3.0.0 2295 2023-01-13T04:49:04Z 2023-01-13T04:49:04Z Senate S S 2006-02-16 109 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-02-16T17:40:25Z Hawaiian Waters Chemical Munitions Safety Act of 2006 109 4778 HR 2006-03-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. Related bill CRS 2006-02-16 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2006-02-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1416) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-02-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA N Armed Forces and National Security Chemical warfare Coastal zone Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost accounting Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Environmental health Environmental research Federal aid to research Government Operations and Politics Hawaii Hazardous wastes Health Labor and Employment Maps Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Marine safety Medical research Navigational aids Occupational health and safety Pollution measurement Public health Research grants Risk Science, Technology, Communications Surveying Waste disposal in the ocean Water pollution control Armed Forces and National Security 00 2006-02-16 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-29T21:46:21Z Hawaiian Waters Chemical Munitions Safety Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) conduct a survey of all Hawaiian underwater sites where chemical munitions are known to have been disposed of by the Armed Forces between 1941 and 1972; and (2) identify on Hawaiian coastal nautical charts and other navigational materials navigational hazards to private activities and commercial shipping or fishing operations as identified in the survey. Requires the Secretary to implement appropriate monitoring mechanisms to recognize and track the potential release of hazardous chemical agents into the marine environment from such disposal sites.

Directs the Secretary to establish a program to conduct research and provide research grants to study the long-term effects of seawater exposure on chemical munitions, including the potential public health risks associated with, and the environmental impact of, ocean disposal of chemical munitions. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the feasibility and cost of implementing multiple remediation measures at the disposal sites covered by the survey, including an analysis of the public health and environmental safety risks of such sites.

]]> Hawaiian Waters Chemical Munitions Safety Act of 2006 Display Title Hawaiian Waters Chemical Munitions Safety Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to conduct a survey and monitoring of off-shore sites in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands where chemical munitions were disposed of by the Army Forces, to support research regarding the public and environmental health impacts of chemical munitions disposal in the ocean, and to require the preparation of a report on remediation plans for such disposal sites. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Hawaiian Waters Chemical Munitions Safety Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-02-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2295is/xml/BILLS-109s2295is.xml 2006-02-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.