01-02T17:37:57Z | |
| 104-hr-3105 | 104 | hr | 3105 | To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to exempt certain State and local redevelopment boards or commissions, and fresh start users of facilities purchased from those boards or commissions, from the liability under that Act. | Environmental Protection | 1996-03-18 | 1996-04-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] | VA | R | W000672 | 0 | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to exempt from liability for costs or damages under the Act any State or local board, commission, or other entity (or its members) established by law to plan for or implement the redevelopment or reuse of a facility with respect to a hazardous substance release from the facility to the extent the liability is based solely on the entity's status as an owner of the facility if the entity: (1) has not engaged in a response action or the generation of hazardous substance at the facility; or (2) is the owner of the facility only on a temporary basis prior to transfer. Revises the definition of "contractual relationship," for purposes of liability under CERCLA, to exclude transfers of property from an exempt redevelopment entity described in this Act after the disposal or placement of a hazardous substance if the defendant has not engaged in: (1) a response action or disposal of a hazardous substance at the facility; or (2) the generation of a hazardous substance disposed of at the facility. | 2025-01-02T17:37:57Z | |
| 104-hr-3093 | 104 | hr | 3093 | To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to establish a brownfield cleanup loan program. | Environmental Protection | 1996-03-14 | 1996-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Franks, Gary A. [R-CT-5] | CT | R | F000348 | 0 | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to provide loans for the environmental assessment and remediation of brownfield sites, with specified exceptions. Defines a "brownfield site" as a parcel of land that contains or contained abandoned or under-used commercial or industrial facilities, the expansion or redevelopment of which is complicated by the presence or potential presence of hazardous substances. Authorizes the Administrator, upon approval of an application and with the consent of the State and local governments with jurisdiction over the site, to make separate loans for site characterization and assessment and for response action (for purposes of making the site or sites available for manufacturing, business, or other commercial or residential purposes). Directs the Administrator to establish a system for the ranking of applications for assistance. | 2025-01-02T17:37:57Z | |
| 104-hr-3060 | 104 | hr | 3060 | Antarctic Science, Tourism, and Conservation Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-03-12 | 1996-10-02 | Became Public Law No: 104-227. | House | Rep. Walker, Robert S. [R-PA-16] | PA | R | W000068 | 28 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 Title II: Conforming Amendments to Other Laws Title III: Polar Research and Policy Study Antarctic Science, Tourism, and Conservation Act of 1996 - Title I: Amendments to the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 - Amends the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 to restate findings and purposes of the Act regarding scientific activities and tourism in Antarctica and the Antarctic Treaty and the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Treaty. (Sec. 102) Modifies definitions. (Sec. 103) Revises provisions concerning prohibited acts by any person (currently, U.S. citizens) to modify the prohibitions, in accordance with the Protocol, and make unlawful the following activities in or respecting Antarctica: (1) introduction of any prohibited product onto land or ice shelves or into water; (2) disposal of any waste onto ice-free land areas or into fresh water systems or of any prohibited waste; (3) engaging in open burning of waste; (4) transporting passengers by any seagoing vessel not required to comply with the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, except by agreement under which the vessel owner or operator must comply with Annex IV; (5) failure of an organizer or operator to notify members of an expedition of the environmental protection obligations of this Act and means of compliance by participants; (6) damage to historic sites or monuments; (7) refusal of permission to any authorized U.S. officer or employee to board a U.S. vessel, vehicle, or aircraft for purposes of search or inspection in connection with enforcement of this Act and forcible assault of or other interference with an authorized U.S. officer or employee in the conduct of such activities; (8) resisting lawful arrest or detention for a prohibited act; (9) interference with the apprehension, arrest, or detention of another person, knowing that the other person has committed a prohibited act; (10) violation of any regulation, or a term or cond… | 2025-04-07T15:29:31Z | |
