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| 99-hr-5737 | 99 | hr | 5737 | Stratospheric Ozone and Climate Protection Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-10-17 | 1986-10-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3] | NM | D | R000229 | 1 | Stratospheric Ozone and Climate Protection Act of 1986 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to list and annually update known substances which contribute to stratospheric ozone depletion, climatic warming, or any other atmospheric or climatic modification. Prohibits the manufacture or importation of listed substances five years after they are listed. Permits the Administrator to adjust such requirement as specified. Requires a reduction phase-in of 20 percent per year, or a more rapid reduction if feasible. Permits exemptions as specified. Prohibits the importation of listed substances later than one year after they are listed unless the source nation is reducing production of such substance on a comparable reduction schedule as required in the United States. Requires such national programs to be certified by the Administrator after a determination that appropriate enforcing legislation in such nation is in place. Requires the Administrator to review certifications on an annual basis, revoking certifications for noncompliance. Requires any product or container including such a listed substance to be labeled accordingly after one year of such substance being listed. Requires producers of listed substances to report to the Administrator annually on such production until it ceases. Establishes a per pound fee for listed substances, commencing one year after listing and increasing on an annual basis. Requires that such fees be deposited into a research support trust fund and be used for grants under this Act. Directs the Administrator to acquire information relating to substitutes for listed substances. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:32:51Z | |
| 99-s-2930 | 99 | s | 2930 | Department of Energy Environmental Compliance Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-10-16 | 1986-10-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 0 | Department of Energy Environmental Compliance Act of 1986 - Title I: Standards for Protection from Radioactive Emissions from Facilities of Department of Energy - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue and periodically revise standards to protect public health and safety and the environment from radioactive emissions from certain Department of Energy facilities. Requires such standards to include annual and aggregate limits as well as models for calculating public exposure to radioactive emissions. Directs the Secretary of Energy to monitor compliance with such standards. Requires owners or operators of covered facilities to provide the Administrator with all necessary information and inspections, both onsite and off. Imposes civil penalties for violations. Includes Federal employees under this Act. Requires Federal agency cooperation. Authorizes the Administrator to empower States to exercise authority provided by this Act. Title II: Compliance of Facilities of Department of Energy with Federal and State Environmental Protection Requirements - Authorizes the Administrator to monitor covered facilities to assure compliance with Federal and State environmental laws, including unannounced inspections. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress annually on such monitoring. Requires the Secretary to reimburse the Administrator for monitoring costs. Requires the Secretary to terminate the use of soil columns for disposing of liquid radioactive waste or hazardous waste at Department facilities within one year. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the costs of compliance. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress within one year on sites which pose a threat to public health or the environment and the estimated costs of treatment, storage and disposal. Requires the Secretary to operate quality assurance programs which provide for internal independent review to identify potential public health and safety and environmental problems. Requires the Secre… | 2025-08-29T16:29:46Z | |
| 99-hr-5675 | 99 | hr | 5675 | A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce acid deposition, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1986-10-08 | 1986-10-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-31] | NY | R | K000086 | 0 | Amends the Clean Air Act to require each State to develop a two-tiered plan to control emissions of sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen from fossil fuel fired electric utility steam generating units in such State. Requires such plans to achieve specified emissions rates by the start of 1993 and the start of 1997. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct and update a comprehensive annual inventory of emissions from stationary sources. requires the Administrator to notify each State by the end of 1990 of potential reductions in stationary sources achievable by the end of 1996. Requires the Governor of each State to submit to the Administrator a plan for complying with such emissions reductions. Permits each State to achieve reductions through any emission limitation or other requirement. Requires each State to ensure that electric utility ratepayers in any region do not pay a disproportionate amount for such reductions. Directs the Administrator to study and report to the Congress by June 30, 1993, on the actual reduction of acid deposition achieved by phase I reductions. Requires Administrator approval of any State plan granting a State a specified grace period within which to cure any defects in such plan. Requires a State without an approved plan to meet specified emission levels. | 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z | |
| 99-hr-5676 | 99 | hr | 5676 | United States Geological Survey Amendments Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-10-08 | 1986-11-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources. | House | Rep. McCain, John [R-AZ-1] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | United States Geological Survey Amendments Act of 1986 - Title I: United States Geological Survey Amendments - Creates a Biological Division within the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct surveys on the long-term changes in the condition and quality of the biological environment and its inhabitants, particularly on fragile ecosystems in pristine areas of the United States. Requires the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (who also directs the Biological Division) to review existing research in the area, recommending changes as necessary. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to appoint a committee to review the work of the Division and make recommendations. Authorizes the Director to establish field offices, including at least one in the Rocky Mountain region. Title II: Requires the Director to study air pollution problems associated with the long-range transport or air pollutants in the western States, with particular attention to acid deposition. Requires the Director to report to the Congress within four years. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. Title III: Requires the Director to research the quality of ground and surface water in the United States. Authorizes research grants on a matching basis. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Title IV: Authorizes appropriations for the Biological Division. | 2025-08-29T16:31:12Z | |
| 99-s-2905 | 99 | s | 2905 | Global Resources, Environment, and Population Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-10-01 | 1986-10-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 3 | Global Resources, Environment, and Population Act of 1986 - Declares public policy with respect to promoting national population stabilization and encouraging other nations to achieve population stabilization to balance population, resources, and environmental quality. Requires that Federal policies, regulations, and public laws be interpreted and administered in accordance with this Act. Directs Federal agencies to use reliable demographic, natural resource, and environmental information in planning and decisionmaking and to assist State and local governments in efforts to balance population, resources, and environmental quality. Requires the President, within three years of enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress on: (1) the current and foreseeable trends in national and global population size and age structure; (2) an evaluation of the adequacy of available natural resources to fulfill population requirements; (3) an evaluation of the short-term and long-term impact that such trends will have on the economy and national security of the United States; (4) a review of the effects of Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, programs, and activities on the attainment of national and global population stabilization; and (5) recommendations for legislative actions as considered necessary. | 2025-08-29T16:31:05Z | |
| 99-s-2891 | 99 | s | 2891 | Global Climate Protection Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-09-29 | 1986-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 2 | Global Climate Protection Act of 1986 - Directs the President to establish a Task Force on the Global Climate to research, develop, and implement a coordinated national strategy on global climate. Requires such Task Force to transmit a United States Strategy on the Global Climate to the President within a year. Requires the President to then report to specified members of Congress on such report. Directs the President to appoint an ambassador at large to coordinate Federal efforts in multilateral activities relating to global warming. Directs the Secretary of State to promote the early designation of an International Year of Global Climate Protection. Urges the President to give climate protection high priority on the agenda of U.S.-Soviet relations. | 2025-08-29T16:29:36Z | |
| 99-sjres-421 | 99 | sjres | 421 | A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress relative to bringing the Department of Energy defense facilities into compliance with applicable environmental laws, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1986-09-27 | 1986-09-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President's FY 1988 budget should include adequate funds for environmental cleanup at Department of Energy (DOE) sites at a level adequate to put DOE facilities in compliance with the Clean Water Act and final permits under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that DOE should: (1) accord the same priority to putting its facilities into compliance with environmental laws as it accords to meeting nuclear materials and weapons production goals; (2) provide for independent inspections by affected State agencies regarding the Department's treatment and disposal of mixed wastes that may be exempt from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act regulation; (3) provide for an independent examination by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of Safety Analysis Reviews of its nuclear facilities; and (4) report to the Congress regarding plans and cost estimates for bringing DOE defense facilities into compliance with environmental laws. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 99-s-2872 | 99 | s | 2872 | Pesticide Price Competition Act | Environmental Protection | 1986-09-24 | 1986-10-06 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department, Environmental Protection Agency. | Senate | Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] | KS | R | K000017 | 2 | Pesticide Price Competition Act - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit applicants to file abbreviated applications for registration of pesticides and new uses of pesticides if the pesticide is identical or substantially similar chemically to a previously registered pesticide, and if labeling requirements and other conditions are met. | 2025-08-29T16:31:02Z | |
| 99-s-2840 | 99 | s | 2840 | Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-09-19 | 1986-10-18 | Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] | VT | R | S000776 | 17 | Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 - Title I: Provisions Relating Primarily to Response and Liability - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) (Superfund) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate final reportable quantity regulations for specified hazardous substances by December 31, 1986, or by April 30, 1988. Permits the President to authorize a responsible party to carry out a response action and to conduct a remedial investigation or feasibility study (RI/FS) if certain conditions are met. Requires the President to give priority to releases which may present a public health threat. Requires removal actions to contribute to the efficient performance of any long-term remedial action with respect to the release concerned, to the extent practicable. Prohibits the President from providing removal or remedial actions for releases or threatened releases which are: (1) the product of naturally occurring processes; (2) are in a facility of which such substance forms a structural part; or (3) are due to a water system's expected deterioration. Permits the President to respond despite such prohibition if a public health or environmental emergency exists and no other authority can respond in a timely and competent fashion. Directs the President to notify Federal and State natural resource trustees of potential damage to their resources and to coordinate efforts. Increases the time and dollar limits on initial response actions to 12 months and $2,000,000. Limits the 50 percent or greater State cleanup obligation for the release of hazardous substances at State- or municipally-owned facilities to those facilities which are also operated by such State or municipality. Credits States with expenditures made at National Priorities List (NPL) sites on cost-eligible response actions. Revises other State cost-sharing measures. Provides for reimbursement to States for 90 percent of cleanup costs at State- o… | 2025-08-29T16:30:09Z | |
