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HRES 350 102th Congress House Environmental Protection Air conditioning Chemicals Developing countries Fluorocarbons International Affairs International environmental cooperation Motor vehicles Ozone layer depletion Recycling of waste products Refrigeration Treaties

Urging the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to accelerate the scheduled phaseout of ozone-destroying substances in the United States as required pursuant to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; calling on the President to urge the Contracting Parties to the Montreal Protocol to modify the Protocol in order to accelerate the phaseout of such substances; and for other purposes based on scientific findings concerning the degradation of the stratospheric ozone layer.

Introduced: February 5, 1992 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 14, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Feb 17, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Feb 5, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Feb 5, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 5, 1992
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should accelerate the interim phaseout schedules and the final phaseout date of chlorofluorocarbons, carbon tetrachloride, methyl chloroform, and halons (and shall provide for complete phaseout as early as possible), accelerate the interim phaseout schedule and the final phaseout date of the hydrochlorofluorocarbons that have relatively long atmospheric lifetimes or high ozone depletion potentials, and prioritize efforts to issue regulations providing for the recapture and recycling of ozone-destroying substances used in appliances and motor vehicle air-conditioners and for the elimination of such substances used in nonessential consumer products; and (2) the President should urge the Contracting Parties to the Montreal Protocol to accelerate the interim phaseout schedules and the final phaseout date of the ozone-destroying chemicals currently covered by the Protocol, to include hydrochlorofluorocarbons within the terms of the Protocol and provide for the most rapid phaseout of those hydrochlorofluorocarbons with relatively long atmospheric lifetimes or high ozone depletion potentials, to amend the Protocol to include recapture and recycling provisions and prohibit the venting or release of ozone-destroying chemicals from refrigeration and air-conditioning units into the atmosphere by a set date, and to accelerate the compliance of developing countries with the terms of the Protocol.

What's happening now September 14, 1992

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

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