[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1122 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1122

To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide funding for the clean 
up of MTBE contamination from underground storage tanks, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2003

Mrs. Capps (for herself, Mr. George Miller of California, Mrs. Davis of 
   California, and Ms. Lee) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide funding for the clean 
up of MTBE contamination from underground storage tanks, 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. AMENDMENT OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT.

    Section 9010 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended to read as 
follows:

SEC. 9010. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--For authorization of appropriations to carry out 
this subtitle, other than with respect to MTBE contamination, see 
section 2007(f).
    ``(b) MTBE Contamination.--In order to protect human health, 
welfare, and the environment from release of methyl tertiary butyl 
ether (MTBE) from underground storage tanks, there are authorized to be 
appropriated from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 
established by section 9508 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
notwithstanding section 9508(c)(1) of such Code, $200,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 to be used by the 
Administrator under this subtitle for assessment, corrective action, 
inspection of underground storage tank systems, operator certification 
and training, and groundwater monitoring in connection with methyl 
tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) contamination.''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    Section 9001(2)(B) is amended by inserting ``(including MTBE or any 
other fuel additive)'' before the period at the end thereof.
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