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HR 2580 102th Congress House Environmental Protection Crime and Law Enforcement Export controls Foreign Trade and International Finance Hazardous waste disposal Import restrictions Radioactive wastes Recycling of waste products Refuse and refuse disposal Transboundary pollution

Waste Export and Import Prohibition Act

Introduced: June 6, 1991 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 10, 1991
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 17, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Jun 17, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Jun 17, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
Jun 6, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 6, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jun 6, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Waste Export and Import Prohibition Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the export from, or import into, the United States of solid waste. Excludes from such prohibition small quantities of household waste carried by individuals traveling abroad and baled waste paper, scrap textiles, or waste glass if such wastes: (1) are exported or imported for recycling purposes; (2) are separated from the waste stream; and (3) do not contain any substances whose storage, treatment, or disposal is regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act or that are identified as having characteristics of hazardous waste.

Includes within the definition of "solid waste": (1) low-level radioactive waste and waste mixed with low-level radioactive waste; and (2) all wastes covered by the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal.

Prescribes criminal penalties for violations of this Act.

Repeals provisions concerning the export of hazardous wastes.

What's happening now October 10, 1991

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Aug 2, 1991
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Aug 2, 1991
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 6, 1991
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Jun 6, 1991
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 6, 1991
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