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HR 3112 104th Congress House Environmental Protection Authorization Congress Congressional reporting requirements Dredging Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Agency Environmental technology Federal aid to water pollution control Government Operations and Politics Harbors Hazardous waste disposal Marine and coastal resources, fisheries New Jersey New York City Recycling of waste products Science, Technology, Communications Sedimentation Technology assessment Transportation and Public Works

To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 relating to sediments decontamination technology.

Introduced: March 19, 1996 Introduced by: Pallone, Frank Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 1, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mar 21, 1996
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Prior to Referral.
Mar 19, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 19, 1996
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to specify that the goal of the program to assess the effectiveness of selected technologies in rendering sediments acceptable for unrestricted ocean disposal or beneficial reuse, or both, shall be to make possible the development, on an operational scale, of one or more sediment decontamination technologies, each of which demonstrates a sediment decontamination capacity of at least 5,000 cubic yards per day.

Sets forth reporting requirements regarding progress toward meeting that goal.

Increases and extends the authorization of appropriations.

What's happening now April 1, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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