[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2084 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2084

 To prohibit the use of Federal funds to implement certain additional 
 reductions in the production or consumption of methyl bromide, unless 
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the Environmental 
  Protection Agency have submitted a report on the effects of methyl 
          bromide on the ozone layer, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2001

  Mr. Pombo (for himself, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Putnam, and Mr. 
 Radanovich) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Agriculture, 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 prohibit the use of Federal funds to implement certain additional 
 reductions in the production or consumption of methyl bromide, unless 
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the Environmental 
  Protection Agency have submitted a report on the effects of methyl 
          bromide on the ozone layer, 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 ``Sound Science Methyl Bromide Act''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 
              IMPLEMENTATION OF ADDITIONAL METHYL BROMIDE REDUCTIONS.

    No Federal funds may be used to implement any regulation that 
requires a reduction in the production or consumption of methyl bromide 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, unless--
            (1) the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of 
        the Environmental Protection Agency have submitted the report 
        on the effects of methyl bromide under section 3(a)(2); and
            (2) the 3-month period described in section 3(c)(2) has 
        ended.

SEC. 3. STUDY ON EFFECTS OF METHYL BROMIDE ON OZONE LAYER.

    (a) Study and Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, acting jointly, 
shall--
            (1) conduct a study on the effects of methyl bromide on the 
        ozone layer; and
            (2) submit to the Congress a report describing the findings 
        and conclusions of the study.
    (b) Assumption of No Additional Reductions.--Notwithstanding the 
phaseout regulations for methyl bromide at part 82 of title 40, Code of 
Federal Regulations, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency shall assume for purposes of the 
study and report that no reduction in the production or consumption of 
methyl bromide will be made after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
    (c) Review by National Academy of Sciences.--The Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, acting jointly, shall seek to enter into an arrangement with 
the National Academy of Sciences under which the National Academy of 
Sciences shall--
            (1) prepare a written review of the findings and 
        conclusions in the report submitted to the Congress under 
        subsection (a)(2); and
            (2) not later than 3 months after the date of submission of 
        that report, submit the written review to the Congress.

SEC. 4. STUDY ON USE AND PRODUCTION OF METHYL BROMIDE BY OTHER NATIONS.

    Not later than 4 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the United States Trade Representative shall--
            (1) conduct a study to--
                    (A) identify each nation that increased use or 
                production of methyl bromide after 1991;
                    (B) quantify such increase by each such nation; and
                    (C) identify each nation that will prohibit the 
                importation of a United States product if methyl 
                bromide is not used for that product; and
            (2) submit to the Congress a report describing the findings 
        and conclusions of the study.
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