Skip to main content
HR 1711 105th Congress House

Small Business Remediation Act of 1997

Official title: To establish a maximum level of remediation for dry cleaning solvents, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 22, 1997 See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection ChemicalsCleaning industryCommerceEnvironmental health
More subjectsShow fewer subjects
Federal preemptionGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment publicityGroundwaterGroundwater pollutionHazardous waste site remediationHealthLabor and EmploymentLawLiability for environmental damagesLiability for toxic substances pollution damagesOccupational health and safetyPotable waterSmall businessSoil pollution
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
This bill died when the 105th Congress ended
It never became law before the 105th Congress (1997–1998) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 17, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jun 6, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jun 2, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials.
Jun 2, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
May 22, 1997
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
May 22, 1997
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
May 22, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
May 22, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
May 22, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1035-1036)
May 22, 1997
Introduced in House
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

 Latest action June 17, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Small Business Remediation Act of 1997- Requires the maximum level of remediation of dry cleaning solvents in soil, surface water, groundwater, and other environmental media that a Federal, State, local agency, or court may require of a person engaged in dry cleaning, or of the owner of land or a facility in which such a person is conducting dry cleaning, to be one-tenth the equivalent exposure of the workplace standard for such solvents established by the Secretary of Labor under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

Requires: (1) the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to publish in the Federal Register its computation, based on realistic scientific assumptions, of equivalent exposure by ingestion, inhalation, and absorption indices for the general public, for environmental media in nonoccupational circumstances; and (2) the equivalent exposure to be calculated from the workplace standard for dry cleaning solvents which assures that no employee will suffer material impairment of health or functional capacity even if such employee has regular exposure for the employee's entire working lifetime.

Specifies that nothing in this Act shall: (1) preempt or otherwise prevent a Federal, State, or local government or private party from remediating environmental media to a lower level than the maximum level of remediation at its own cost and expense; or (2) alter or affect the Federal drinking water standards under the Public Health Service Act.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 6
R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Oct 2, 1998
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Sep 29, 1997
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jul 31, 1997
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Jul 30, 1997
 R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Jul 17, 1997
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · May 22, 1997
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1711: Small Business Remediation Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1711/
MLA
"H.R. 1711: Small Business Remediation Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1711/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 1711, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1711/.
Markdown link
[H.R. 1711: Small Business Remediation Act of 1997](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1711/)
Report a problem