| 104-s-1601 | 104 | s | 1601 | A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the deadline for and clarify the contents of the Great Lakes health research report, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1996-03-07 | 1996-03-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] | MI | D | L000261 | 3 | Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the deadline for the submission by the Great Lakes National Program Office to the Congress of a report assessing the adverse effects of water pollutants in the Great Lakes System on the health of persons in Great Lakes States and the health of fish, shellfish, and wildlife in the Great Lakes System. Requires such report to include documenting exposure pathways, body burdens, and associated human health effects in defined at-risk populations with the Great Lakes basin. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 104-hr-3038 | 104 | hr | 3038 | Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-03-06 | 1996-03-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] | ND | D | P000422 | 11 | Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act (the Act) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make capitalization grants to States to establish State drinking water treatment revolving loan funds. Places the authority to establish assistance priorities for financial assistance provided with amounts deposited into the State loan fund in the State agency that has primary responsibility for the administration of the State program. Directs the Governor, in nonprimacy States, to determine which State agency will have the authority to establish priorities for such assistance. Authorizes State Governors to transfer amounts between such funds and water pollution control revolving funds established under the Clean Water Act. Requires the Administrator to reserve one and a half percent of drinking water funds for capitalization grants to Indian tribes for the improvement of public water systems. Specifies that such funds shall be used to address the most significant threats to public health associated with public water systems that serve Indian tribes, as determined by the Administrator in consultation with the Director of the Indian Health Service and Indian tribes. Directs the Administrator, in consultation with the Director and such tribes, to prepare surveys and assess the needs of drinking water treatment facilities to serve Indian tribes. Authorizes the Administrator to make such grants to the District of Columbia and specified U.S. territories. Authorizes: (1) States to reserve a certain amount of such grants for technical assistance for small public water systems; and (2) the Administrator to make grants to Alaska for the benefit of Alaska Native villages. Requires the Administrator, beginning in FY 1999, to withhold a specified percentage (five percent for FY 1999, ten percent for FY 2000, and 15 percent for each subsequent fiscal year) of each capitalization grant made to a State unless the State has met specified requirements under thi… | 2025-08-21T20:16:04Z | |
| 104-hr-2988 | 104 | hr | 2988 | To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that traffic signal synchronization projects are exempt from certain requirements of Environmental Protection Agency Rules. | Environmental Protection | 1996-02-28 | 1996-10-09 | Became Public Law No: 104-260. | House | Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] | CA | R | M000508 | 0 | Amends the Clean Air Act, with respect to limitations on certain Federal assistance, to exempt traffic signal synchronization projects from requirements of compliance with Environmental Protection Agency rules for determining conformity to State or Federal implementation plans of transportation plans, programs, or projects funded or approved under Federal aid highway program or Federal Transit Act provisions prior to their funding, approval, or implementation. Requires the supporting regional emissions analysis for a conformity determination to consider the emissions effect of any such project funded, approved, or implemented prior to the determination. | 2025-04-07T15:27:07Z | |
| 104-hr-2919 | 104 | hr | 2919 | Brownfields Remediation and Economic Development Act of 1996 | Environmental Protection | 1996-01-31 | 1996-02-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Quinn, Jack [R-NY-30] | NY | R | Q000016 | 11 | Brownfields Remediation and Economic Development Act of 1996 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to certify any State program for brownfields (abandoned industrial sites in need of hazardous waste remediation before they may be returned to productive use) if the program: (1) covers only sites that have been contaminated prior to enactment of this Act and are not listed on the National Priorities List; (2) provides for public participation prior to a landowner's release from liability upon completion of site remediation (carried out under a certified program) under State law and under abatement and response provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA); (3) provides for a reopening of a cleanup proposal under specified conditions; (4) contains standards for the sites that protect public health and the environment; and (5) includes coordination among State agencies for environmental protection and economic development. Provides (in addition to the release of landowners from liability described above) for the release from liability under State law and under CERCLA, upon completion of remediation, of lenders and developers (except with respect to pollution directly caused by them), prospective purchasers, and local governments not involved in the management of a site. Allows the Administrator to waive Federal permit requirements if the State program includes a waiver of State permit requirements. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for payments into a tax-exempt Hazardous Waste Remediation Reserve to be used exclusively to pay costs of the taxpayer to: (1) assess the extent of a site's environmental contamination and its expected remediation cost; and (2) remediate the contamination. | 2025-08-21T20:16:59Z | |
