[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5863 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5863

 To authorize temporary emergency extensions to certain exemptions to 
 the requirements with respect to polychlorinated biphenyls under the 
                     Toxic Substances Control Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2006

   Mr. Barton of Texas (for himself and Mr. Dingell) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize temporary emergency extensions to certain exemptions to 
 the requirements with respect to polychlorinated biphenyls under the 
                     Toxic Substances Control Act.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY EXEMPTION AUTHORITY FROM CERTAIN 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Amendment to Toxic Substances Control Act.--Section 6(e)(3) of 
the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2605(e)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subparagraphs (B) 
        and (C)'' and inserting ``subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D)'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``but not more than 1 
        year from the date it is granted'' and inserting ``but not more 
        than 1 year from the date it is granted, except as provided in 
        subparagraph (D)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(D) The Administrator may extend, if notified of an emergency 
situation, an exemption granted pursuant to subparagraph (B) for a 
period of not more than 30 days for the purpose of authorizing the 
safe, effective, and efficient shipment into the customs territory of 
the United States of polychlorinated biphenyls for purposes of their 
disposal, treatment, or storage in the customs territory of the United 
States.''.
    (b) Sunset Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall cease 
to have effect on September 30, 2012. The termination of the authority 
to grant exemptions pursuant to such amendments shall not affect the 
validity of any exemption granted prior to such date.
    (c) Report.--Not later than March 1, 2011, any person or entity, as 
of the date of enactment of this section, who has been granted an 
exemption pursuant to section 6(e)(3)(B) of the Toxic Substances 
Control Act shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives a report on the status of foreign-manufactured 
polychlorinated biphenyls generated by or under the control of that 
person or entity outside of the United States. The report shall 
address, at a minimum--
            (1) the remaining volume of such foreign-manufactured 
        polychlorinated biphenyls that may require shipment into the 
        customs territory of the United States for disposal, treatment, 
        or storage; and
            (2) the efforts that have been made by that person or 
        entity or related Federal entities to reduce such volume by--
                    (A) reducing the volume of foreign-manufactured 
                polychlorinated biphenyls generated by or under the 
                control of that person or entity outside the United 
                States; or
                    (B) developing alternative options for the 
                disposal, treatment, or storage of such polychlorinated 
                biphenyls.
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