[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1763 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1763

  To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reauthorize the Office of 
    Ombudsman of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 21, 1999

  Mr. Allard introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reauthorize the Office of 
    Ombudsman of the Environmental Protection Agency, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ombudsman Reauthorization Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION AND RESTRUCTURING OF OFFICE OF OMBUDSMAN.

    (a) In General.--Section 2008(d) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6917(d)) is amended by striking ``4 years after the date of 
enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984'' and 
inserting ``on the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of 
the Ombudsman Reauthorization Act of 1999''.
    (b) Report to Congress.--
            (1) In general.--The Ombudsman of the Office of Ombudsman 
        of the Environmental Protection Agency under section 2008 of 
        the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6917) shall submit to 
        Congress a report on the status of health and environmental 
        concerns addressed by cases brought before the Ombudsman.
            (2) Recommendations.--The report under paragraph (1) shall 
        include recommendations for improvements to the hazardous waste 
        programs for which the Environmental Protection Agency and, to 
        the extent appropriate, the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
        Disease Registry, are responsible.
    (c) Structure.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall facilitate, to the maximum extent practicable, the 
structuring of the Office of Ombudsman to conform to the structure 
reflected in the Model Ombudsman Statute of the American Bar 
Association.
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