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Mercury Vapor Study Act of 2020

Introduced: December 1, 2020 Introduced by: Booker, Cory A. Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Mercury Vapor Study Act of 2020

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct a study and report on the potential exposure to mercury vapor from PMA flooring (synthetic flooring made using phenylmercuric acetate as a catalyst). The study and report must also cover the prevalence of PMA flooring in schools and establish appropriate industrial hygiene monitoring steps to prevent or interdict mercury vapor exposure. The report must be available on a publicly available EPA website.

What's happening now December 1, 2020

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

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4934: Mercury Vapor Study Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4934/
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"S. 4934: Mercury Vapor Study Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4934/.
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S. 4934, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4934/.
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[S. 4934: Mercury Vapor Study Act of 2020](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4934/)
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