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HR 332 112th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Appropriations Civil actions and liability Defense spending Department of Defense Department of Energy Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Government liability Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Intergovernmental relations Military procurement, research, weapons development Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Pollution liability Radioactive wastes and releases State and local government operations

Military Environmental Responsibility Act

Introduced: January 19, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 25, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Feb 4, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Feb 1, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Jan 24, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E101)
Jan 20, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jan 19, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, 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.
Jan 19, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Military Environmental Responsibility Act - Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and defense-related agencies (the Department of Energy [DOE], the Nuclear Regulatory Commission [NRC], the Office of Naval Nuclear Reactors, and any others as designated by the President) to fully comply with designated federal and state environmental laws, including those related to public health and safety, to the same extent as any other entities subject to such laws. Waives any immunity of the United States with respect to such laws as applied to DOD and any defense-related agency. Provides for administrative enforcement actions.

Requires the Secretary of Defense, for each weapon system for which congressional budget justification is required, to ensure that all development and procurement decisions comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Repeals prohibitions: (1) on the use of certain military appropriation accounts for the payment of fines and penalties for environmental noncompliance; and (2) forbidding the use of defense funds to conduct treatment, storage, or disposal activities at sites designated under the Formerly Utilized Site Remedial Action Program.

What's happening now February 25, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 9
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 17, 2011
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 8, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 332: Military Environmental Responsibility Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-332/
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"H.R. 332: Military Environmental Responsibility Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-332/.
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H.R. 332, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-332/.
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