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HERO Act

Introduced: December 13, 2001 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) 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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Dec 13, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13149)
Dec 13, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13148-13149)
Dec 13, 2001
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Heroic Emergency Response Operations Act or HERO ACT - Amends Federal transportation law regarding annual fees collected by the Secretary of Transportation paid by persons transporting hazardous materials in commerce to stipulate that up to five percent of such funds annually may now be used for developing minimum national standards for, as well as to develop and conduct, security training dealing with commercial transportation of hazardous materials.

Limits to $1 million per fiscal year the amount available for supplemental training grants from the collected funds.

What's happening now December 13, 2001

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13149)

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Dec 13, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1820: HERO Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1820/
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"S. 1820: HERO Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1820/.
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S. 1820, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1820/.
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