| 99-hjres-727 | 99 | hjres | 727 | A joint resolution making repayable advances to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund. | Environmental Protection | 1986-09-16 | 1986-10-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1] | MS | D | W000428 | 0 | Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 to make an additional repayable cash advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund). Prohibits the obligation of certain of such funds before Superfund taxing authority is enacted. | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 99-s-2822 | 99 | s | 2822 | A bill authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to preserve the Marshlands of the Nassau Valley in the State of Florida, to enhance the protection and interpretation of important historic and prehistoric sites in the vicinity of the Nassau, Saint Mary's, and Saint Johns River Valleys, Florida, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1986-09-16 | 1986-09-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. | Senate | Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL] | FL | R | H000374 | 0 | Title I: Fort Caroline National Memorial - Makes the Fort Caroline National Historical Park, Florida, the principal interpretive and administrative center for historic and prehistoric sites in the Nassau, Saint Mary's, and Saint Johns River Valleys. Eliminates the limitation on authorizations. Title II: Preservation of Nassau Marshland Areas and Protection of Significant Historical Assets - Establishes the Nassau Aquatic Preserve, Florida, which includes specified marshlands, historical land sites, and the Theodore Roosevelt Preserve. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands within such preserve through donation, purchase, or exchange. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire sites or properties of significant historic interest in northeastern Florida through donation or purchase with donated funds. Requires the Secretary to manage the Preserve according to applicable Federal, State, and local laws and management programs. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 99-s-2813 | 99 | s | 2813 | Acid Deposition and Sulfur Emissions Reduction Act | Environmental Protection | 1986-09-12 | 1986-10-02 | Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI] | WI | D | P000553 | 6 | Acid Deposition and Sulfur Emissions Reduction Act- Amends the Clean Air Act to designate an acid deposition impact region comprising a long-range transport corridor of 31 States east of the Mississippi and the District of Columbia. Requires States from such region to develop and submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) an emissions limitation compliance schedule for sulfur dioxide from fossil-fuel-fired electric utility steam generating units, other units, and total units. Requires a two-phase reduction in such emissions, the first to be achieved by 1992, the second by 1997. Requires each State to develop and submit to the Administrator a plan to achieve nitrogen oxides emissions reductions from fossil-fuel-fired steam generating units by 1997. Directs the Acid Precipitation Task Force to implement an accelerated research program during the first stage to examine the pattern of effects of atmospheric loading of pollutants such as sulfur and nitrogen oxides. Requires the Administrator to study air pollution problems associated with the long-range transport of pollutants in nonregion States. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. Requires the Administrator to evaluate such results until no later than July 1, 1991. Authorizes appropriations for such evaluations for FY 1990 and 1991. Authorizes the Administrator to recommend changes in the requirements of the second stage based upon the first stage research evaluations. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress on proposed changes by July 1, 1991, and requires such changes to increase protection of sensitive areas and mitigation of identified damage. Permits two or more States to reallot their shares among themselves so long as the total, required reduction is achieved. Requires each State to adopt enforceable reduction measures for phase II requirements by a specified date, submitting them to the Administrator for approval and other States for comment. Imposes civil penalties for violations of State requir… | 2025-08-29T16:31:04Z | |
| 99-hr-5489 | 99 | hr | 5489 | Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Act | Environmental Protection | 1986-09-09 | 1986-09-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Oceanography. | House | Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] | CA | D | P000047 | 0 | Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Act - Designates the Monterey Bay, California, as a national marine sanctuary. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to prepare an environmental impact statement on such designation. Requires the Secretary to also prepare a management plan for such area, to be submitted to the Congress. States in what way the Sanctuary Act applies with respect to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. | 2025-08-29T16:30:59Z | |
| 99-s-2792 | 99 | s | 2792 | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-09-03 | 1986-10-06 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 2482 passed in lieu) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Registration - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for public access to health and safety date submitted to support a registration application for a pesticide containing a new active ingredient, or to authorize the food use of a pesticide active ingredient. Provides criminal penalties for wrongful disclosure. Requires a person seeking such information to affirm that he or she is not working for a pesticide business. Prohibits conditional registrations for additional uses unless in the public interest. Requires the reregistration of active ingredient pesticides with outstanding data requirements registered before November 1, 1984. Requires an inert ingredient priority list to be established. Provides for the payment of registration fees based on active ingredients. Title II: Information Disclosure - Requires pesticide producers to: (1) make health, safety, and environmental information available to the public; and (2) furnish annual reports to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Provides for data disclosure to States. Title III: Review and Cancellation - Provides for a public administrative review of pesticide safety. Provides expedited procedures for required label changes. Provides for cancellation of registrations based on false or invalid data. Requires producers and other parties to notify the EPA and the State regarding stored, cancelled, or suspended pesticides. Title IV: Records and Insections - Authorizes duly designated Federal and State officials or employees to inspect pesticide facilities. Title V: Exports - Requires that specified precautionary information be placed on the labels of pesticides intended for export, unless such information is in conflict with the importing country's laws. Revises notification requirements. Provides for the revocation or suspension of residue tolerances in cases where a … | 2025-08-29T16:30:39Z | |
| 99-hjres-713 | 99 | hjres | 713 | A joint resolution making a repayable advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund. | Environmental Protection | 1986-08-15 | 1986-08-28 | Became Public Law No: 99-411. | House | Rep. Boland, Edward P. [D-MA-2] | MA | D | B000600 | 0 | Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 to make an additional repayable cash advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund). | 2023-01-19T20:05:00Z | |
| 99-hr-5440 | 99 | hr | 5440 | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-08-15 | 1986-09-02 | See H.R.2482. | House | Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15] | TX | D | D000203 | 3 | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Registration - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for public access to health and safety data submitted to support a registration application for a pesticide containing a new active ingredient, or to authorize the initial food use of a pesticide active ingredient. Provides criminal penalties for wrongful disclosure. Prohibits conditional registrations for additional uses unless in the public interest. Requires the reregistration of active ingredient pesticides with outstanding data requirements registered before November 1, 1984. Requires an inert ingredient priority list to be established. Title II: Information Disclosure - Requires pesticide producers to make health, safety, and environmental information available to the public. Provides for data disclosure to States. Title III: Review and Cancellation - Provides for a public administrative review of pesticide safety. Provides for cancellation of registrations based on false or invalid data. Title IV: Records and Inspections - Authorizes duly designated Federal and State officials or employees to inspect pesticide facilities. Title V: Exports - Requires that specified precautionary information be placed on the labels of pesticides intended for export, unless such information is in conflict with the importing country's laws. Revises notification requirements. Title VI: Certification and Training - Makes it a violation for any person to use any pesticide as a commercial applicator unless such person is a certified commercial applicator or a registered commercial applicator under the direct supervision of a certified commercial applicator. Provides for the development of training materials and procedures, including standards for trainers and training programs. Requires pesticide dealers to maintain sales and distribution records. Title VII: Data Compensation - Requires each registrant of an active ingredient pesticide used only in food, feed, o… | 2025-08-29T16:32:41Z | |
| 99-hr-5458 | 99 | hr | 5458 | A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish, monitor, and enforce efficacy standards for antimicrobial control agents used to control pest microorganisms that pose a threat to human health, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1986-08-15 | 1986-08-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4] | KS | D | G000240 | 10 | Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) establish efficacy standards (as defined in this Act) for antimicrobial control agents, including disinfectants, used to control pest microorganisms; (2) monitor standards compliance; and (3) implement an enforcement program. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 99-sjres-399 | 99 | sjres | 399 | A joint resolution making a repayable advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund. | Environmental Protection | 1986-08-14 | 1986-08-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 5 | Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 to make an additional repayable cash advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund). | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 99-hr-5422 | 99 | hr | 5422 | Plastic Waste Reduction Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-08-13 | 1986-10-17 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Marine Mammal Comm. | House | Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] | CA | D | P000047 | 0 | Plastic Waste Reduction Act of 1986 - Title I: Study of Plastic Pollution - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study and report to the Congress on the adverse effects on the environment of discarding and dumping plastics. Title II: Regulation to Control Plastic Pollution - Requires packaging containers, within 18 months of enactment, to be made of a naturally degradable material which decomposes within a specified period. Permits States or subdivisions to adopt more stringent standards. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:31:19Z | |
| 99-sjres-393 | 99 | sjres | 393 | A joint resolution making a repayable advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund. | Environmental Protection | 1986-08-13 | 1986-08-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 1 | Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 to make an additional repayable cash advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund). | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 99-hr-5380 | 99 | hr | 5380 | Plastic Waste Study Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-08-11 | 1986-10-17 | Favorable Executive Comment Received From Marine Mammal Comm. | House | Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] | NJ | D | H000930 | 0 | Plastic Waste Study Act of 1986 - Directs the Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to jointly study the adverse effects of dumping plastics on the environment, including fish and wildlife, within the United States and the oceans. Requires the Administrators to report results and recommendations within 18 months. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T16:31:37Z | |
| 99-hr-5369 | 99 | hr | 5369 | Asbestos Information Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-08-08 | 1986-09-24 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | House | Rep. Lent, Norman F. [R-NY-4] | NY | R | L000243 | 9 | Asbestos Information Act of 1986 - Requires manufacturers and sellers of asbestos or asbestos-containing materials used in buildings to submit formulas and other pertinent information to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for publication. Requires building owners to preserve representative asbestos-containing material and inspect a building for type of material and year of building construction before seeking relief from asbestos hazards. Requires the inclusion of sample analysis results, if any, in relief actions. Directs the Secretary of Commerce through the National Bureau of Standards, to develop protocols for asbestos sampling and a laboratory accreditation program. | 2025-08-29T16:29:43Z | |
| 99-s-2720 | 99 | s | 2720 | Asbestos Information Clearinghouse Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-08-05 | 1986-08-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 1 | Asbestos Information Clearinghouse Act of 1986 - Requires manufacturers and sellers of asbestos or asbestos-containing materials used in buildings to submit formulas and other pertinent information to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for publication. Requires building owners to preserve representative asbestos-containing material and inspect a building for type of material and year of building construction before seeking relief from asbestos hazards. Requires the inclusion of sample analysis results, if any, in relief actions. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to develop protocols for asbestos sampling and a laboratory accreditation program. | 2025-08-29T16:29:50Z | |
| 99-s-2710 | 99 | s | 2710 | Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-08-01 | 1986-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 1 | Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act of 1986 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a research and development program concerning human exposure to radon through indoor accumulation and to complete within one year a nationwide survey on the sources and levels of radon. Requires coordination with other Federal programs and technical assistance to the States as well as other research and information clearinghouse activities. Requires the Administrator to report annually to the Congress on such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. | 2025-08-29T16:30:32Z | |