| 104-s-1537 | 104 | s | 1537 | Aboveground Storage Tank Consolidation and Regulatory Improvement Act | Environmental Protection | 1996-01-26 | 1996-01-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA] | VA | D | R000295 | 4 | Aboveground Storage Tank Consolidation and Regulatory Improvement Act - Redesignates the Office of Underground Storage Tanks of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and establishes it as the Office of Storage Tanks (OST), to be headed by a Director. Transfers to OST authorities of the following as they relate to regulation of aboveground and underground storage tanks: (1) other EPA officers under the environmental laws; (2) the Secretary of Labor under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and worker protection standards provisions of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986; and (3) the Secretary of Transportation under pipeline safety provisions. Transfers appropriations and personnel. Requires the Director, by regulation, to restate the laws he or she administers in consolidated form and streamline their application to owners and operators of aboveground and underground storage tanks. Expresses congressional intent that this direction is not intended to modify the laws' requirements. Imposes, as part of such regulations, a requirement that an owner or operator of an aboveground storage tank report to the national response center established under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act a release of a regulated substance (one regulated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 or petroleum or a petroleum substance) above a specified threshold, including a description of corrective action taken. Allows the EPA Administrator, after release from an aboveground storage tank of a regulated substance posing an imminent threat to human health, public safety, or the environment, to prohibit the use or operation of all or any portion of a storage tank farm within a facility in which the tank is located until the prohibition is no longer necessary or corrective action has been taken. Authorizes the Director to include in the above regulations release detection, prevention, and correction regulations applicable to owners and operators of abov… | 2025-08-21T20:15:38Z | |
| 104-hr-2845 | 104 | hr | 2845 | Environmental Equal Rights Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1996-01-04 | 1996-01-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7] | IL | D | C000634 | 0 | Environmental Equal Rights Act of 1995 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize individuals residing in an environmentally disadvantaged community in which a new solid or hazardous waste management facility is proposed to be constructed to petition the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or the State to prevent the facility from being constructed or from operating in such community. Denies such a petition only if the proponent of the proposed facility establishes that: (1) there is no alternative location that poses fewer health and environmental risks; and (2) the facility will not release contaminants or engage in any activity that is likely to increase the cumulative impact of contaminants on the environmentally disadvantaged community. Defines an "environmentally disadvantaged community" as an area within two miles of the borders of a site on which a waste management facility is proposed to be constructed and that meets specified criteria concerning minority populations, poverty, and existing hazardous or solid waste facilities or hazardous waste sites. | 2025-08-21T20:16:32Z | |
| 104-hr-2835 | 104 | hr | 2835 | Mercury Environmental Risk and Comprehensive Utilization Reduction Initiative | Environmental Protection | 1995-12-22 | 1996-01-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 0 | Mercury Environmental Risk and Comprehensive Utilization Reduction Initiative - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the sale or offering for sale or promotional purposes of: (1) alkaline-manganese batteries manufactured on or after January 1, 1996, with a mercury content that was intentionally introduced (limits the content in alkaline-manganese button cells to 25 milligrams of mercury per button cell); (2) zinc carbon batteries manufactured on or after January 1, 1997, that contain mercury that was intentionally introduced; (3) button cell mercuric-oxide batteries for use in the United States on or after January 1, 1997; and (4) any mercuric-oxide battery on or after January 1, 1997. Authorizes imposition of civil penalties and commencement of civil actions by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enforce these prohibitions. Defines a "regulated battery" as a rechargeable battery that contains a cadmium or lead electrode or contains other electrode chemistries and is the subject of a specified determination by the Administrator. Prohibits any person from selling for use in the United States a regulated battery or a rechargeable consumer product introduced into interstate commerce on or after one year after this Act's enactment date unless: (1) the battery is easily removable from the product, is contained in a battery pack that is easily removable from the product, or is sold separately; and (2) the rechargeable consumer product and the battery are labeled in accordance with this Act. Sets forth labeling requirements, including that the label contain a statement that the battery must be recycled or disposed of properly. Authorizes the Administrator, upon determining that other rechargeable batteries having electrode chemistries different from regulated batteries are toxic and may cause substantial harm if discarded for land disposal or incineration, to promulgate requirements for: (1) labeling such batteries and related products; and (2) easy removability of regul… | 2025-08-21T20:16:45Z | |
