HR 4215
106th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Air pollution control
Developing countries
Environmental Protection Agency
Food safety
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Grain storage
Import restrictions
Imports
International Affairs
International environmental cooperation
Law
Methyl bromide
Storage
Treaties
Methyl Bromide Fairness Act of 2000
Introduced: April 6, 2000
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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
Plain-English summary
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).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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