HCONRES 91
105th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Administrative procedure
Air pollution control
Air pollution measurement
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental research
Equipment and supplies
Government Operations and Politics
Hazardous waste disposal
Housing and Community Development
Landfills
Law
Lighting
Mercury
Municipal solid waste
Northeastern States
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should take immediate steps to abate emissions of mercury and release to Congress the study of mercury required under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 29, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
May 22, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
May 22, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should: (1) immediately release to the Congress the study of mercury emissions required under the Clean Air Act to have been completed by November 15, 1994; (2) conduct landfill air emission tests for mercury in the Northeast and nationally; and (3) not exempt mercury-containing lamps from hazardous waste regulations, but instead adopt universal waste rules that foster mercury recycling.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
2