3.0.0 742 2023-01-11T19:46:57Z 2023-01-11T20:35:40Z Senate S S 2007-03-01 110 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2007-08-02T23:00:57Z Markup by 2007-07-31T21:16:33Z Referred to 2007-03-01T23:45:52Z S. Rept. 110-189 Bruce Vento Ban Asbestos and Prevent Mesothelioma Act of 2007 110 3339 HR 2007-08-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 110 3285 HR 2007-08-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2007-10-05 15:03:00 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2007-10-05 15:03:00 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2007-10-05 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2007-10-04 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR S12731-12734) Floor 2007-10-04 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.(text as passed Senate: CR S12731-12734) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-04 Senate The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2007-10-04 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S12728-12737; text of measure as reported: CR S12728-12731) Floor 2007-10-03 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate By Senator Boxer from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 110-189. Floor 2007-10-03 By Senator Boxer from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 110-189. Committee 14900 9 Library of Congress ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee 2007-08-02 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 321. Calendars 2007-08-02 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2007-08-02 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee 2007-07-31 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2007-03-01 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2007-03-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-03-01 True B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2007-03-01 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-03-01 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-03-01 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-03-01 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2007-03-01 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2007-03-01 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2007-03-01 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-03-01 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-03-01 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2007-03-01 True R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2007-03-01 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2007-03-28 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-03-28 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2007-03-28 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2007-04-17 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2007-07-10 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2007-07-26 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2007-07-30 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2007-08-02 False 2007-10-03T04:00:00Z S. 742, Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/19189 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on August 2, 2007</p> 2007-10-03T04:00:00Z S. 742, Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19189 Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on August 2, 2007 Environmental Protection Administrative procedure Armed Forces and National Security Asbestos Cancer Clinical trials Commerce Consumer education Data banks Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Agency Environmental health Environmental research Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Fibers Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Hazardous wastes Health Health education Health information systems Import restrictions Labeling Labor and Employment Law Lung cancer Lung diseases Manufacturing industries Medical centers Medical research Medical screening Medical tests Military medicine Minerals National Institutes of Health (NIH) Occupational health and safety Pain Preventive medicine Product safety Refuse and refuse disposal Research centers Research grants Science, Technology, Communications Tissue banks Veterans' hospitals Veterans' medical care Environmental Protection 00 2007-03-01 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-11T21:39:12Z Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to conduct a study that: (1) describes the science concerning the disease mechanisms and health effects of exposure to asbestos and other biopersistent durable fibers and methods for measuring and analyzing asbestos; (2) describes labeling practices relating to asbestos-containing material; and (3) recommends future asbestos-related disease research and exposure assessment practice needs.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations that prohibit the importing, manufacturing, processing, or distributing of asbestos-containing products, subject to limited exemption upon petition and specified exemptions sought by the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Requires the disposal of asbestos-containing products within two years. Exempts products that are no longer in the stream of commerce or that are in the possession of an end user.

Requires the Administrator to establish a plan to: (1) increase awareness of the dangers posed by asbestos-containing products and contaminants in homes and workplaces and by asbestos-related diseases; (2) provide information to, and encourage participation in research and treatment endeavors by, asbestos-related disease patients and their families and front-line health care providers; and (3) encourage health care providers and researchers to provide to patients and their families information relating to research, diagnostic, and clinical treatments relating to asbestos.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand and coordinate research programs on diseases caused by asbestos exposure, particularly mesothelioma, asbestosis, and pleural injuries; (2) provide for establishment of a national clearinghouse for data and specimens relating to asbestos-related diseases; (3) require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish an asbestos-related disease research and treatment network; and (4) direct the Secretary to support research on mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases that is directly relevant to the health of the Armed Forces.

]]> 35 2007-10-04 Passed Senate amended 2007-12-18T19:20:48Z Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to include within the meaning of the term "asbestos" asbestiform varieties of: (1) any material formerly classified as tremolite, including winchite asbestos and richterite asbestos; and (2) any asbestiform amphibole mineral.

Requires the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to conduct a study that: (1) describes the science concerning the disease mechanisms and health effects of exposure to non-asbestiform minerals and elongated mineral particles and methods for measuring and analyzing such minerals; and (2) recommends future research relating to diseases caused by exposure to such minerals, exposure assessment practice needs, new classification of naturally occurring elongated mineral particles, and definitions and dimensions to be used for the quantification and risk assessment of such minerals.

Requires the Director to conduct and submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and specified congressional committees a study to: (1) evaluate the mode of action and health effects of such minerals; and (2) recommend means by which to identify, distinguish, and measure any such minerals that may or may not cause any disease or health effect.

Requires the Director to report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the manner by which such minerals remain biopersistent in the human body, exhibit resistance to dissolution and leaching, and induce other physical, chemical, and biological processes as a result of contact with cells and fluids in the body connected to a disease; (2) a description of the means by which to identify, distinguish, and measure such minerals that may or may not cause any disease or health effect; and (3) recommendations for controls to protect human health.

Requires the Director to initiate a study to: (1) develop improved sampling and analytical methods for non-asbestiform minerals and elongated mineral particles; and (2) clarify the mechanism of action.

