[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1925 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1925

 To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
 Liability Act of 1980 to require the Administrator of the Agency for 
     Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to collect and maintain 
information on the race, age, gender, ethnic origin, income level, and 
 educational level of persons living in communities adjacent to toxic 
                        substance contamination.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 1993

  Miss Collins of Michigan (for herself, Mr. Payne of New Jersey, Mr. 
    Serrano, Mr. Filner, Mrs. Meek, and Mr. Tucker) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
 Liability Act of 1980 to require the Administrator of the Agency for 
     Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to collect and maintain 
information on the race, age, gender, ethnic origin, income level, and 
 educational level of persons living in communities adjacent to toxic 
                        substance contamination.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Environmental Health Equity 
Information Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO COLLECT AND MAINTAIN CERTAIN INFORMATION ON 
              COMMUNITIES ADJACENT TO AREAS CONTAMINATED WITH TOXIC 
              SUBSTANCES.

    Section 104(i)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(i)) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as 
        subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new 
        subparagraph (D):
            ``(D) in conjunction with the listing established and 
        maintained under subparagraph (C), collect and maintain 
        information on the residents of communities adjacent to the 
        areas closed to the public or otherwise restricted in use 
        because of toxic substance contamination, including information 
        on race, age, gender, ethnic origin, income level, educational 
        level, and duration of residence at their present location;''.

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