| 99-hr-5312 | 99 | hr | 5312 | Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-07-31 | 1986-08-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6] | PA | D | Y000014 | 0 | Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act of 1986 - Amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1981 to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a research and development program concerning environmental and human health effects posed by radon through indoor accumulation and to complete within one year a nationwide survey on the sources and levels of radon. Requires coordination with other Federal programs and technical assistance to the States as well as other research and information clearinghouse activities. Requires the Administrator to report annually to the Congress on such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. | 2025-08-29T16:32:43Z | |
| 99-s-2705 | 99 | s | 2705 | Federal Pesticide Programs Improvement Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-07-31 | 1986-08-05 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Environmental Protection Agency. | Senate | Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID] | ID | R | S001138 | 1 | Federal Pesticide Programs Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit Federal agencies to use a registered pesticide unless the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determines that missing or deficient data warrants suspension or cancellation of such registration. Permits Federal agencies to refer to research conducted for EPA pesticide registration in developing their own environmental impact statements. Provides that registration guidelines promulgated by the Administrator may not contain a requirement for applicants to perform human epidemiological studies to obtain or support registrations. | 2025-08-29T16:32:32Z | |
| 99-s-2700 | 99 | s | 2700 | National Marine Policy Development Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-07-30 | 1986-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT] | CT | R | W000253 | 0 | National Marine Policy Development Act of 1986 - Establishes the National Marine Policy Development Commission to develop recommendations to the Congress and the President on establishing a comprehensive marine policy. Sets forth provisions for Commission membership, advisors, functions, powers, administration, Director and staff, and compensation of members. Requires the Commission, within 18 months after it first meets, to submit to the President and the Congress a detailed final report of its findings and recommendations. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of such report. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T16:33:50Z | |
| 99-s-2659 | 99 | s | 2659 | A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish, monitor, and enforce efficacy standards for antimicrobial control agents used to control pest microorganisms that pose a threat to human health, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1986-07-21 | 1986-07-25 | Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Environmental Protection Agency. | Senate | Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] | TN | D | G000321 | 0 | Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) establish efficacy standards (as defined in this Act) for antimicrobial control agents, including disinfectants, used to control pest microorganisms; (2) monitor standards compliance; and (3) implement an enforcement program. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 99-hr-5202 | 99 | hr | 5202 | Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-07-17 | 1986-07-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6] | PA | D | Y000014 | 51 | Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act of 1986 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a research and development program concerning human exposure to radon through indoor accumulation and to complete within one year a nationwide survey on the sources and levels of radon. Requires coordination with other Federal programs and technical assistance to the States as well as other research and information clearinghouse activities. Requires the Administrator to report annually to the Congress on such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. | 2025-08-29T16:32:16Z | |
| 99-hr-5163 | 99 | hr | 5163 | Coastal Wetlands Recovery Act | Environmental Protection | 1986-07-15 | 1986-07-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment. | House | Rep. Breaux, John B. [D-LA-7] | LA | D | B000780 | 1 | Coastal Wetlands Recovery Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army to identify and designate threatened coastal wetlands for which a wetlands action plan must be developed. Grants priority to those wetlands determined to be most threatened. Requires each such plan to specify wetlands boundaries, causes of degradation, and a timetable for actions which need to be taken, as well as allocating financial responsibility for such activities. Authorizes the use of water control structures and the appropriate diversion or deposition of natural elements. Sets forth State participation and financial responsibilities under this Act, requiring the contribution of at least 25 percent of costs from non-Federal sources. Requires wetlands plans to be periodically reviewed and updated. Grants the Secretary emergency authority to take necessary actions at priority wetlands during FY 1987 and 1988. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T16:29:29Z | |
| 99-hr-5141 | 99 | hr | 5141 | A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to establish certain requirements regarding the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1986-06-26 | 1986-07-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism. | House | Rep. McCloskey, Frank [D-IN-8] | IN | D | M000342 | 0 | Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require that facilities for the treatment, storage, or disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls meet specified requirements of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-s-2596 | 99 | s | 2596 | Plastic Waste Reduction Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-06-25 | 1986-06-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 5 | Plastic Waste Reduction Act of 1986 - Title I: Study of Plastic Pollution - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study and report to the Congress on the adverse effects on the environment of discarding and dumping plastics. Title II: Regulation to Control Plastic Pollution - Requires packaging containers, within 18 months of enactment, to be made of a naturally degradable material which decomposes within a specified period. Permits States or subdivisions to adopt more stringent standards. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:32:27Z | |
| 99-hr-5073 | 99 | hr | 5073 | Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-06-24 | 1986-10-22 | Became Public Law No: 99-519. | House | Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | F000215 | 105 | (House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment) Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations for asbestos hazard abatement in the schools, including inspections, response actions, operations and maintenance, transportation and disposal, and management plans for local educational agencies. Requires each local educational agency to develop an asbestos management plan which provides for inspections, removal, reinspections, and the use of accredited consultants involved in developing the plan or in the response actions concerning friable asbestos-containing material. Requires warning labels on any friable asbestos-containing material and asbestos-containing material still in routine maintenance areas of a school building. Includes Department of Defense overseas schools under this Act to the extent feasible and consistent with national security. Requires local educational agencies to respond to asbestos according to EPA's most current guidance document if the Administrator fails to promulgate regulations within the prescribed period. Requires such agencies to develop and implement operation and maintenance and management plans for friable asbestos-containing material in school buildings, including inspections and State approval. Sets forth standards for ambient interior concentrations of asbestos after completion of response actions under the current guidance document. Requires that the public be informed and protected during the phases of the management plan, including transportation and disposal. Authorizes each State Governor to establish administrative procedures for reviewing school asbestos management plans to be carried forward by the local educational agency. Directs the Administrator to develop a model accreditation plan for States to give accreditation to individuals who inspect, manage, and respond to friable asbestos and other asbestos problems in schools. Re… | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-5078 | 99 | hr | 5078 | Asbestos Information Clearinghouse Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-06-24 | 1986-07-17 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Lent, Norman F. [R-NY-4] | NY | R | L000243 | 1 | Asbestos Information Clearinghouse Act of 1986 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish within the Agency an Asbestos Information Clearinghouse to collect and analyze asbestos samples from building owners before they remove such material from their buildings. Requires manufacturers of asbestos building material to submit relevant data to such Clearinghouse as required. Requires the Administrator to provide requested information on formulas and samples upon a reimbursable basis. | 2025-08-29T16:30:29Z | |
| 99-hr-5049 | 99 | hr | 5049 | A bill to require the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up hazardous wastes at the Sheboygan Harbor site in Wisconsin. | Environmental Protection | 1986-06-18 | 1986-06-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources. | House | Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-9] | WI | R | S000244 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up hazardous wastes at Sheboygan Harbor, Wisconsin. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-5009 | 99 | hr | 5009 | A bill to provide interim authority to clean up contaminated water supplies near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in south Adams County, Colorado, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1986-06-11 | 1986-06-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Readiness. | House | Rep. Brown, Hank [R-CO-4] | CO | R | B000919 | 5 | Directs the Secretary of the Army to transfer funds to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for the clean-up of contaminated drinking water supplies in Adams County, Colorado, near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Requires such funds to be repayed as specified. Directs the Secretary to commence response actions with respect to hazardous substances affecting such water supplies, using Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Program funds. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 99-hr-5015 | 99 | hr | 5015 | A bill to temporarily suspend the use of Tributyltin based paints on hulls of commercial and recreational vessels until such time as the United States Environmental Protection Agency has completed ongoing studies as to the safety of such paints and their impact on the aquatic environment. | Environmental Protection | 1986-06-11 | 1986-09-26 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From EPA. | House | Rep. Parris, Stanford E. (Stan) [R-VA-8] | VA | R | P000080 | 0 | Suspends the use of Tributyltin-based paints on the hulls of commercial and recreational vessels until the Environmental Protection Agency has completed studies as to the safety of such paints and their impact on the aquatic environment. | 2021-06-30T19:42:26Z | |
| 99-hr-4848 | 99 | hr | 4848 | Department of Energy Environmental Compliance Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-05-19 | 1986-08-14 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended). | House | Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3] | OR | D | W000779 | 1 | Department of Energy Environmental Compliance Act of 1986 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to bring operations managed through the Richland Operations Office, Washington, of the Department of Energy (DOE) into compliance with specified Federal environmental laws. Requires the safe disposal of environmental hazards at such sites. Prohibits the use of soil columns for disposal of liquid hazardous or radioactive wastes at all DOE operations. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress a schedule and cost estimate of compliance with such requirements. Requires interagency consultation and cooperation. | 2025-08-29T16:30:15Z | |
| 99-hconres-338 | 99 | hconres | 338 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should take appropriate actions toward the establishment of a cooperative international program to study the greenhouse effect. | Environmental Protection | 1986-05-14 | 1986-05-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agricultural Research, and Environment. | House | Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6] | PA | D | Y000014 | 35 | Requests the President to establish a cooperative international research program concerning the greenhouse effect of increased concentration of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere. Requires any such program established by the President to be started during or before 1990. | 2024-02-07T15:21:41Z | |
