[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2298 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2298

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation 
   with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to 
 conduct a study on the public health and environmental impacts of the 
production, transportation, storage, and use of petroleum coke, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2013

   Mr. Peters of Michigan (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
   Dingell, and Mr. Kildee) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation 
   with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to 
 conduct a study on the public health and environmental impacts of the 
production, transportation, storage, and use of petroleum coke, 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 ``Petroleum Coke Transparency and 
Public Health Study Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) In Detroit, piles of petroleum coke have been stored in 
        the open air on the banks of the Detroit River.
            (2) Domestic production of petroleum coke is expected to 
        increase if the Keystone XL pipeline is constructed.
            (3) State regulators, communities, and industry 
        stakeholders would benefit from a complete understanding of 
        petroleum coke and the potential impact on public health 
        related to the production, transportation, storage, and use of 
        petroleum coke.

SEC. 3. STUDY OF PETROLEUM COKE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
              IMPACTS.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall transmit to 
Congress the results of a study regarding the public health and 
environmental impacts of the production, transportation, storage, and 
use of petroleum coke.

SEC. 4. CONSOLIDATION OF PETROLEUM COKE RESEARCH.

    Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall compile and publish on 
a publicly available website the results of all federally conducted 
research related to the public health and environmental impacts of the 
production, transportation, storage, and use of petroleum coke.
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