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S 3218 106th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Agriculture and Food Air pollution control Alcohol Alcoholic beverage industry Alcoholic beverages Commerce Storage

A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to exclude beverage alcohol compounds emitted from aging warehouses from the definition of volatile organic compounds.

Introduced: October 18, 2000 Introduced by: McConnell, Mitch Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 106th Congress ended
It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) 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.
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Oct 18, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Oct 18, 2000
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Clean Air Act to exclude from the definition of "volatile organic compound" beverage alcohol compounds (ethanol) emitted from aging warehouses.
What's happening now October 18, 2000

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3218: A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to exclude beverage alcohol compounds emitted from aging warehouses from the definition of volatile organic compounds.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-3218/
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"S. 3218: A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to exclude beverage alcohol compounds emitted from aging warehouses from the definition of volatile organic compounds.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-3218/.
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S. 3218, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-3218/.
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