| 99-hr-4811 | 99 | hr | 4811 | A bill to establish the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in Cochise County, Arizona, in order to assure the protection of the riparian, wildlife, archaeological, paleontological, scientific, cultural, educational, and recreational resources of the conservation area, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1986-05-13 | 1986-09-23 | Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held. | House | Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | K000306 | 4 | (Measure passed House, amended) Establishes the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Arizona. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop, within two years, a comprehensive management plan for such area to protect the natural riparian, wildlife, cultural, and recreational resources. Directs the Secretary to establish a San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area Advisory Committee. Permits the Secretary to acquire land interests within the Area. Requires the Secretary to report within five years to the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the implementation of this Act. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 99-s-2442 | 99 | s | 2442 | A bill to establish the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in Cochise County, Arizona, in order to assure the protection of the riparian, wildlife, archaeological, paleontological, scientific, cultural, educational, and recreational resources of the conservation area, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1986-05-13 | 1986-09-23 | Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 1 | Establishes the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Arizona. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop, within two years, a comprehensive management plan for such area to protect the natural riparian, wildlife, cultural, and recreational resources. Directs the Secretary to establish a Multiple Use Advisory Council for such Area. Requires the Secretary to report within five years to the Congress on the implementation of this Act. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 99-hr-4681 | 99 | hr | 4681 | A bill relating to the treatment of environmental protection and natural resource conservation as aspects of open and fair international trade. | Environmental Protection | 1986-04-23 | 1986-04-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14] | OH | D | S000230 | 15 | Directs the President to seek in multilateral trade negotiations: (1) the adoption of international trade standards that will promote the use of environmentally sound production and manufacturing processes; and (2) the development and adoption of incentives and disincentives to implement such standards. Prohibits the President from entering into any trade agreement negotiations unless the President first reports to the Congress on the actions that will be taken to promote such standards. Prohibits any trade agreement from taking effect unless the President consults with specified congressional committees regularly regarding the progress being made toward adoption of such standards. Requires the President to report periodically to the Congress on those foreign countries and instrumentalities which either refuse to negotiate, or to negotiate in good faith, regarding the adoption of such standards. Directs the President to establish an Interagency Advisory Committee on International Environmental Protection. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2346 | 99 | s | 2346 | Pesticide Reform Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-04-21 | 1986-08-13 | Committee on Agriculture. Ordered reported an original bill (S. 2792) in lieu of this measure. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Pesticide Reform Act of 1986 - Title I: Definitions - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to revise and add certain definitions. Title II: Registration of Pesticides - Revises procedures for the registration of pesticides. Permits a Federal agency to use a pesticide for which registration has been applied unless the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determines that among data submitted in support of such application any missing or deficient data are sufficiently important to warrant suspension or cancellation of the applied-for registration. States that no registration applicant who proposes to purchase an inert ingredient from another producer in order to formulate a pesticide shall be required to offer to pay reasonable compensation otherwise required for test studies. Sets specified deadlines for the Administrator to act with respect to applications and for the publication of notices about applications in the Federal Register. Revises the procedure for approval of registration for substituted inert ingredients. Prohibits conditional registration for non-minor additional uses of any pesticide if certain toxicity data are required, unless such data have been submitted. Permits the Administrator to conduct a special review of a pesticide use if a validated test or other significant evidence shows that such use may pose a risk of serious acute injury to humans or domestic animals. Sets forth notice requirements for an interim administrative review. Directs the Administrator to provide public access to health and safety data submitted in support of an initial registration application. Denies availability to any person employed by or acting on behalf of any person engaged in the production, sale, or distribution of pesticides. Limits availability of data only to the purpose of commenting on a registration application. Sets forth restrictions on disclosure of data so viewed. Requires each pesticide manufacturer or importer to obtain or develop, and subm… | 2025-08-29T16:31:47Z | |
| 99-hr-4634 | 99 | hr | 4634 | Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-04-17 | 1986-04-17 | Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology. | House | Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8] | NY | D | S000124 | 0 | Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1986 - Authorizes appropriations to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for FY 1987 and 1988 for research, development, and demonstration activities authorized under: (1) the Clean Air Act; (2) the Federal Water Pollution Act; (3) the Safe Drinking Water Act; (4) the Solid Waste Disposal Act; (5) the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); (6) the Public Health Service Act (radiation activities); (7) interdisciplinary activities provisions; (8) the Toxic Substances Control Act; and (9) energy research. Authorizes appropriations to the EPA Office of Research and Development for FY 1987 and 1988 for program management and support. Sets forth permissible uses of such funds. Provides for congressional oversight of transfers of funds between categories. Prohibits the Administrator of the EPA from using any funds appropriated under this Act for a reduction-in-force, unless the Administrator has provided certain information to the Congress in advance. Directs the Administrator of the EPA to establish and maintain a separately identified program of continuing long-term environmental research and development that will support and contribute to each research category for which appropriations are authorized under this Act. Requires that at least 15 percent of such funds be obligated for such long-term research and development. Directs the Administrator to report annually on the performance of such long-term research and development programs to the appropriate congressional committees at the time the President's FY 1988 budget is submitted to the Congress. Directs the Administrator to carry out a research program with respect to indoor air quality. Requires that such program be designed to: (1) gather data and information on all aspects of indoor air quality in order to contribute to the understanding of health problems associated with the existence of air pollutants in the indoor environment; and (2) coordinate Fe… | 2025-08-29T16:29:34Z | |
| 99-s-2300 | 99 | s | 2300 | Federal Building Asbestos Hazard Abatement Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-04-14 | 1986-05-15 | Subcommittee on Toxic Substances. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-708. | Senate | Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] | VT | R | S000776 | 4 | Federal Building Asbestos Hazard Abatement Act of 1986 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations for asbestos hazard abatement in Federal and other buildings. Directs the Administrator to develop a model accreditation plan for States for individuals who inspect, manage, abate, and analyze asbestos problems. Requires asbestos contractors to be accredited by an equivalent or more stringent plan. Requires the Administrator to develop and periodically revise a schedule of Federal buildings to be inspected, including a management plan for those found to contain asbestos and the possible later addition of non-Federal buildings. Requires the owners of designated buildings to conduct an asbestos inspection, reporting results to the Administrator and posting results in the inspected building. Requires owners of buildings found to contain asbestos to prepare a management plan for dealing with the substance, including schedules for followup inspections, which complies with the regulations. Requires that such plans be made available to the public. Requires warning labels on any asbestos still within the building. Prohibits the Federal leasing of any building not inspected for asbestos. Authorizes the Administrator or the appropriate State Governor to take necessary response measures where asbestos in a designated building may be hazardous and adequate owner's actions have not been taken. Requires the Administrator to include actions taken under this Act in the annual report required under the Toxic Substances Control Act. | 2025-08-29T16:29:35Z | |
| 99-hr-4567 | 99 | hr | 4567 | Acid Deposition Control Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-04-10 | 1986-06-20 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Sikorski, Gerry E. [D-MN-6] | MN | D | S000407 | 175 | Acid Deposition Control Act of 1986 - Title I: Stationary Sources - Amends the Clean Air Act to require States to develop and submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) an emissions limitation compliance schedule for sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen from fossil-fuel-fired electric utility steam generating units. Requires a two-phase reduction in such emissions, the first to be achieved by 1993, the second by 1997. Requires each State to develop and submit to the Administrator a plan to achieve emissions reductions from other fossil-fuel-fired steam generating units by 1977. Directs the Administrator to conduct and update a comprehensive annual inventory of emissions of sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen from stationary sources, identifying achievable reductions which could be made by 1997. Requires States to submit to the Administrator for approval a plan for achieving such reductions. Grants States discretion in their choice of compliance measures. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress by July 1, 1993, on phase I reductions and the feasibility of meeting phase II reductions. States that phase II reductions will not take effect if the Congress enacts legislation to that effect. Sets forth emissions rates a State without an approved reductions plan must follow. Authorizes the Administrator to impose a fee on the generation and importation of electric energy between December 31, 1988, and December 31, 1996, to subsidize the interest on qualified pollution control debt incurred by the utility. Establishes civil penalties for fee violations. Establishes in the Treasury the Acid Deposition Control Fund to receive such fees and provide interest subsidy payments for pollution control systems meeting specified standards. Revises the standards for nitrogen oxides emissions for new electric utility steam generating units which burn bituminous or subbituminous coal and for certain fossil-fuel-fired steam generating units. Requires certain smelters to be in complianc… | 2025-08-29T16:31:48Z | |
| 99-hr-4513 | 99 | hr | 4513 | Pesticide Reform Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-03-25 | 1986-06-18 | See H.R.2482. | House | Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] | KS | R | R000307 | 5 | Pesticide Reform Act of 1986 - Title I: Preregistration Access to Data - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide for public access to health, safety, and environmental data submitted in support of an initial application for the registration of a new active ingredient or initial food use of a previously registered active ingredient. Makes such information available in EPA offices or authorized State agencies upon submission of an affirmation that the reviewer is not employed by a pesticide company and will not violate specified confidentiality provisions. Provides criminal penalties for the wrongful disclosure of such data. Title II: Conditional Registration - Prohibits EPA from granting conditional registration for a new use or active ingredient where the data concerning chronic toxicity, neurotoxicity, or teratogenicity are required for registration for a nonminor use, and such data requirement was in effect at the time the data studies were begun. Provides that such conditional registrations shall not cause any unreasonable adverse effect on the environment and shall be in the public interest. Requires registrants to provide all additional registration data within a reasonable time. Title III: Reregistration - Establishes a pesticide reregistration schedule. Requires EPA to develop within: (1) 90 days a priority list of 300 pesticide active ingredients that have not been reregistered since September 30, 1978; and (2) 180 days a list of remaining chemicals that have not been reregistered since such date. Directs that highest reregistration priority be given to pesticides that: (1) are in major food or feed use; (2) will result in toxic residues in potable groundwater, fish, or shellfish; or (3) have significant outstanding data requirements. Requires EPA data evaluations of such lists within 36 months. Grants registrants up to four years (plus a possible discretionary three-year extension) to co… | 2025-08-29T16:30:15Z | |
| 99-hjres-573 | 99 | hjres | 573 | A joint resolution making a repayable advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund. | Environmental Protection | 1986-03-20 | 1986-04-01 | Became Public Law No: 99-270. | House | Rep. Boland, Edward P. [D-MA-2] | MA | D | B000600 | 0 | Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1986 to require that a repayable cash advance of $150,000,000 be made to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund) for use through May 31, 1986. | 2023-01-19T20:04:59Z | |
