Miscellaneous Environmental Initiatives
BILL NUMBER & TITLE:H.R.1506, COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY ACT
INTRODUCED BY:
Representative Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)
REFERRALS:
House Committee on Commerce
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit discrimination regarding exposure to hazardous substances. Prohibits any entity that handles, manages, treats, releases, disposes, stores, transports or delivers "covered substances" (defined as hazardous contaminants, chemicals, materials, wastes, and substances listed, identified or defined in specified laws) from disproportionately exposing any individual or community, on the ground of race, color or national origin, to any covered substance.
MAJOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION TO DATE:
04/30/97 -- In The HOUSE
Introduced by VELAZQUEZ (D-NY) and referred committee
AMSA ACTION:
Monitoring
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BILL NUMBER & TITLE:
H.R.1404, DEFENSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT ACT OF 1997
INTRODUCED BY:
Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA)
Cosponsored by BARRETT, THOMAS (D-WI), BERMAN (D-CA), BLUMENAUR (D-OR), CLAY (D-MO), DEFAZIO (D-OR), DEGETTE (D-CO), DELAHUNT (D-MA), DELLUMS (D-CA), DIXON (D-CA), EVANS (D-IL), FARR (D-CA), FILNER (D-CA), FURSE (D-OF), GUTIERREZ (D-IL), HINCHEY (D-NY), KENNEDY, JOSEPH (D-MA), KENNELLY (D-CT), KUCINICH (D-OH), LAMPSON (D-TX), LOWEY (D-NY), MARKEY (D-MA), MCKINNEY (D-GA), MINK (D-HI), NADLER (D-NY), MOLVER (D-MA), PASCRELL (D-NJ), PASTOR (D-AZ), PAYNE (D-NJ), RIVERS (D-MI), ROYBAL-ALLARD (D-CA), RUSH (D-IL), SANDERS (I-VT), SCHUMER (D-NY), SHERMAN (D-CA), THOMPSON (D-MS), ACKERMAN (D-NY), ANDREWS (D-NJ), BECERRA (D-CA), DELAURO (D-CT), ESHOO (D-CA), FALEOMAVAEGA (D-AS), MANTON (D-NY), MARTINEZ (D-CA), MORAN (D-VA), STARK (D-CA), STOKES (D-OH), TOWNS (D-NY), BROWN, CORRINE (D-FL), BROWN, SHERROD (D-OH), CONYERS (D-MI), CUMMINGS (D-MD), DAVIS, DANNY (D-IL), FATTAH (D-PA), FAZIO (D-CA), GONZALEZ (D-TX), LANTOS (D-CA), LOFGREN (D-CA), NORTON (D-CA), RANGEL (D-NY), SANCHEZ (D-CA), SAWYER (D-OH), SLAUGHTER (D-NY), VENTO (D-MN), YATES (D-I), CAPPS (D-CA), MALONEY, JAMES (D-CT), MEEHAN (D-MA), WATERS (D-CA), FORD (D-TN), MATSUI (D-CA), OWENS (D-NY)
REFERRALS:
House Committee on Rules
House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
A bill to provide for the defense of the government and for other purposes.
MAJOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION TO DATE:
04/17/97 -- In The HOUSE
Introduced by WAXMAN (D-CA) and referred to committees
AMSA ACTION:
Monitoring
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BILL NUMBER & TITLE:
H.R.1636, CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RIGHT TO KNOW ACT OF 1997
SPONSORED BY:
Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA)
Cosponsored by LAMPSON (D-TX0, LEVIN, SANDER (D-MI), LIPINSKI (D-IL), SABO (D-MN), TAUCHER (D-CA), WATT, MELVIN (D-NC), ABERCROMBIE (D-HI), GREEN (D-TX), MILLENDER-MCDONALD (D-CA), STOKES (D-OH), ENGEL (D-NY), FRELINGHUYSEN (R-NJ)
REFERRALS:
House Committee on Commerce
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
A bill to disclose environmental risks to children's health and expand the public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release, and for other purposes. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish thresholds for toxic chemicals which may present significant risks to children's health or the environment. Includes lead, mercury, dioxin, cadmium, chromium and other specified bioaccumulative chemicals as substances subject to such thresholds.
MAJOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION TO DATE:
05/15/97 -- In The HOUSE
Introduced by WAXMAN (D-CA) and referred to committee
AMSA ACTIONS:
Monitoring
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BILL NUMBER & TITLE:
S.599, CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT
INTRODUCED BY:
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Cosponsored by LAUTENBERG (D-NJ), MURRAY (D-WA)
REFERRALS:
Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
A bill to protect children and other sensitive subpopulations from exposure the certain environmental pollutants. The bill would require the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that pollution limits are set at levels that protect children, not average adults
MAJOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION TO DATE:
04/16/97 -- In The SENATE
Referred to the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works
AMSA ACTIONS:
Monitoring
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BILL NUMBER & TITLE:
S.769, RIGHT-TO-KNOW-MORE AND POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT OF 1997
INTRODUCED BY:
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Cosponsored by DURBIN (D-IL)
REFERRALS:
Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
A bill to amend the provisions of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to expand the public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release, tor promote pollution prevention, and for other purposes.
MAJOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION TO DATE:
05/20/97 -- In The SENATE
Introduced by LAUTENBERG and referred to committee
AMSA ACTION:
Monitoring
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BILL NUMBER & TITLE:
S.866, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PARTNERSHIP ACT OF 1997
INTRODUCED BY:
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX)
REFERRALS:
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
A bill to amend Title 28, U.S.C. to provide that certain voluntary disclosures of violation of Federal law made as a result of a voluntary environmental audit shall not be subject to discovery or admitted into evidence during a judicial or administrative proceeding, and for other purposes.
MAJOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION TO DATE:
06/10/97 - In The SENATE
Introduced by HUTCHINSON and referred to committee
AMSA ACTION:
Monitoring
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