[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 532 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 532

               To provide funding for MTBE contamination.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2001

  Mrs. Capps (for herself, Mr. Waxman, and Mrs. Davis of Califonria) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and 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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