| 99-s-2212 | 99 | s | 2212 | A bill to make an advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund to enable the fund to meet certain expenses under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1986-03-20 | 1986-03-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 18 | Appropriates interim funds for the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund). | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 99-s-2215 | 99 | s | 2215 | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-03-20 | 1986-08-13 | Committee on Agriculture. Ordered reported an original bill (S. 2792) in lieu of this measure. | Senate | Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] | IN | R | L000504 | 4 | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Preregistration Access to Data - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide for public access to health, safety, and environmental data submitted in support of an initial application for the registration of a new active ingredient or initial food use of a previously registered active ingredient. Makes such information available in EPA offices or authorized State agencies upon submission of an affirmation that the reviewer is not employed by a pesticide company and will not violate specified confidentiality provisions. Provides criminal penalties for the wrongful disclosure of such data. Title II: Conditional Registration - Prohibits EPA from granting conditional registration for a new use or active ingredient where the data concerning chronic toxicity, neurotoxicity, or teratogenicity are required for registration for a nonminor use, and such data requirement was in effect at the time the data studies were begun. Provides that such conditional registrations shall not cause any unreasonable adverse effect on the environment and shall be in the public interest. Requires registrants to provide all additional registration data within a reasonable time. Title III: Registration and Revenues - Establishes a pesticide reregistration schedule. Requires EPA to develop within: (1) 60 days a priority list of 300 pesticide active ingredients that have not been reregistered since September 30, 1978; and (2) 90 days a list of remaining chemicals that have not been reregistered since such date. Directs that highest priority be given to pesticides that: (1) are in major food or feed use and may result in postharvest residues; (2) may result in toxic residues in potable groundwater, fish, or shellfish; (3) have significant outstanding data requirements; or (4) are used in crops with high worker exposure. Requires EPA data evaluations of… | 2025-08-29T16:29:51Z | |
| 99-hr-4440 | 99 | hr | 4440 | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-03-18 | 1986-06-18 | See H.R.2482. | House | Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36] | CA | D | B000918 | 0 | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to establish a compensation formula based on development costs and market share for subsequent registration or new use applications of a registered pesticide. Provides that if additional data is required to support an existing registration, the registrant shall share such costs on an initial fixed sum and market share basis. | 2025-08-29T16:30:41Z | |
| 99-hr-4445 | 99 | hr | 4445 | A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide interim borrowing authority for the Superfund program for 45 days. | Environmental Protection | 1986-03-18 | 1986-04-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 15 | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to authorize interim funding for the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund). | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2200 | 99 | s | 2200 | Acid Deposition Control Act | Environmental Protection | 1986-03-18 | 1986-10-02 | Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] | ME | D | M000811 | 7 | Acid Deposition Control Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to establish an interstate transport and acid precursor reduction program. Designates an acid deposition impact region comprising a long-range transport corridor of 31 States east of the Mississippi and the District of Columbia. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress within two years on a study of long-range transport of pollutants in the remaining States. Sets forth sulfur dioxide emission reduction standards for the acid deposition impact region of ten million tons below 1980 levels within ten years, permitting annual emissions of no more than 1.2 pounds of sulfur dioxide per million British thermal units of heat input. Restricts increases in emissions from major stationary sources of oxides of nitrogen or sulfur dioxide, except as specified. Permits States to reallocate necessary reductions among themselves so long as the total reductions of the States involved meet the required standards. Requires each impact region State to adopt enforceable emission production measures for sulfur dioxide, including compliance schedules. Requires the Administrator's approval and other Governors' perusal of such measures. Requires each major stationary source subject to an emission limitation to notify the Governor of the State, who shall notify the Administrator, within four years of its intended method of compliance. Requires sources choosing fuel substitution to be in compliance with their applicable emission limitations within six years. Requires those sources complying through the installation of a technological system of continuous emission reduction or the replacement of facilities to have entered into binding contracts for the same within six years. Subjects owners of sources in noncompliance with the applicable implementation plans to the established emission limitation schedule and a noncompliance penalty. Permits the use of the following measures to reduce emissions in addition to enforceable continuous e… | 2025-08-29T16:29:48Z | |
| 99-s-2203 | 99 | s | 2203 | New Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection | 1986-03-18 | 1986-10-02 | Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] | VT | R | S000776 | 20 | New Clean Air Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to limit after 1991 the number of hours a fossil-fuel-burning electric generating facility which is a major stationary source of sulfur dioxide emissions may operate according to its emissions rate. Requires such major sources to attain by 1995 the best degree of emission reduction technically available. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to periodically publish demonstrated levels of emission reduction and to promulgate emission standards for oil shale production and processing facilities, synthetic fuels production facilities, and other categories of major energy-production sources. Sets emission standards for light-duty vehicles and engines for model years after 1989 and for heavy-duty vehicles and engines for model years after 1990. Prohibits the sale of diesel fuel with a sulfur content above a certain level determined by the Administrator. Requires State vehicle inspection programs to require emissions testing or direct inspection of components of vehicle emissions control systems. Provides for the assessment of daily civil penalties for violations of the fuel and fuel additive regulatory requirements. Directs the Administrator to implement a monitoring system for assessing the effects of acid deposition by 1988. Makes it a violation of the Clean Air Act if a State's air pollutant emissions contribute to the violation of another State's water quality standard under the Clean Water Act. Amends the Clean Water Act to state that such emissions endanger health or welfare abroad if they contribute to the violation of such country's water quality standards. Directs the President to negotiate with Canada and Mexico by 1987 to cooperate in reducing air pollution. Directs the President to negotiate treaties or other international agreements to apply uniform standards of performance for the control of air pollutant emissions. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Congress by 1989 on a system of tariffs on emissions … | 2025-08-29T16:31:47Z | |
| 99-sconres-118 | 99 | sconres | 118 | A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the President should endorse the findings of the special envoys that acid rain is a serious environmental problem and that comprehensive legislation should be enacted to reduce acidic air emissions. | Environmental Protection | 1986-03-18 | 1986-03-18 | Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should endorse the finding that acid rain is a serious environmental problem in both the United States and Canada, and that the Congress should enact comprehensive legislation to reduce this problem. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 99-hr-4364 | 99 | hr | 4364 | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-03-11 | 1986-06-18 | See H.R.2482. | House | Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6] | IA | D | B000298 | 4 | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Preregistration Access to Data - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide for public access to health, safety, and environmental data submitted in support of an initial application for the registration of a new active ingredient or initial application for the registration of a new active ingredient or initial food use of a previously registered active ingredient. Makes such information available in EPA offices or authorized State agencies upon submission of an affirmation that the reviewer is not employed by a pesticide company and will not violate specified confidentiality provisions. Provides criminal penalties for the wrongful disclosure of such data. Title II: Conditional Registration - Prohibits EPA from granting conditional registration for a new use or active ingredient where the data concerning chronic toxicity, neurotoxicity, or teratogenicity are required for registration for a nonminor use, and such data requirement was in effect at the time the data studies were begun. Provides that such conditional registrations shall not cause any unreasonable adverse effect on the environment and shall be in the public interest. Requires registrants to provide all additional registration data within a reasonable time. Title III: Registration and Revenues - Establishes a pesticide reregistration schedule. Requires EPA to develop within: (1) 60 days a priority list of 300 pesticide active ingredients that have not been reregistered since September 30, 1978; and (2) 90 days a list of remaining chemicals that have not been reregistered since such date. Directs that highest priority be given to pesticides that: (1) are in major food or feed use and may result in postharvest residues; (2) may result in toxic residues in potable groundwater, fish, or shellfish; (3) have significant outstanding data requirements; or (4) are us… | 2025-08-29T16:31:41Z | |
| 99-hr-4311 | 99 | hr | 4311 | Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-03-05 | 1986-03-13 | Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism Prior to Introduction (Mar 4, 86). | House | Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | F000215 | 112 | Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations for asbestos hazard abatement in the schools. Directs the Administrator to develop a model accreditation plan for States to give accreditation to individuals who inspect, manage, abate, and analyze asbestos problems. Makes the use of accredited personnel a condition for receiving financial assistance under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Requires each State Governor to establish administrative procedures for the certification of school asbestos inspection and abatement programs and for asbestos management plans, all to be carried forward by the local educational agency. Requires warning labels on any asbestos still in routine maintenance areas of a school building. Makes any local educational agency which fails to comply with this Act liable for civil penalties, including injunctive action. Requires the Administrator or appropriate Governor to investigate citizen complaints Authorizes the Administrator or the appropriate State Governor to take necessary response measures where asbestos in a school building may be hazardous and adequate local measures have not been taken. Sets forth the relationship of pollution liability insurance risk retention groups to State law, including securities law. Establishes the Asbestos Trust Fund in the Treasury to carry out the Asbestos Hazards Abatement Assistance Program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. | 2025-08-29T16:30:57Z | |
| 99-s-2083 | 99 | s | 2083 | Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-02-20 | 1986-09-10 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] | VT | R | S000776 | 10 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 5073 passed in lieu) Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations for asbestos hazard abatement in the schools, including requiring warning labels on friable asbestos-containing material left in schools. Requires local educational agencies to respond to asbestos according to EPA's most current guidance documents if the Administrator fails to promulgate regulations within the prescribed period. Directs the Administrator to develop a model accreditation plan for States to give accreditation to individuals who inspect, manage, abate and analyze asbestos problems. Makes the use of accredited personnel a condition for receiving financial assistance under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Requires each State Governor to establish administrative procedures for the certification of school asbestos inspection and abatement programs and for asbestos management plans, all to be carried forward by the local educational agency. Authorizes the Administrator or the appropriate State Governor to take necessary response measures where asbestos in a school building may be hazardous and adequate local measures have not been taken. Prohibits discrimination by a State or local educational agency against a whistle-blower. Sets forth the relationship of pollution liability insurance risk retention groups to State law, including securities law. Requires the Administrator to consider the seriousness of the violation and the culpability and ability of the violator when assessing civil penalties against a local education agency. Provides that State law is not preempted from imposing additional liability or more stringent requirements with respect to asbestos in schools. Directs the Secretary of Defense to manage asbestos at overseas schools for dependents to the extent feasible. Establishes the Asbestos Trust Fund in the Treasury to ca… | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 99-hr-4129 | 99 | hr | 4129 | Acid Precipitation Control Technology Research and Demonstration Act | Environmental Protection | 1986-02-05 | 1986-02-05 | Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology. | House | Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8] | NY | D | S000124 | 0 | Acid Precipitation Control Technology Research and Demonstration Act - Amends the Acid Precipitation Act of 1980 to direct the President to establish the Panel on Acid Rain Technology to select demonstration projects for sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxide emissions control technologies funded in part by the Federal Government. Requires such Panel to report annually to the Congress. Directs the Joint Chairmen of the Acid Precipitation Task Force to establish a bilateral advisory and consultative group on transboundary pollution with appropriate officials of the Canadian Government. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Sets forth secondary areas of concern for research on acid precipitation, including monitoring the dry deposition of acidic particles and surface water acidification. | 2025-08-29T16:32:25Z | |
