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HR 2695 101th Congress House

Emergency Response Equipment Inventory Act of 1989

Official title: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the National Response Center to establish and maintain a comprehensive computer listing of resources… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the National Response Center to establish and maintain a comprehensive computer listing of resources available for responding to emergencies involving discharge of oil or release of hazardous substances, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 6, 1989 See on congress.gov
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International agenciesInternational environmental cooperationOil pollution control
This bill died when the 101st Congress ended
It never became law before the 101st Congress (1989–1990) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 3, 1989
See H.R.1465.
Jul 3, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources.
Jun 20, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.
Jun 20, 1989
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 3, 1989

See H.R.1465.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Emergency Response Equipment Inventory Act of 1989 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the National Response Center (NRC) to establish, maintain, and annually revise a nationwide computerized listing of emergency response resources which are available to, and appropriate for use by, the National Response Team (NRT) in responding to: (1) discharges and substantial threats of discharge of oil which are within the scope of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; and (2) releases and substantial threats of release of hazardous substances, pollutants, and contaminants within that scope.

Directs the NRC to provide continuous access to such information to regional response teams and centers, on-scene coordinators, and all State and local government officials responsible for directing responses to such discharges or releases.

Requires the head of each Federal agency having a representative on the NRT to ensure that all such individuals have ready accessibility to all relevant, unclassified data.

Directs the President to take such actions as may be necessary to encourage appropriate international organizations to establish an international inventory of emergency response resources.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2695: Emergency Response Equipment Inventory Act of 1989. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-2695/
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