| 104-hr-2838 | 104 | hr | 2838 | Public Debt Relief Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-12-22 | 1996-01-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 0 | Public Debt Relief Act of 1995 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to allow a State to exercise flow control authority over solid waste if, on or before January 1, 1984, the State: (1) adopted regulations under a State law that required or directed the transportation, management, or disposal of such waste from residential, commercial, institutional, or industrial sources to specifically identified waste management facilities and applied those regulations to every political subdivision; and (2) subjected the facilities to the jurisdiction of a State public utilities commission. Allows a State or political subdivision of the State meeting the requirements of this Act to exercise flow control authority over all classes and categories of solid waste that were subject to flow control by the State or subdivision on May 16, 1994, by directing it from any existing waste management facility to any other such facility, existing or proposed. Sets limitations on the duration of authority under this Act according to the length of a revenue or general obligation bond issued to finance waste management facilities. | 2025-08-21T20:15:11Z | |
| 104-hr-2827 | 104 | hr | 2827 | Sound Science for the Environment Act | Environmental Protection | 1995-12-21 | 1996-01-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. | House | Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3] | NJ | R | S000097 | 54 | Sound Science for the Environment Act - Establishes as an independent agency the National Institute for the Environment to: (1) initiate, facilitate, and perform comprehensive assessments of the current state of knowledge of environmental issues and their implications; (2) establish a Center for Environmental Assessment; (3) award competitively grants and contracts for extramural scientific research; (4) establish a Directorate of Research and a universally accessible National Library for the Environment; and (5) sponsor education and training of environmental scientists and professionals and improve public environmental literacy. Establishes a Board of Governors for the Institute. Provides for interagency acquisition of information and establishes an Interagency Advisory Committee to ensure that the environmental efforts of the Institute and other Federal agencies are complementary. Makes scientists, engineers, and other researchers eligible to receive funding from the Institute. Requires the President to submit to the Congress recommendations regarding existing non-regulatory Federal programs that are appropriate for transfer to the Institute, together with legislation to effect such transfers. | 2025-08-21T20:15:32Z | |
| 104-s-1497 | 104 | s | 1497 | Land Disposal Program Flexibility Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-12-21 | 1995-12-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] | OK | R | N000102 | 15 | Land Disposal Program Flexibility Act of 1995 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) to exempt from land disposal restrictions (other than requirements pertaining to applicable specific methods of treatment promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under SWDA) solid waste identified as hazardous based on characteristic alone if such waste: (1) is managed in a treatment system that subsequently discharges to waters of the United States pursuant to a permit issued under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act), undergoes pretreatment for purposes of compliance with toxic and pretreatment effluent standards of such Act, or is managed under a zero-discharge system that the Administrator determines to be engaging in Clean Water Act-equivalent treatment; (2) no longer exhibits such characteristic prior to land disposal; (3) has met any applicable specific method of treatment promulgated by the Administrator; and (4) would not generate toxic gases, vapors, or fumes due to the presence of cyanide at the point of generation when exposed to pH conditions of a specified range. Requires the Administrator to conduct a study of hazardous waste managed in accordance with this Act to characterize the risks to human health or the environment associated with such management, upon completion of which the Administrator may impose additional requirements or defer management of such risks to other State or Federal programs or authorities. Amends SWDA to exempt from land disposal restrictions solid waste identified as hazardous based on characteristic alone if the waste no longer exhibits a hazardous characteristic at the point of injection into any Class I deep well regulated under safe drinking water provisions of the Public Health Service Act. | 2025-08-21T20:16:27Z | |
| 104-s-1491 | 104 | s | 1491 | Antimicrobial Pesticide Registration Reform Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-12-20 | 1996-07-24 | Committee on Agriculture. Measure incorporated into measure S. 1166 ordered to be reported. | Senate | Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN] | MN | R | G000367 | 45 | Antimicrobial Pesticide Registration Reform Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to exclude: (1) bacteria from the definition of "fungus"; and (2) liquid chemical sterilant products for use on a critical or semi-critical medical or dental device from the definition of "pesticide." Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) coordinate data requirements, test protocols, timetables, and standards of review and reduce burdens and redundancy caused to the registrant, whenever data in support of a pesticide registration is requested by one or more State or Federal agencies; and (2) develop a process to identify and assist in alleviating future disparities between Federal and State data requirements. Provides, with respect to the labeling of an antimicrobial pesticide product, that: (1) a registrant may modify the labeling to include relevant information on the product's efficacy, composition, or container or other characteristics unrelated to a pesticidal claim or activity; (2) such labeling shall not be false or misleading or in conflict with statements required as a condition of registration and be substantiated upon request; (3) modifications shall be subject to a notification and approval process; and (4) different cautionary statements for use dilutions may be included in the labeling upon approval of the Administrator. Directs the Administrator, to the maximum extent practicable, to identify and evaluate changes to the process for registration of antimicrobial pesticides that will reduce current time periods for review. Details rulemaking requirements regarding the review of such pesticides. Requires an annual report to the Congress on measures taken to effect such changes. Exempts from applicability of certain FIFRA storage, disposal, transportation, and container requirements household, industrial, or institutional antimicrobial products that are not subject to regulation under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, unless the Administrat… | 2025-08-21T20:16:10Z | |
| 104-hr-2801 | 104 | hr | 2801 | To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide that the United States Army Corps of Engineers perform contract oversight of Fund financed remedial actions under that Act. | Environmental Protection | 1995-12-18 | 1996-01-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11] | NJ | R | F000372 | 0 | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to require that administration of contracts awarded for design and construction associated with Superfund lead remedial actions be performed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, except in the case of certain remedial actions carried out by a State or political subdivision. | 2025-01-02T17:37:34Z | |
| 104-hr-2762 | 104 | hr | 2762 | To require additional research prior to the promulgation of a standard for sulfate under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1995-12-12 | 1996-01-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | J000177 | 1 | Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, prior to promulgating a national primary drinking water regulation for sulfate, to jointly conduct additional research to establish a reliable dose-response relationship for the adverse health effects that may result from exposure to sulfate in drinking water. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) consideration of health effects that may be experienced by groups within the general population, such as infants and travelers, that are potentially at greater risk; (2) the conduct of research in consultation with interested States and based on the best available, peer-reviewed science and supporting studies; and (3) notice, time, and rulemaking requirements for promulgating such standard. | 2025-01-02T17:37:27Z | |
| 104-hr-2742 | 104 | hr | 2742 | To set aside a portion of the funds available under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to be used encourage the redevelopment of marginal brownfield sites, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1995-12-07 | 1995-12-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-21] | PA | R | E000187 | 0 | Makes available to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a specified fraction of amounts in the Hazardous Substance Superfund for each fiscal year for a program of grants to States to be used for decontamination and remediation of brownfield sites to make such sites available for proposed new uses. Defines a "brownfield site" as a parcel of land that was previously used for industrial purposes but is contaminated with hazardous or toxic waste and not currently used for any purpose. Prohibits, with respect to a site at which decontamination or remediation is being carried out under an approved State brownfield cleanup program, any action for: (1) decontamination or remediation under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) or the Solid Waste Disposal Act; and (2) recovery of costs or damages arising from a hazardous substance release or threatened release under CERCLA against a person who is engaging or has engaged in the cleanup of such a site under a State program approved under this Act. Imposes reporting requirements upon participating States. | 2025-01-02T17:37:22Z | |
| 104-s-1436 | 104 | s | 1436 | Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility Private Investment Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-11-29 | 1995-11-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 0 | Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility Private Investment Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to include in the regulation of wastewater treatment works (WTWs) under such Act WTWs which are: (1) constructed and owned by a State or municipality; (2) constructed and owned by a State or municipality where ownership has been transferred to a private regulated utility or an entity under contract with the State or municipality to receive municipal wastewater; or (3) owned or operated by a private regulated utility or an entity under contract with the State or municipality to receive municipal wastewater. | 2025-08-21T20:14:37Z | |