| 99-sres-307 | 99 | sres | 307 | A resolution to encourage the Environmental Protection Agency to take all necessary action to avoid the long-term disruption of the Superfund program. | Environmental Protection | 1986-01-30 | 1986-01-30 | Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Environmental Protection Agency should maintain the infrastructure of the Superfund program and notify the appropriate congressional committees of the funds needed to continue such program prior to long-term reauthorization. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 99-hconres-273 | 99 | hconres | 273 | A concurrent resolution to request the President to take appropriate actions toward the establishment of a cooperative international research program with respect to the greenhouse effect. | Environmental Protection | 1986-01-23 | 1986-01-23 | Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology. | House | Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8] | NY | D | S000124 | 11 | Requests the President to establish a cooperative international research program concerning the greenhouse effect of increased concentration of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere. Requires any such program established by the President to be started during or before 1991, which shall be known as the International Year of the Greenhouse Effect. | 2024-02-07T15:21:41Z | |
| 99-hr-4042 | 99 | hr | 4042 | A bill to require the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study of acid precipitation in a 9-County Bay Area of California. | Environmental Protection | 1986-01-23 | 1986-01-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Burton, Sala [D-CA-5] | CA | D | B001158 | 7 | Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study acid precipitation and fog in the Bay Area Acid Precipitation Impact Region, California. Includes Marin, Contra Costa, Napa, Solano, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, and Sonoma Counties in such Region. Requires completion of such study within two years of enactment and publication of results within six months of completion. Requires such study to be reported to the Congress and to include a specific plan for reduction of air pollutant emissions contributing to acid precipitation and deposition. Requires the Administrator to assist the California Air Resources Board to establish an acid (pH) content index for ambient air, such content to be disclosed to the public on a daily basis. Requires the Administrator to establish a program to improve monitoring techniques for acid content. Authorizes appropriations. | 2024-02-07T15:21:41Z | |
| 99-hr-4015 | 99 | hr | 4015 | A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the introduction of certain additives in gasoline. | Environmental Protection | 1986-01-21 | 1986-01-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] | NE | R | B000403 | 0 | Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the addition of benzene, tolulene, or xylene to gasoline. Permits naturally occurring benzene, tolulene, or xylene in gasoline up to certain concentration levels. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-s-2003 | 99 | s | 2003 | Acid Rain Control Act of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-01-21 | 1986-01-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 0 | Acid Rain Control Act of 1986 - Title I: Control Technology Development Program - Acid Precipitation Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Acid Precipitation Act of 1980 to establish a research and development program for the control of acid rain. Requires the President to appoint a Panel on Acid Rain Technology to evaluate, select, fund, and report to the Congress on projects to develop control technologies which eliminate substantial portions of sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxide emissions. Requires the Joint Chairmen of the Acid Precipitation Task Force to establish a bilateral advisory group on transboundary air pollution with the appropriate Canadian officials. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Permits funding requests for secondary and ancillary research projects. Title II: Emission Reduction Program - Amends the Clean Air Act to establish an interstate transport and acid precursor reduction program. Designates an acid deposition impact region comprising a long-range transport corridor of 31 States east of the Mississippi and the District of Columbia. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress within two years on a study of long-range transport of pollutants problems in the remaining States. Directs the Acid Precipitation Task Force to report to the appropriate congressional committees by the close of 1985 and 1987 on its research findings about acid precipitation, with recommendations for reducing its effects. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for the Task Force's comprehensive research plan for acid precipitation. Requires the Task Force to conduct research on advanced flue-gas cleaning and precombustion fuel treatment technologies and inherently low-emission combustion processes. Directs the National Academy of Sciences to establish an Acid Precipitation Scientific Review Board to examine information concerning the causes and environmental effects of acid deposition, including the activities of the Task Force. … | 2025-08-29T16:33:44Z | |
| 99-s-1983 | 99 | s | 1983 | National Acid Rain Control Act | Environmental Protection | 1985-12-18 | 1985-12-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 0 | National Acid Rain Control Act - Title I: Acid Deposition Control and Assistance Program - Amends the Clean Air Act to require fossil fuel fired electric utility generating plants burning coal with excessive sulfur content to clean that coal prior to combustion. Requires such plants using flue gas desulfurization units to use adipic acid treatment. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), within 18 months after the enactment of this Act, to compute a State share for each of the 48 contiguous States of a 12,000,000 ton reduction in annual emissions of sulfur dioxide by 1995 below that of 1980. Sets forth a formula for determining State shares. Permits States to reallot shares among themselves if the required total reduction in annual emissions of sulfur dioxide is still achieved. Sets deadlines and procedures for submission and approval of State plans for such State shares. Requires the owner or operator of any fossil fuel fired facility which is a major but not new stationary source to comply with an emission limitation equivalent to an average of 1.2 pounds of sulfur dioxide per million Btu's of heat input on a rolling 30 day average, if its State has not submitted or implemented an approved plan. Requires such owners or operators to submit a compliance plan to the Administrator for approval. Establishes in the Treasury the Acid Deposition Control Fund to provide funding for emissions reductions from specified appropriations. Sets forth conditions and administrative provisions for such Fund. Imposes a fee on each kilowatt hour of electric energy generated by an electric utility in the contiguous States. Exempts electricity generated by nuclear or hydroelectric power. Directs the Administrator to make grants and contracts to accelerate research for developing other advanced industrial processes to reduce levels of sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen, limestone injected multistaged burner (LIMB) technology. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Title II: Cont… | 2025-08-29T16:32:01Z | |
| 99-s-1967 | 99 | s | 1967 | A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to protect the environment and human health from adverse effects caused by the release of genetically engineered microorganisms into the environment, to promote the safe use of genetically engineered microorganisms, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1985-12-17 | 1985-12-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] | MN | R | D000566 | 1 | Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a permit program regulating the release, distribution, and use of genetically engineered micro-organisms to protect human health and the environment. Establishes a Biotechnology Science Coordinating Committee within the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology to serve as a forum for evaluating potential adverse effects on human health or the environment caused by such organisms. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 99-sconres-97 | 99 | sconres | 97 | A concurrent resolution to request the President to negotiate a North American Treaty on Air Pollution. | Environmental Protection | 1985-12-17 | 1985-12-17 | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 16 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should negotiate a North American treaty on air pollution with Canada and Mexico. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 99-sconres-96 | 99 | sconres | 96 | A concurrent resolution to request the President to take appropriate actions toward the establishment of a corporate international research program with respect to the greenhouse effect. | Environmental Protection | 1985-12-16 | 1985-12-16 | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] | TN | D | G000321 | 0 | Requests the President to establish a cooperative international research program concerning the greenhouse effect of increased concentration of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere. Requires any such program established by the President to be started during or before 1991, which shall be known as the International Year of the Greenhouse Effect. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 99-hr-3917 | 99 | hr | 3917 | A bill to extend the period allowed for compliance with certain financial responsibility requirements applicable to land disposal facilities under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. | Environmental Protection | 1985-12-12 | 1986-02-24 | Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-549. | House | Rep. Broyhill, James T. [R-NC-10] | NC | R | B000966 | 8 | Extends the period allowed for compliance with certain financial responsibility requirements for land disposal facilities under the Solid Waste Disposal Act through June 30, 1986, with additional extensions permitted through November 8, 1986, as specified. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 99-sres-272 | 99 | sres | 272 | A resolution relating to the potential consequences that the use of paint containing the chemical compound tributyltin may have on the marine environment. | Environmental Protection | 1985-12-12 | 1985-12-12 | Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME] | ME | R | C000598 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the environmental and health effects of organotin-bearing paints should be investigated. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 99-hr-3852 | 99 | hr | 3852 | Superfund Amendments of 1985 | Environmental Protection | 1985-12-04 | 1985-12-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources. | House | Rep. Wright, James C., Jr. [D-TX-12] | TX | D | W000763 | 12 | Superfund Amendments of 1985 - Title I: Provisions Relating Primarily to Response and Liability - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)(Superfund) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish reportable quantities for all hazardous substances by December 31, 1986. Directs the Administrator to give primary attention to releases which may present a threat to public health. Grants the Administrator discretion to decide when responsible parties are authorized to conduct cleanup actions in lieu of Superfund-financed responses. Requires short-term removal actions undertaken by the Administrator to contribute to the degree possible to the efficient performance of any long-term action. Requires coordinated action among Federal and State natural resource trustees when hazardous substance releases threaten such resources. Increases the maximum time and funding limit on short-term response actions when appropriate. Requires States to assure the availability of hazardous waste disposal facilities sufficient for the next 20 years' wastes. Credits States with expenditures made at National Priorities List (NPL) sites on cost-eligible response actions. Revises other State cost-sharing measures. Treats long-term cleanup of groundwater or surface water as a part of the costs of remedial action. Grants EPA employees or contractors the necessary access to facilities and information to determine if the need for a response action exists. Prescribes a cleanup schedule for Superfund, requiring the Administrator to list at least 1,600 facilities on the NPL by January 1, 1988. Sets a schedule for the conduct of remedial investigations and feasibility studies (RIFS) and remedial action at a NPL sites. Directs the Administrator to revise the National Contingency Plan (NCP) within 18 months to reflect this Act's amendments. Requires the review of the hazard ranking system within one year. Permits individuals to petition the Administrat… | 2025-08-29T16:30:17Z | |
| 99-hr-3857 | 99 | hr | 3857 | Superfund Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1985 | Environmental Protection | 1985-12-04 | 1985-12-16 | See H.R.2005. | House | Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8] | NY | D | S000124 | 0 | Superfund Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1985 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) (Superfund) to establish a comprehensive and coordinated Federal program of research, development, demonstration, and training to develop and provide incentives for alternative and innovative treatment technologies for use in response actions for hazardous wastes and substances under Superfund. Provides for the appointment of an advisory council. Establishes a basic university research and education program within the Department of Health and Human Services and a research, demonstration, and training program within the Environmental Protection Agency. | 2025-08-29T16:30:22Z | |
| 99-hr-3835 | 99 | hr | 3835 | A bill entitled the "Ocean Incineration Research Act of 1985". | Environmental Protection | 1985-12-02 | 1986-07-03 | Executive Comment Received From State. | House | Rep. Dyson, Roy [D-MD-1] | MD | D | D000593 | 17 | Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing a permit for ocean incineration of hazardous wastes off the coast of Maryland until a hazardous waste reduction and management feasibility report has been completed and a plan based on such report has been submitted to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. | 2024-02-07T15:21:41Z | |
