3.0.0 2391 2021-09-29T20:28:16Z 2021-09-29T20:28:16Z House H HR 2005-05-17 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif15 Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2005-06-03T20:02:32Z Referred to 2005-05-17T13:00:40Z 2005-06-03 hsif15 Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. Committee 2005-05-17 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-05-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2 N B001149 Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5] DAN BURTON R IN 5 2005-05-17 True P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2005-05-17 True S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2005-05-17 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2005-05-17 True M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2005-05-17 True M000639 Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13] Robert Menendez D NJ 13 2005-05-17 True O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2005-05-17 True J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2005-05-17 True K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 2005-05-17 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2005-05-17 True S000033 Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] Bernard Sanders I VT 0 2005-05-17 True H000324 Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] ALCEE HASTINGS D FL L. 23 2005-05-17 True W000314 Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] ROBERT WEXLER D FL 19 2005-05-17 True M001149 Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2] Michael Michaud D ME H. 2 2005-05-19 False B001245 Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] Madeleine Bordallo D GU Z. 0 2005-05-19 False M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2005-06-14 False C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 2005-06-14 False C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2005-10-19 False B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2005-10-19 False O000085 Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1] JOHN OLVER D MA W. 1 2005-11-04 False Environmental Protection Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Automobile parts Child safety Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Contractors Cost accounting Dental care Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Environmental Protection Agency Environmental technology Families Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Grants-in-aid Hazardous wastes Health Health education Law Manufacturing industries Medical supplies Mercury Product safety Public Lands and Natural Resources Recycling of waste products Refuse and refuse disposal School buildings School security Science, Technology, Communications Environmental Protection 00 2005-05-17 Introduced in House 2005-06-06T19:58:43Z Safe Communities and Safe Schools Mercury Reduction Act of 2005 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a grant program for projects to: (1) reduce free-flowing elemental mercury and mercury-added products from the environment; (2) safely dispose of or recycle mercury; (3) educate communities and citizens about mercury's harmful effects; (4) develop and carry out a plan for eliminating free-flowing mercury and instruments containing mercury from K-12 public and private schools; (5) carry out a mercury thermometer exchange program; or (6) facilitate the recovery, and safe disposal and management, of mercury-added components from automobiles.

Directs the Administrator to encourage States to develop programs that facilitate the recovery and safe disposal and management of mercury-added component parts from automobiles when components are being replaced or removed from scrapped vehicles.

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) prohibit the sale or supplying of mercury fever thermometers to consumers except by prescription; and (2) require manufacturers of such prescribed thermometers to provide instructions on careful handling to avoid breakage and proper cleanup in the event of breakage. Requires contractors who replace building thermostats in residential or commercial buildings to dispose of replaced thermometers through recycling programs established or participated in by building thermostat manufacturers as required by this Act.

Requires the Administrator to publish guidance to assist State and local governments in removing elemental free-flowing mercury and mercury-added instruments from public and private schools.

Directs the Administrator to issue regulations requiring dentists to capture 90 percent or more of mercury-laden amalgam when administering amalgam to or recovering amalgam from patients. Sets forth considerations that such guidelines shall take into account.

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