HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

Agreements

Rongelap Resettlement Act: John Berry, Dept. of the Interior and Howard Hills, Rongelap Atoll Local Government, E389 [22MR]

Amendments

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S494, S498, S499, S503 [8FE], S522, S552 [9FE], H1173 [21MR]

Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), S8222, S8225 [7SE]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: improve application process and compensation criteria for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing (S. 1515), S6036 [28JN]

Appointments

National Urban Air Toxics Research Center Board of Directors, H236 [8FE]

Articles and editorials

Acid Rain Bottom Line—New EPA Study Shows Just How Affordable It Is To Fight Pollution, S9935 [5OC]

Approval of Nuclear Waste Plan Advocated, S11477 [1NO]

Blast in the Night, S8231 [7SE]

Every Parent Should Take a Drug Test—Learn About Inhalants, What You Don't Know May Surprise You, H3751 [24MY]

Family Reflects on Lost Loved Ones, S8021 [5SE]

Gas Line Rupture Forces Evacuation in Paterson, H7842 [19SE]

Last Pipeline Victim Dies, S8022 [5SE]

Marketing a Nuclear Wasteland, S3204 [2MY]

Pipeline Safety—Don't Sacrifice the Good for the Status Quo, H9560 [10OC]

Release Study on Acid Rain, S9934 [5OC]

Risky Policy on N. Korea, E564 [13AP]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (see S. 3108), S9267 [26SE] (see H.R. 5187), H7651 [14SE]

Amchitka Island, AK: compensate workers who were employed in the construction and maintenance of deep shafts for underground nuclear testing and various other military purposes (see H.R. 4588), H3924 [6JN]

Biological weapons: enhance protections (see S. 3202), S10412 [12OC]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see S. 2634), S4460 [25MY] (see H.R. 5175), H7651 [14SE]

———expand incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites (see S. 2590), S4190 [18MY]

———promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 2700), S4820 [8JN]

Corps of Engineers: provide assistance for the remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 2335), S1986 [30MR]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation for employees at the Los Alamos, NM, facility sustaining beryllium, radiation-related, asbestos, and hazardous substances injury, illness, or death (see H.R. 4263), H2238 [12AP]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see S. 2519), S3691 [9MY] (see H.R. 4398), H2769 [9MY] (see H.R. 5189), H7651 [14SE]

———external regulation of nuclear safety and occupational safety and health at facilities (see H.R. 3907), H996 [14MR]

Dept. of HUD: evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards at public elementary schools and licensed child day-care facilities (see H.R. 5261), H7991 [21SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish presumption of service connection for certain diseases and disabilities of veterans who were exposed to carbon tetrachloride (see H.R. 3651), H373 [14FE] (see H.R. 4522), H3649 [23MY]

———protect ratings of service-connection for certain presumptive disabilities of Persian Gulf Conflict veterans participating in health studies (see H.R. 5167), H7577 [13SE]

FDA: establish a tolerance for the presence of methyl mercury in seafood (see H.R. 5514), H10472 [19OC]

FEMA: develop a plan for stockpiling potassium iodide tablets in areas near nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 4969), H7127 [26JY]

Financial institutions: encourage acceptance of environmentally sound processes for dry and wet cleaning as safe investments (see H. Con. Res. 383), H7210 [27JY]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: prohibit the assumption of liability by the U.S. Government for nuclear accidents that may occur at U.S. provided nuclear reactors (see H.R. 4266), H2336 [13AP]

———require congressional approval of any nuclear cooperation agreement and prohibit assumption of liability by the U.S. for nuclear accidents that occur at U.S. provided nuclear reactors (see S. 2752), S5360 [19JN]

Labeling: require fragrances containing known toxic substances or allergens to be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 5238), H7990 [21SE]

National Day of Remembrance: designate to honor veterans exposed to radiation or radioactive materials during service (see S. Res. 336), S6841 [14JY]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), consideration (see H. Res. 444), H1162 [21MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence unless the job involves hazardous materials or the workplace was created so that the Act would not apply (see H.R. 3588), H253 [8FE]

Oil Pollution Act: improve provisions on the recovery of damages for injuries resulting from oil spills (see S. 3268), S11494 [1NO] (see H.R. 5617), H11781 [1NO]

———reaffirm exclusive framework for criminal penalties in oil spill incidents by prohibiting prosecution under other strict liability statutes (see S. 2944), S7839 [27JY] (see H.R. 5100), H7209 [27JY]

Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (see S. 2109), S867 [28FE]

Philadelphia, PA: designate the Logan Triangle as a brownfield site for purposes of the EPA brownfields economic redevelopment initiative (see H.R. 3658), H454 [15FE]

Pipelines: improve safety (see S. 2004), S85 [26JA] (see H.R. 3558), H90 [31JA]

———improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (see H.R. 4792), H5654 [29JN]

———improve safety and environmental protection (see S. 2409), S2616 [12AP] (see S. 2438), S2728 [13AP] (see S. 3002), S8019 [5SE] (see H.R. 4276), H2337 [13AP] (see H.R. 4849), H6051 [13JY]

———require periodic inspections and improve safety (see H.R. 5361), H8735 [3OC]

Public Health Service Act: prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 4939), H6777 [24JY]

Radioactive substances: set contamination content standards in metals industry, prohibit release of contaminated scrap metal by Dept. of Energy facilities, and document contamination of imported scrap metals (see H.R. 4566), H3868 [25MY]

Railroads: improve quality of life and safety of persons living and working near railroad tracks (see H.R. 5082), H7209 [27JY]

