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HR 4215 106th Congress House

Methyl Bromide Fairness Act of 2000

Official title: To amend title VI of the Clean Air Act with respect to the phaseout schedule for methyl bromide.

Introduced: July 24, 2000 See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Administrative procedureAgriculture and FoodAgriculture in foreign tradeAir pollution control
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Developing countriesEnvironmental Protection AgencyFood safetyForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsGrain storageImport restrictionsImportsInternational AffairsInternational environmental cooperationLawMethyl bromideStorageTreaties
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 24, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Apr 6, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Apr 6, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 24, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Methyl Bromide Fairness Act of 2000 - Amends provisions of the Clean Air Act that prohibit the production of certain substances to provide an exemption for the production, importation, and consumption of methyl bromide to fumigate commodities or articles or facilities where such commodities or articles may be processed or stored for purposes of compliance with Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service requirements or with any international, Federal, State, or local sanitation or food protection standard. (Current law provides for the use of methyl bromide to fumigate commodities entering or leaving the United States to the extent consistent with the Montreal Protocol.)

Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from terminating production of methyl bromide prior to January 1, 2015 (currently, January 1, 2005). Requires the Administrator to promulgate rules for reductions in, and terminate the production, importation, and consumption of, methyl bromide under a schedule that is in accordance with, but not more stringent than, the Montreal Protocol phaseout schedule for developing countries (currently, the Montreal Protocol phaseout schedule in effect on October 21, 1998).

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 1 Republican 5
DOOLEY, CAL
· Jul 24, 2000
COLLINS, MAC
· Jul 20, 2000
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jul 19, 2000
 R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Jul 11, 2000
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jun 19, 2000
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 9, 2000
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Apr 13, 2000
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Apr 6, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4215: Methyl Bromide Fairness Act of 2000. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4215/
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