| 99-hr-3808 | 99 | hr | 3808 | Ground Water Protection Act of 1985 | Environmental Protection | 1985-11-21 | 1985-12-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources. | House | Rep. Bustamante, Albert G. [D-TX-23] | TX | D | B001172 | 17 | Ground Water Protection Act of 1985 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish criteria for groundwater quality, including an analysis of the contaminants and the risks they pose to human and environmental health. Sets a timetable for the establishment of such criteria. Requires the Administrator to appoint an advisory panel. Requires each State to establish numerical standards for contaminants found in the ambient groundwater. Permits separate standards for special systems. Requires each State to use Federal criteria in establishing such standards. Requires each State to assess the groundwater resources within such State and to develop a management strategy and monitoring program for such resources. Requires the Director of the United States Geological Survey to make grants to States for such assessments. Directs the Administrator to make grants to assist States in meeting the other requirements of this Act. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T16:30:36Z | |
| 99-hr-3816 | 99 | hr | 3816 | A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to require the States to conduct inventories of solid waste disposal sites containing hazardous substances. | Environmental Protection | 1985-11-21 | 1985-12-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism. | House | Rep. McCloskey, Frank [D-IN-8] | IN | D | M000342 | 14 | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to require States to conduct inventories of solid waste disposal sites containing hazardous substances. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-3762 | 99 | hr | 3762 | A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to provide that certain regulations regarding tall stacks shall not apply to stationary sources which have received EPA approval for the stack height. | Environmental Protection | 1985-11-14 | 1985-11-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1] | WV | D | M000844 | 1 | Amends the Clean Air Act to exempt from tall stack requirements certain stationary sources which have received prior approval from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for their particular stack height. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-3711 | 99 | hr | 3711 | A bill to modify the deadlines applicable to hazardous waste disposal facilities required to certify compliance with certain financial responsibility requirements under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. | Environmental Protection | 1985-11-07 | 1985-11-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism. | House | Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7] | NC | D | R000436 | 0 | Extends for two years the compliance date for certain financial responsibility requirements under the Solid Waste Disposal Act for hazardous waste disposal facilities. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-s-1836 | 99 | s | 1836 | Ground Water Protection Act of 1985 | Environmental Protection | 1985-11-07 | 1985-11-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] | ME | D | M000811 | 7 | Ground Water Protection Act of 1985 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish criteria for groundwater quality, including an analysis of the contaminants and the risks they pose to human and environmental health. Sets a timetable for the establishment of such criteria. Requires the Administrator to appoint an advisory panel. Requires each State to establish numerical standards for contaminants found in the ambient groundwater. Permits separate standards for special systems. Requires each State to use Federal criteria in establishing such standards. Requires each State to assess the groundwater resources within such State and to develop a management strategy and monitoring program for such resources. Requires the Director of the United States Geological Survey to make grants to States for such assessments. Directs the Administrator to make grants to assist States in meeting the other requirements of this Act. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-1838 | 99 | s | 1838 | A bill to restrict the dumping of sewage sludge in the ocean site off the coast of New York and New Jersey known as the "106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site" to certain authorities currently authorized to dump sewage sludge in the New York Bight Apex. | Environmental Protection | 1985-11-07 | 1985-11-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 1 | Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing or renewing an ocean dumping permit for dumping municipal sludge within the "106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site" off New York and New Jersey, except for those authorities eligible to dump such sludge at the New York Bight Apex. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 99-hr-3692 | 99 | hr | 3692 | A bill to modify the deadlines applicable to hazardous waste disposal facilities required to certify compliance with certain financial responsibility requirements under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. | Environmental Protection | 1985-11-06 | 1985-11-13 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Broyhill, James T. [R-NC-10] | NC | R | B000966 | 10 | Extends for two years the compliance date for certain financial responsibility requirements under the Solid Waste Disposal Act for hazardous waste disposal facilities. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-3705 | 99 | hr | 3705 | A bill to modify the deadlines applicable to hazardous waste disposal facilities required to certify compliance with certain financial responsibility requirements under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. | Environmental Protection | 1985-11-06 | 1985-11-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism. | House | Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7] | NC | D | R000436 | 0 | Extends for two years the compliance date for certain financial responsibility requirements under the Solid Waste Disposal Act for hazardous waste disposal facilities. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-3677 | 99 | hr | 3677 | Acid Deposition Act | Environmental Protection | 1985-11-01 | 1985-11-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-24] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Acid Deposition Act- Title I: Acid Deposition Control Program - Amends the Clean Air Act to limit the application of such Act's sulfur dioxide emissions limitations to sources constructed or modified in 1980 and earlier. Requires electric utilities in the acid deposition impact region which convert to coal after 1980 to meet an emission standard not in excess of 1.2 pounds of sulfur dioxide per million British thermal units (Btu's). Designates an acid deposition impact region comprising a long-range transport corridor of 31 States east of the Mississippi and the District of Columbia. Requires such region to achieve in two equal phases a total reduction of annual emissions of sulfur dioxide of ten million tons below 1980 levels, the first five million by the start of 1991. Directs the Acid Precipitation Task Force to implement an accelerated research program during the first stage to examine the pattern of effects of atmospheric loading of pollutants such as sulfur and nitrogen oxides. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate such results until no later than the start of FY 1992. Authorizes appropriations for such evaluations for FY 1989 through 1991. Requires the completion of the second phase's five million ton emissions reduction by the start of 1996. Authorizes the Administrator to vary through rulemaking by April 1, 1992 the requirements of the second stage based upon the first stage research evaluations. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress on proposed changes and requires such changes to increase protection of sensitive areas and mitigation of identified damage. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress by the end of FY 1992 if a determination is made that individual State nitrogen oxides reduction standards should not be established. Requires each State to reduce its proportional share of annual sulfur dioxide emissions, permitting two or more States to reallot their shares among … | 2025-08-29T16:31:07Z | |
| 99-hr-3611 | 99 | hr | 3611 | A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to clarify the liability of the United States Government for hazardous substances released during the manufacture of munitions or ordnance parts using equipment owned by the Department of Defense or any subdivision thereof. | Environmental Protection | 1985-10-23 | 1985-11-04 | Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources. | House | Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] | WI | R | G000524 | 0 | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to include the United States as a party liable for hazardous substances released during the munitions manufacturing process where Department of Defense equipment is used. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 99-s-1776 | 99 | s | 1776 | An original bill to extend the authorization for appropriations for the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. | Environmental Protection | 1985-10-21 | 1986-03-25 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to authorize FY 1986 and 1987 appropriations for pesticide control. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 99-hr-3569 | 99 | hr | 3569 | A bill to restrict the dumping of sewage sludge in the ocean site off the coast of New York and New Jersey known as the "106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site" to certain authorities currently authorized to dump sewage sludge in the New York Bight apex. | Environmental Protection | 1985-10-16 | 1985-12-10 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From EPA. | House | Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3] | NJ | D | H000840 | 9 | Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing or renewing an ocean dumping permit for dumping municipal sludge within the "106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site" off New York and New Jersey, except for those authorities eligible to dump such sludge at the New York Bight Apex. | 2021-06-30T19:30:27Z | |
| 99-hr-3421 | 99 | hr | 3421 | Suisun Marsh Preservation and Restoration Act of 1985 | Environmental Protection | 1985-09-24 | 1985-10-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources. | House | Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-4] | CA | D | F000053 | 13 | Suisun Marsh Preservation and Restoration Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to execute and implement the cooperative agreement with the State of California and the Suisun Resources Conservation District entitled "Suisun Marsh Preservation Agreement" (dated August 29, 1985). | 2025-08-29T16:32:40Z | |
| 99-hr-3423 | 99 | hr | 3423 | Radon Mitigation Research and Emergency Assistance Act of 1985 | Environmental Protection | 1985-09-24 | 1985-10-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6] | PA | D | Y000014 | 3 | Radon Mitigation Research and Emergency Assistance Act of 1985 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an indoor radon exposure research program in cooperation with other Federal agencies. Requires the Administrator to determine the levels of exposure which are safe and those which require emergency response action. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress within one year on the research results. Directs the Administrator to establish a Radon Public Awareness Program. Requires the Administrator to provide emergency assistance to persons exposed to emergency response action levels of radon. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T16:29:43Z | |
| 99-hr-3416 | 99 | hr | 3416 | Small Business Superfund Clean-up Technology Research Act of 1985 | Environmental Protection | 1985-09-23 | 1985-12-10 | See H.R.2005. | House | Rep. Broomfield, William S. [R-MI-18] | MI | R | B000890 | 5 | Small Business Superfund Clean-up Technology Research Act of 1985 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) to direct the President to establish the Small Business Superfund Cleanup Innovation Research Program to be administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Requires such program to undertake research and development of innovative technologies for hazardous waste remedial actions. Requires such program to be administered in accordance with other small business innovative research programs under the Small Business Act, except as specified. Authorizes use of Superfund monies for such purpose. Directs the Comptroller General to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees. | 2025-08-29T16:30:03Z | |
| 99-hr-3418 | 99 | hr | 3418 | Superfund Cleanup Participation Act of 1985 | Environmental Protection | 1985-09-23 | 1985-12-10 | See H.R.2005. | House | Rep. Smith, Bob [R-NH-1] | NH | R | S000606 | 1 | Superfund Cleanup Participation Act of 1985 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to notify each potentially responsible party within 90 days of placing a facility on the National Priorities List for cleanup of hazardous wastes. Requires notified parties to indicate to the Administrator whether or not such party intends to participate in settlement negotiations. Requires the Administrator to conduct negotiations with interested notified parties, seeking an agreement for a remedial action and cost allocation plan for such facility. Allocates responsibility for costs and cleanup among all potentially responsible parties, based upon contribution to the facility in terms of amount and toxicity of the substances involved and the degree of involvement and care exercised. Imposes a moratorium during the course of negotiations on nonemergency actions against a participating party. Authorizes the Administrator to issue an order requiring a participant to carry out the terms of the settlement agreement. Requires the Administrator to enter into a limitation of future liability agreement with a settling party when permanent cleanup technology is used. Prohibits any other person from seeking contribution from a settling party for the same release. Requires remedial investigations and feasibility studies for facilities which are the subject of negotiations to review the available on-site permanent cleanup technologies. Requires the Administrator to publish an explanation of why such technologies were not used, if they were not used. Exempts response action contractors from liability for nonnegligent actions during the course of a response. Requires competitive bidding among such contractors. Requires the United States to provide legal representation to a response action contractor when an action is brought by a non-Federal entity for damages resulting from the contractor's actions or a release from th… | 2025-08-29T16:33:28Z | |
