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To encourage the development and use of new and innovative environmental monitoring technology by accelerating the move toward performance-based monitoring methods, establishing target dates for…

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To encourage the development and use of new and innovative environmental monitoring technology by accelerating the move toward performance-based monitoring methods, establishing target dates for implementing a new regulatory approach across all environmental programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 25, 1996 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Aug 9, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Aug 9, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Aug 8, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Aug 2, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Aug 2, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology.
Jul 25, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committees on Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 25, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish the Performance-Based Monitoring Methods Advisory Committee to: (1) advise the Administrator on performance-based monitoring technologies; and (2) assist the Administrator in the development of a process and a plan for the acceptance of performance-based monitoring methods.

Requires, no later than two years after enactment of this Act, that the Administrator establish a performance-based monitoring methods approval process to be used uniformly in all environmental programs for purposes of monitoring compliance with environmental laws and permits.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now August 9, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 25, 1996
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3906: To encourage the development and use of new and innovative environmental monitoring technology by accelerating the move toward performance-based monitoring methods, establishing target dates for implementing a new regulatory approach across all environmental programs, and for other purposes.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3906/
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"H.R. 3906: To encourage the development and use of new and innovative environmental monitoring technology by accelerating the move toward performance-based monitoring methods, establishing target dates for implementing a new regulatory approach across all environmental programs, and for other purposes.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3906/.
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H.R. 3906, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3906/.
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[H.R. 3906: To encourage the development and use of new and innovative environmental monitoring technology by accelerating the move toward performance-based monitoring methods, establishing target dates for implementing a new regulatory approach across all environmental programs, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3906/)
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