| 104-hr-2682 | 104 | hr | 2682 | To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for additional reductions in emissions of sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen in regions contributing to acid deposition in the Adirondacks. | Environmental Protection | 1995-11-28 | 1995-12-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 28 | Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations requiring reductions in sulfur dioxide emissions from utility units located in subregions contributing to acid deposition in the Adirondacks necessary to limit, by the year 2000, acid deposition rates to a target level at which the acid neutralizing capacity level of surface waters exceeds the level found in a 1984 survey and the maintenance load of sulfur per hectare does not exceed a specified quantity. Requires the Administrator to also promulgate regulations necessary to require utility units in subregions that are major contributors to Adirondack acid deposition to employ, no later than January 1, 2000, reasonably available technology to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. Describes means allowed for compliance with these regulations. Disallows treatment of emission reductions achieved by compliance with this Act as emission reductions for any other Clean Air Act purposes or as authorizing excess sulfur dioxide emissions under Clean Air Act utility unit allowances. | 2025-01-02T17:37:16Z | |
| 104-hr-2648 | 104 | hr | 2648 | Lake Gaston Protection Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-11-16 | 1995-12-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Funderburk, David [R-NC-2] | NC | R | F000426 | 7 | Lake Gaston Protection Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from granting a license, license amendment, or permit (license) for an activity that will result directly or indirectly in the withdrawal by a State or political subdivision of water from a lake, reservoir, or similar body of water (lake) that is situated in two States unless the Governor of the State in which more than half of the lake is situated certifies that the withdrawal will not adversely affect the environment in, or the economy of, that State. Makes an exception regarding an application for a license for an activity that will occur or affect waters located within a river basin that is subject to an interstate compact, a decree of the Supreme Court, or an Act of Congress that specifically allocates the rights to use such water. Specifies that this Act shall apply to any application made on or after January 1, 1991, unless the application has been granted and is no longer subject to judicial review. | 2025-08-21T20:16:02Z | |
| 104-hr-2637 | 104 | hr | 2637 | To provide for a study of certain cross-border sources of air pollution. | Environmental Protection | 1995-11-15 | 1995-11-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-49] | CA | R | B000461 | 4 | Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with State and local air pollution control agencies, to undertake a study of air pollution from mobile sources entering the United States from other countries to determine the extent to which air pollution in U.S. areas exceeding national ambient air quality standards is attributable to such sources. Requires development of a verifiable model for estimation of the amount of such pollution and use of estimates and monitoring in at least one metropolitan area near an international border, including the San Diego, California, area, to test model results. Requires a report to the Congress. | 2025-01-02T17:37:16Z | |
| 104-hr-2645 | 104 | hr | 2645 | To permit freon to be used for home, automobile, and agricultural air conditioning equipment. | Environmental Protection | 1995-11-15 | 1995-11-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13] | TX | R | T000238 | 0 | Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, notwithstanding title VI of the Clean Air Act, the Montreal Protocol, the Copenhagen Accords, and all related international agreements, from banning, phasing out, or restricting the production, importation, export, consumption, or use of CFC-12 (freon) for use in automobile and agricultural air conditioning equipment or HCFC-22 for use in residential air conditioning equipment. Repeals all rules, standards, and other regulatory actions issued by the Administrator before the date of enactment of this Act to the extent they impose controls prohibited under this Act. | 2025-01-02T17:37:16Z | |
| 104-s-1413 | 104 | s | 1413 | Lake Gaston Protection Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-11-15 | 1995-11-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 1 | Lake Gaston Protection Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from granting a license, license amendment, or permit (license) for an activity that will result directly or indirectly in the withdrawal by a State or political subdivision of water from a lake, reservoir, or similar body of water (lake) that is situated in two States unless the Governor of the State in which more than half of the lake is situated certifies that the withdrawal will not adversely affect the environment in, or the economy of, that State. Makes an exception regarding an application for a license for an activity that will occur or affect waters located within a river basin that is subject to an interstate compact, a decree of the Supreme Court, or an Act of Congress that specifically allocates the rights to use such water. Specifies that this Act shall apply to any application made on or after January 1, 1991, unless the application has been granted and is no longer subject to judicial review. | 2025-08-21T20:15:09Z | |
| 104-hr-2595 | 104 | hr | 2595 | To amend the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to establish the reportable quantity for sulfur dioxide as 1,000 pounds. | Environmental Protection | 1995-11-08 | 1995-11-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] | MN | D | P000258 | 0 | Amends the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to establish 1,000 pounds as the reportable quantity for sulfur dioxide for purposes of certain notification requirements with respect to the release of hazardous substances from a vessel or facility. | 2025-01-02T17:37:21Z | |