Requires the Administrator to establish a plan to: (1) increase awareness of the dangers posed by products having asbestos-containing materials in homes and workplaces and by asbestos-related diseases; (2) provide information to, and encourage participation in research and treatment endeavors by, asbestos-related disease patients and their families and front-line health care providers; and (3) encourage health care providers and researchers to provide to patients and their families information relating to research, diagnostic, and clinical treatments relating to asbestos. Requires the Administrator to give priority to products that have asbestos-containing materials, that are used by consumers and workers, and that pose the greatest risk of injury to human health.

Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations that prohibit importing, manufacturing, processing, or distributing asbestos-containing materials, subject to: (1) a limited exemption, upon petition, as long as the exemption would not result in an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment and the person has made good faith efforts to develop or identify a substitute substance or mineral that does not present such a risk; (2) specified exemptions sought by the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the use of an asbestos containing material that is necessary to critical functions when no reasonable alternatives exist and when its use will not result in an unreasonable risk to health or the environment; and (3) an exemption for any diaphragm electrolysis installation in existence as of the date of this Act's enactment. Requires the Administrator to: (1) review the diaphragm electrolysis installation exemption every three years; (2) examine the risk of injury to an individual relating to operation of such installation; and (3) provide for public notice and comment. Authorizes the Administrator to terminate such exemption if the installation poses an unreasonable risk of injury.

Requires each person to dispose of asbestos-containing material that is subject to the prohibition by a means that complies with federal, state, and local requirements not later than two years after this Act's enactment. Exempts asbestos-containing material that: (1) is no longer in the stream of commerce; or (2) is in the possession of an end user. Specifies that the prohibition does not require that the material be removed or replaced.

Requires the Administrator, annually, to carry out and report on compliance tests.

(Sec. 4) Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to expand, intensify, and coordinate research programs on diseases caused by asbestos exposure, particularly mesothelioma, asbestosis, and pleural injuries.

Requires the Director of the CDC to establish a mechanism to obtain, coordinate, and provide data and specimens from cancer registries, the National Mesothelioma Virtual Registry and Tissue Bank, and specified asbestos-related disease research and treatment networks. Provides for establishment of a national clearinghouse for data and specimens relating to asbestos-related diseases. Authorizes appropriations for research on asbestos-related diseases.

Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish and maintain an asbestos-related disease research and treatment network that includes NIH's intramural research initiatives and at least ten extramural asbestos-related disease research and treatment centers. Requires the Director of NIH to select for inclusion in such network specified nonprofit hospitals, universities, or medical or research institutions incorporated or organized in the United States. Requires each selected center to: (1) conduct laboratory and clinical research relating to mechanisms for effective therapeutic treatment, early detection and prevention, palliation of symptoms, and pain management with respect to asbestos-related diseases, (2) offer patients travel and lodging assistance; (3) seek to collaborate with at least one Department of Veterans Affairs medical center to provide research benefits and care to veterans who have suffered excessively from asbestos-related diseases, and (4) coordinate research and treatment efforts with other entities in the network and the National Virtual Mesothelioma Registry and Tissue Bank. Requires centers to be in the network for one year. Requires the Director of NIH to provide each center a grant to support the detection, prevention, treatment, and cure of asbestos-related diseases.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, to support research on mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases that has clear scientific value and direct relevance to the health of the Armed Forces, in accordance with the appropriate congressionally directed medical research program, with the goal of advancing the understanding, early detection, and treatment of such diseases.

]]> Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 Official Titles as Amended by Senate An act to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing materials and products having asbestos-containing material, and for other purposes. S Senate Short Titles as Introduced Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 S Senate Short Titles as Passed Senate Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 S Senate 3258 110 SAMDT To amend the title. 2022-02-03T05:12:38Z 2007-10-04 Amendment SA 3258 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. SA 3258 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/110th-congress/senate-amendment/3258 M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2007-10-04T04:00:00Z 2007-10-04T04:00:00Z Senate 110 S Senate S 742 Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 2023-01-11T20:35:40Z 6 2007-10-04 0 Senate Amendment SA 3258 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2007-10-04 0 Senate Amendment SA 3258 proposed by Senator Murray. (consideration: CR S12731; text: CR S12731) To amend the title. Floor 2007-10-04 Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3258 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 94000 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-04 Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3258 proposed by Senator Murray.(consideration: CR S12731; text: CR S12731) Floor 93000 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-04 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress 3257 110 SAMDT Of a perfecting nature. 2022-02-03T05:12:38Z 2007-10-04 Amendment SA 3257 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. SA 3257 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/110th-congress/senate-amendment/3257 M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2 2 I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2007-10-04 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-10-04 True 2007-10-04T04:00:00Z 2007-10-04T04:00:00Z Senate 110 S Senate S 742 Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 2023-01-11T20:35:40Z 6 2007-10-04 0 Senate Amendment SA 3257 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2007-10-04 0 Senate Amendment SA 3257 proposed by Senator Murray. (consideration: CR S12731; text: CR S12731) Of a perfecting nature. Floor 2007-10-04 Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3257 proposed by Senator Murray.(consideration: CR S12731; text: CR S12731) Floor 93000 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-04 Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3257 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 94000 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-04 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress Engrossed in Senate 2007-10-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s742es/xml/BILLS-110s742es.xml Reported to Senate 2007-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s742rs/xml/BILLS-110s742rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2007-03-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s742is/xml/BILLS-110s742is.xml 2007-10-05 Received in the House. 15:03:00 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.