[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5206 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5206

               To provide funding for MTBE contamination.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2000

  Mrs. Capps (for herself, Mr. Waxman, and Ms. Eshoo) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
               To provide funding for MTBE contamination.

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

SECTION 1. FUNDING FOR MTBE CONTAMINATION.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is authorized to 
be appropriated to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency from the Leaking Underground Storage Trust Fund not more than 
$200,000,000 to be used for taking such action as the Administrator 
deems necessary to protect human health and the environment from 
releases of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) from underground storage 
tanks.
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