| 104-s-1390 | 104 | s | 1390 | Local Environmental Improvement Facilitation Act | Environmental Protection | 1995-11-03 | 1995-12-13 | Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] | SD | R | P000513 | 0 | Local Environmental Improvement Facilitation Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide that, in the case of a civil or administrative penalty assessed against an individual, corporation, partnership, or association (private person), the private person may elect to pay: (1) the amount of the penalty to the Treasury for deposit into a special account for payment of public debt obligations; or (2) an amount not to exceed $500,000 of the penalty to carry out a community environmental project in accordance with this Act, with the remainder to be paid into the Treasury's special account. Requires a private person who makes the latter election, after consulting with and obtaining the concurrence of the State and each political subdivision of the State within which the violation occurred, to enter into an agreement to pay the prescribed amount to an appropriate person to carry out one or more environmental projects. Requires a separate agreement to be entered into with respect to each penalty for which an election is made. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) suitable environmental projects; and (2) oversight. | 2025-08-21T20:17:12Z | |
| 104-s-1391 | 104 | s | 1391 | A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the imposition of any civil or administrative penalty against a unit of local government for a violation of the Act when a compliance plan with respect to the violation is in effect, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1995-11-03 | 1995-12-13 | Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] | SD | R | P000513 | 1 | Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit any civil or administrative penalty from being imposed against a local government for a violation of a provisions of the Act: (1) if such government has entered into an agreement with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of the Army, or the State to carry out a compliance plan with respect to a prior violation of the provision; and (2) during the period beginning on the date on which the government and the Administrator, Secretary, or State enter into such agreement and ending on the date on which the government is required to be in compliance under the agreement. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 104-hr-2583 | 104 | hr | 2583 | To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to prevent the construction of a thermal destruction facility at the OII site east of downtown Los Angeles unless the local community agrees to the location. | Environmental Protection | 1995-11-02 | 1995-11-08 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2134-2135) | House | Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | M000206 | 0 | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to prohibit use of funds in the Hazardous Substances Superfund for construction or operation of a thermal destruction facility at the site known as the OII landfill site, located in the vicinity of the cities of Los Angeles, Montebello, and Monterey Park, California, unless the City of Monterey Park and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency enter into a written agreement regarding the location of the facility. | 2025-01-02T17:37:15Z | |
| 104-hr-2567 | 104 | hr | 2567 | Constructed Water Conveyances Reform Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-11-01 | 1996-01-24 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | House | Rep. Condit, Gary A. [D-CA-18] | CA | D | C000670 | 9 | Constructed Water Conveyances Reform Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide that a State that exercises jurisdiction over constructed (manmade) water conveyances, in establishing standards for such conveyances: (1) shall consider any water quality impacts resulting from any return flow from such a conveyance to navigable waters and the need to protect downstream uses; and (2) may consider the existing and planned uses of the transported water, management practices necessary to maintain the conveyances, State or regional water resources management and water conservation plans, and the intended purposes for the conveyance. Provides that if a State adopts or reviews water quality standards for such conveyances, it shall not be required to establish recreational, aquatic life, or fish consumption uses for such systems if such uses: (1) are not existing or reasonably foreseeable; or (2) interfere with the intended purpose of the system. | 2025-04-07T15:29:40Z | |
| 104-s-1364 | 104 | s | 1364 | Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-10-26 | 1995-10-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Kempthorne, Dirk [R-ID] | ID | R | K000088 | 12 | Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1995 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (the Act) to revise the findings, purposes, and policy of the Act. Declares it to be congressional policy to conserve endangered and threatened species and to equally consider the conservation of listed species, preservation of economic growth, maintenance of a strong tax base, and protection against the diminishment of the use and value of private property. (Sec. 3) Revises definitions under the Act, including the definition of: (1) "critical habitat" to mean the specific areas within the geographic area occupied by an endangered or threatened species, at the time the species is listed, that contain such physical or biological features as are essential to the conservation of the species and the persistence of the species for at least seven human generations (with "human generation" meaning 20 years) and as may require special management considerations or protection; and (2) "endangered species" to mean any species that, if no action were taken under the Act, would be placed on an irreversible course to extinction within two human generations, with