Skip to main content
S 700 114th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Business records Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Manufacturing Product safety and quality Trade restrictions Worker safety and health

READ Act

Introduced: March 10, 2015 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 10, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1387-1388)
Mar 10, 2015
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reducing Exposure to Asbestos Database Act of 2015 or the READ Act

This bill amends the Asbestos Information Act of 1988 to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and maintain a database of asbestos-containing products. The database must be accessible through EPA's website, publicly available, and searchable. An asbestos-containing product is any product to which asbestos is deliberately or knowingly added or in which asbestos is deliberately used or knowingly present in any concentration.

Any person who manufactured, processed, distributed, sold, imported, transported, or stored an asbestos-containing product must report to the EPA each year to identify the characteristics and location of the asbestos-containing products.

Civil penalties are imposed upon any person who knowingly: (1) manufactured, processed, distributed, sold, imported, transported, or stored an asbestos-containing product and who did not submit a report; or (2) provides false or inaccurate information in a report or fails to provide required information.

The Government Accountability Office must report on the utility of the database. The report must contain recommendations for measures to increase use of the database by consumers and further reduce the harm caused by exposure to asbestos.

What's happening now March 10, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1387-1388)

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3