[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 118 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 118

 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
  establish an office in a community in the United States located not 
   more than 10 miles from the border between the United States and 
                                Mexico.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

 Mr. Coleman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
  establish an office in a community in the United States located not 
   more than 10 miles from the border between the United States and 
                                Mexico.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OFFICE ON 
              U.S.-MEXICO BORDER.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall establish an office in a community in the 
United States located--
            (1) not more than 10 miles from the border between the 
        United States and Mexico, and
            (2) as close as practicable to the point that is halfway 
        between San Diego, California, and Brownsville, Texas.
    (b) Regional Administrator.--The head of the office established 
under this section shall be the Regional Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency for the region of the United States 
located generally along the border between the United States and 
Mexico.
    (c) Functions.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall delegate to the Regional Administrator referred to in 
subsection (b) the functions of the Administrator relating to--
            (1) administering activities conducted by the Environmental 
        Protection Agency in the region of the United States located 
        generally along the border between the United States and 
        Mexico; and
            (2) coordinating, and cooperating with the Government of 
        Mexico in, the implementation of programs of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency relating to transboundary hazardous waste and 
        air, soil, and water quality problems, including--
                    (A) programs to counter impacts of trade agreements 
                between the United States and Mexico, and
                    (B) programs conducted pursuant to the 1983 Border 
                Environmental Agreement between the United States and 
                Mexico.

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