| 99-hr-3409 | 99 | hr | 3409 | A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to authorize funds for the establishment of university hazardous waste research centers. | Environmental Protection | 1985-09-20 | 1985-12-10 | See H.R.2005. | House | Rep. Sundquist, Don [R-TN-7] | TN | R | S001075 | 0 | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to at least one university in each Federal region to establish and operate a hazardous waste research center. Limits the Federal share to a maximum of 80 percent of costs. Directs the Administrator to establish within EPA a national advisory council to coordinate the grant recipients' research. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-3383 | 99 | hr | 3383 | Superfund Expansion and Protection Act of 1985 | Environmental Protection | 1985-09-19 | 1985-12-10 | See H.R.2005. | House | Rep. Moody, Jim [D-WI-5] | WI | D | M000881 | 13 | Superfund Expansion and Protection Act of 1985 - Title I: Provisions Relating Primarily to Response and Liability - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)(Superfund) to include among hazardous substances subject to such Act any petroleum released from an underground storage tank. Includes community relocation and business and employment protection costs within removal costs. Includes pollutants and contaminants under Superfund, defining them as any substance which after release into the environment causes disease or abnormalities upon exposure or assimilation, either directly or through the food chain. Excludes petroleum and natural gas, except as otherwise indicated under such Act. Redefines "release" to include the abandonment of containers containing hazardous substances or pollutants or contaminants. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish reportable quantities for all noncarcinogenic hazardous substances within six months of this Act's enactment and for all other hazardous substances by October 1, 1986. Increases criminal penalties for failure to notify the Government of a hazardous substance release. Requires the Administrator to consider long-range effects when evaluating the cost-effectiveness of offsite remedial actions. Authorizes the Administrator to undertake any response action when faced with a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance unless the Administrator determines the responsible party will take appropriate action. Requires the Administrator to assess the health effects associated with such release or potential release. Directs the Administrator to publish a cleanup schedule, granting priority to releases affecting principal drinking water sources, for releases or threatened releases for which no cleanup agreement with responsible parties has been reached. Requires a State to pay at least 50 percent of the cleanup costs only if the State both owned and operated the polluting facilit… | 2025-08-29T16:32:00Z | |
| 99-hr-3390 | 99 | hr | 3390 | Radon Mitigation Research and Assistance Act of 1985 | Environmental Protection | 1985-09-19 | 1985-09-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6] | PA | D | Y000014 | 1 | Radon Mitigation Research and Assistance Act of 1985 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an indoor radon exposure research program in cooperation with other Federal agencies. Requires the Administrator to determine the levels of exposure which are safe and those which require emergency response action. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress within one year on the research results. Directs the Administrator to establish a Radon Public Awareness Program. Requires the Administrator to provide emergency assistance to persons exposed to emergency response action levels of radon. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T16:30:05Z | |
| 99-s-1659 | 99 | s | 1659 | Ocean Dumping Amendments of 1985 | Environmental Protection | 1985-09-18 | 1985-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 1 | Ocean Dumping Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit the dumping of sewage sludge into ocean waters as soon as possible, but in no case later than the close of 1990 for any type of sewage sludge. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to prescribe ocean dumping permit fees such that they cover the costs of site selection, monitoring, enforcement, and environmental assessment. Prohibits the use of funds under such Act to finance ocean dumping. | 2025-08-29T16:31:18Z | |
| 99-hr-3300 | 99 | hr | 3300 | A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to establish local emergency response committees which will plan and coordinate local response to hazardous substance emergencies and to provide members of the community with information about hazardous substances that are located within the community, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1985-09-12 | 1985-12-10 | See H.R.2005. | House | Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-3] | WV | D | W000654 | 3 | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to add a new title IV: State and Local Coordination of Emergency Response; Community Right to Know. Directs each Governor to appoint an emergency response commission to coordinate response planning in such State for hazardous substance emergencies. Directs these commissions to designate local emergency response committees to develop and implement emergency response plans in case of a hazardous substance emergency. Requires such plans to include emergency notification personnel and procedures, evacuation plans, and an assessment and use plan for local medical and police resources. Requires owners and operators of covered facilities which produce, use, or store hazardous substances to file with local committees a hazardous substance report setting forth the following information for each substance: type; amount; location; emergency and first aid procedures; routes and symptoms of exposure; and emergency personnel to contact. Requires the periodic updating of such reports. Directs the Administrator to publish and update a list of covered hazardous substances requiring such a report. Permits individuals or a local committee to petition the Administrator to add a substance to such list. Requires such owners and operators to submit to the Administrator and the committee and other State and local officials a material safety data sheet on each listed chemical which shall also be furnished with shipments of such substance. Excludes from coverage under these requirements certain small manufacturers, research laboratories, and consumer users. Requires such sheet to be updated and kept (for 30 years), and the information to be made available to the public via a toll-free telephone number. Permits other exemptions from these requirements as specified. Sets forth emergency notice and bulletin procedures a covered operator must follow in the case of any hazardous substance emergency, including notifying the appropriate government of… | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-3245 | 99 | hr | 3245 | Superfund Amendments of 1985 | Environmental Protection | 1985-09-09 | 1985-12-10 | See H.R.2005. | House | Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7] | PA | D | E000043 | 0 | Superfund Amendments of 1985 - Title I: Provisions Relating Primarily to Response and Liability - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) (Superfund) to direct the Administrator of the Envronmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish reportable quantities for all hazardous substances by December 31, 1986. Directs the Administrator to give primary attention to releases which may present a threat to public health. Requires short-term removal actions undertaken by the Administrator to contribute to the degree possible to the efficient performance of any long-term action. Increases the maximum time and funding limit on short-term response actions when appropriate. Limits the 50 percent State cleanup obligation to those facilities which are both owned and operated by the State. Credits States with expenditures made at National Priorities List (NPL) sites on cost-eligible response actions. Revises other State cost-sharing measures. Grants EPA employees or contractors the necessary access to facilities and information to determine if the need for a response action exists. Prescribes a cleanup schedule for Superfund, requiring an evaluation within two years of sites on the Emergency Response and Remedial Investigation System (ERRIS) list for possible inclusion on the NPL. Sets a schedule for the commencement of substantial and continuous onsite remedial action for a specified number of facilities. Directs the Administrator to revise the National Contingency Plan (NCP) within 18 months to reflect this Act's amendments. Requires the review of the hazardous ranking system within one year. Permits individuals to petition the Administrator for a preliminary hazard assessment at a site. Includes contamination of the ambient air as a criterion for ranking a hazard. Eliminates the requirement that the NPL contain at least 400 sites. Prohibits the Administrator from taking abatement action against any release resulting from an applied pesticide registered under t… | 2025-08-29T16:32:05Z | |
| 99-hr-3172 | 99 | hr | 3172 | A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a national assessment of the extent to which radon gas formed from naturally occurring deposits of uranium is a threat to public health, to authorize a demonstration program to test methods of eliminating the threat to public health from radon gas, and to authorize disaster relief assistance for releases of radon gas. | Environmental Protection | 1985-08-01 | 1985-12-10 | See H.R.2005. | House | Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7] | PA | D | E000043 | 7 | Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress within one year an evaluation on the threat to human health of radon gas and radon daughters forming from naturally occurring deposits of uranium and collecting in residences. Directs the Administrator to conduct a demonstration program testing methods of reducing or eliminating the threat, reporting periodically to the Congress on the results. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 to include assistance for releases of radon gas. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-hr-3185 | 99 | hr | 3185 | A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to determine the effectiveness of State vehicle emission control inspection and maintenance programs before implementing the additional State plan requirements under the Clean Air Act applicable to such programs. | Environmental Protection | 1985-08-01 | 1985-08-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Luken, Thomas A. [D-OH-1] | OH | D | L000508 | 0 | Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate existing State vehicle emission control inspection and maintenance programs for cost-effectiveness. Prohibits the implementation of additional requirements in a State unless the Administrator determines such additional requirements to be the most cost-effective in attaining the national ambient air quality standards for such State. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-3211 | 99 | hr | 3211 | A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 to encourage the use of innovative technologies, including technologies used by small businesses, for the cleanup of hazardous substances. | Environmental Protection | 1985-08-01 | 1985-12-10 | See H.R.2005. | House | Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] | TX | D | S000851 | 5 | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an Office of Demonstration within the Office of Emergency and Remedial Response within EPA to administer a program for testing and demonstrating innovative technologies for hazardous waste cleanup. Requires the program to develop and choose projects for demonstration at selected sites on the National Priorities List (NPL). Permits any person to apply to demonstrate innovative technology, each application to be reviewed within EPA. Directs the Administrator to establish a plan, based upon the applicant's demonstration plan, and evaluate the technology's effectiveness. Directs the Administrator to act upon applications according to a specified timetable. Authorizes the Administrator to provide loan guarantees for demonstration projects. Requires a minimum of five projects in FY 1986, increased to a minimum of ten per year during the succeeding four fiscal years. Directs the Administrator to revise and republish the National Contingency Plan (NCP) to include standards and testing procedures utilizing alternative or innovative technologies, according to cost-effectiveness. Requires the Administrator to document for the demonstrator how the technology concerned is considered for NPL site response actions. Authorizes appropriations from the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund) for FY 1986 through 1990 to carry out this demonstration program. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 99-s-1553 | 99 | s | 1553 | Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act | Environmental Protection | 1985-08-01 | 1985-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 3 | Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act - Prohibits the sale of carbonated beverages in beverage containers by retailers and distributors unless such containers carry a refund value of not less than five cents. Requires that retailers and distributors pay the refund on returned containers of brands sold by such retailers or distributors. Prohibits distributors and retailers from selling beverages in metal beverage containers with detachable openings. Preempts inconsistent State or local laws. Prohibits State and local governments from imposing any tax on the collection or return of refund values. Imposes penalties of up to $1,000 for violations. | 2025-08-29T16:33:14Z | |
| 99-s-1561 | 99 | s | 1561 | A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 regarding contribution, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 1985-08-01 | 1985-09-10 | Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Administrative Office of the United States Courts. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) to permit a defendant in a Government enforcement action under Superfund to file a claim for contribution against other defendants as third-party defendants. States that the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall govern such proceedings. Excludes from claims for contribution any party which enters into a judicially approved good faith settlement or judgment with a State or the United States. Permits recovery from other potential defendants, either through a claim for contribution filed by a settling or already judged defendant or through direct action by a State or the United States, whenever a partial settlement or judgment has been secured. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z |
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