HR 1125
103th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Cost control
Environmental engineering
Hazardous waste disposal
Liability for toxic substances pollution damages
Pollution control
To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to require a preference for interim measures in carrying out response actions, consistent with protection of public health, welfare, and the environment.
Introduced: February 24, 1993
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 9, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
Mar 8, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Feb 24, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.
Feb 24, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 24, 1993
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to direct the President, in selecting remedial actions for hazardous waste cleanup sites, to give a preference to the use of institutional controls, containment methods, and other interim measures, rather than permanent treatment technologies, if such measures are sufficient to protect health, welfare, and the environment.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
Cosponsors
1