exceptions. (Sec. 4) Modifies provisions regarding the determination of an endangered or threatened species to require the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to: (1) make such determination on the basis of the best scientific and commercial data available after requesting the Endangered Species Commission (established under this Act) to conduct a scientific review; and (2) give priority to species the conservation of which is most likely to reduce the need to list other species dependent on the same habitat, and consideration to species identified as a known source of pharmaceutical or agricultural biochemicals. Requires the Secretary to designate, and make revisions regarding, critical habitat on the basis of the best new scientific data available. Specifies that: (1) the information shall include data documenting the biological vulnerability of, and threats to, the species… | 2025-08-21T20:15:36Z | |
| 104-s-1365 | 104 | s | 1365 | Endangered Species Habitat Protection Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-10-26 | 1995-10-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kempthorne, Dirk [R-ID] | ID | R | K000088 | 11 | Endangered Species Habitat Protection Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow landowners of qualified acreage a credit, for agreement to manage such lands for the preservation of endangered species, in an amount equal to the lesser of: (1) the applicable acreage rate of the qualified acreage; or (2) $50,000. Provides for recapture of the credit if the taxpayer transfers the qualified acreage without also transferring the obligations for such acreage. Prohibits making a payment to an owner under capital gain and loss provisions if that owner has indicated an intention to claim an income tax credit or deduction for participation. Provides for a deduction for the donation of property as a conservation easement. Provides for the valuation of property which provides for the protection of endangered species. Provides an additional deduction on State and local real property taxes paid or accrued on property subject to an endangered species conservation agreement. Prohibits the deduction in certain cases. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate fully with the appropriate States, tribes, and other non-Federal persons, including consultation with such persons before the acquisition or interest of any land or water for the conservation of endangered and threatened species. Sets forth provisions providing for the Secretary to enter into a cooperative management agreement with non-Federal persons for the management of: (1) endangered and threatened species or group of species; or (2) a candidate species or group of candidate species. Directs that a cooperative management agreement shall remain in effect and not be required to be amended to include subsequent listing of endangered or threatened species not applicable to such agreement. Allows the Secretary to provide a habitat conservation grant to certain non-Federal persons for the purpose of conserving, preserving, or improving the habitat of endangered and threatened species. Allows a grant to be transferred to subsequent property ow… | 2025-08-21T20:16:45Z | |
| 104-hr-2522 | 104 | hr | 2522 | Small Business Remediation Act of 1995 | Environmental Protection | 1995-10-24 | 1995-11-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] | TX | R | B000213 | 4 | Small Business Remediation Act of 1995 - Requires the maximum level of remediation of dry cleaning solvents in soil, surface water, groundwater, and other environmental media (soil) that a Federal, State, local agency, or court may require of a person engaged in dry cleaning, or of the owner of land or a facility in which such a person is conducting dry cleaning, to be one-tenth the equivalent exposure of the workplace standard for such solvents established by the Secretary of Labor under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Requires: (1) the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to publish in the Federal Register its computation, based on realistic scientific assumptions, of equivalent exposure by ingestion, inhalation, and absorption indices for the general public, for soil in nonoccupational circumstances; and (2) the equivalent exposure to be calculated from the workplace standard for dry cleaning solvents which assures that no employee will suffer material impairment of health or functional capacity even if such employee has regular exposure for the employee's entire working lifetime. Specifies that nothing in this Act shall: (1) preempt or otherwise prevent a Federal, State, or local government or private party from remediating soil to a lower level than the maximum level of remediation at its own cost and expense; or (2) alter or affect the Federal drinking water standards under the Public Health Service Act. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 104-s-1352 | 104 | s | 1352 | A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical corrections in maps relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System. | Environmental Protection | 1995-10-20 | 1995-10-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections to a specified map of the Coastal Barrier Resources system relating to Fire Island Unit NY-59P as necessary to: (1) move the eastern boundary of the excluded area covering Ocean Beach, Seaview, Ocean Bay Park, and part of Point O'Woods to the western boundary of the Sunken Forest Preserve; and (2) ensure that the depiction of "otherwise protected areas" does not include any area owned by the Point O'Woods Association, a privately held corporation under the laws of the State of New York. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z |
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