[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2154 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2154

  To privatize environmental testing analysis, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 1995

  Mr. Lipinski (for himself and Mr. Poshard) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition 
 to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Resources, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To privatize environmental testing analysis, and for other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PRIVATIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING ANALYSIS.

    All Federal departments and agencies performing environmental 
testing analyses, in support of monitoring, assessment, or compliance 
decisionmaking, or both, pursuant to Federal, State, or municipal 
statutes, regulations, or other legal requirements, shall use 
exclusively nongovernmental testing laboratories, so long as testing 
protocols, method requirements, preservation times, transportation 
times, or holding times can be achieved. Any State or local government 
or institution of higher education performing any such environmental 
testing analysis for such purposes shall also use exclusively 
nongovernmental testing laboratories, so long as testing protocols, 
method requirements, preservation times, transportation times, or 
holding times can be achieved if Federal grants or other Federal 
assistance is used to carry out such analysis.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect with respect to any environmental 
testing analysis commenced after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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