Safety: amend regulations on the transportation of materials (see H.R. 4171), H1763 [4AP]

———detect, prevent, and minimize the consequences of accidental releases due to criminal activity and ensure public disclosure of information regarding hazardous chemicals and the potential for accidental releases (see H.R. 5623), H11812 [2NO]

Ships and vessels: reinstate authority of States to adopt additional regulations on operation, maintenance, equipping, personnel qualification, or manning of oil tankers (see S. 2506), S3513 [4MY] (see H.R. 4385), H2606 [4MY]

———require the adoption of response plans for cargo tankers carrying oil (see H.R. 5025), H7207 [27JY]

Taxation: expand incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites (see H.R. 3579), H219 [7FE]

———extend expensing of environmental remediation costs and include contaminated sites located outside of targeted areas (see S. 2334), S1986 [30MR]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see S. 2955), S7839 [27JY] (see H.R. 4543), H3867 [25MY]

———repeal the targeted area limitation on the expense deduction for environmental remediation costs and extend the termination date of such deduction (see S. 2436), S2728 [13AP] (see H.R. 4003), H1118 [16MR]

Utah: transfer certain oil shale reserves to the Ute Indian Tribe and protect the Colorado River by remediating Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (see S. 2588), S4190 [18MY] (see H.R. 4165), H1762 [4AP]

Veterans: add diabetes mellitus to the list of service-connected diseases (see H.R. 5438), H9767 [11OC]

———expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans (see H.R. 4921), H6776 [24JY]

Cloture motions

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S463, S464, S469 [8FE]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), motion to proceed, S139 [31JA]

Explanations

Determining ``Causation'' for Radiation and Cancer, S10377 [12OC]

Guidelines

Determining ``causation'' for radiation and cancer: Dept. of HHS, S4757 [8JN]

Letters

Brownfields Revitalization Act: Kenny Guinn and Tom Vilsack, National Governors' Association, S4199 [18MY]

Compensation programs for Dept. of Energy employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death: Representative Goodling, H3376 [18MY]

———Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3376 [18MY]

Dry Cleaning Environmental Tax Credit Act: Joseph C. Bonner, Bank of America Corp., E1370 [27JY]

Limit EPA fines for environmental compliance violations at military facilities: National Governors' Association, National Association of Attorneys General, and the National Conference of State Legislatures, S6543 [12JY]

———several organizations, S6543 [12JY]

Pipeline Safety Improvement Act: Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, H9556 [10OC]

Prohibit application of dangerous pesticides in areas used by children: W. Michael McCabe, EPA, S7091 [18JY]

Prohibit application of dangerous presticides in areas used by children: Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, S7034 [17JY]

Small business Superfund litigation: Barbara A. Williams, H8126 [26SE]

Storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository: Bill Richardson, Sec. of Energy, S571 [10FE]

———Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, S518 [9FE]

———George E. Pataki, Governor of New York, S3206 [2MY]

———Jerry Eaves, San Bernardino County, CA, Board of Supervisors, S3214 [2MY]

———Jerry Eaves, San Bernardino, CA, Board of Supervisors, S571 [10FE]

———Michael Dorame, Inyo County, CA, Board of Supervisors, S572 [10FE], S3213 [2MY]

———Michael E. Mathis, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, S531 [9FE]

———Robert A. Laurie, California Energy Commission, S572 [10FE], S3215 [2MY]

———Robert P. Gruber, North Carolina Public Staff Utilities Commission, S3223 [2MY]

———Senator Boxer, S571 [10FE]

———Thomas P. Walters, Ventura County, CA, Board of Supervisors, S572 [10FE], S3214 [2MY]

Tax incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites: several Representatives, H6824 [25JY]

Lists

Dept. of Energy and atomic weapons employer facilities eligible for compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, S10377 [12OC]

Dept. of Energy and atomic weapons facilities included under compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, S4757 [8JN]

Payments to local counties eliminated, and land conveyances retained, in Nevada relative to designation of Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, S573 [10FE]

Memorandums

Congressional Legislation on Chronic Beryllium Disease: Representative Kaptur, H4014-H4016 [7JN]

Messages

Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management: President Clinton, S8527 [13SE]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Report: President Clinton, S2232 [5AP], H1821 [5AP]

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Exemption for Air Force's Operating Location Near Groom Lake, NV: President Clinton, S208 [1FE], H137 [1FE]

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade: President Clinton, S559 [9FE]

Veto of S. 1287, Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel Pending Completion of the Nuclear Waste Repository: President Clinton, S3017 [27AP]

Motions

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S138 [31JA], H1197 [22MR]

Questions and answers

Application of dangerous pesticides in areas used by children: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) and the EPA, S7090, S7091 [18JY]

Remarks in House

Bellingham, WA: anniversary of pipeline accident, H4172 [9JN]

Business and industry: clarify statute of repose for durable goods relative to existing State statutes of limitation and assertion of claims for remediation of environmental hazards, H182 [2FE]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (H.R. 5175), H8123-H8132, H8154 [26SE], E1488 [14SE], E1646 [2OC]

———provide liability relief for small parties, innocent landowners, and prospective purchasers (H.R. 2940), H8129 [26SE]

———reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment, H5174 [27JN]

———reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (H.R. 1300), H8131 [26SE]

Children and youth: authorize grants for education programs to combat inhalant abuse, H3751 [24MY]

Courts: establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos exposure personal injury claims (H.R. 1283), E752 [17MY]

Customs Service: monitoring for radioactivity in imported scrap metals funding through reductions in the Dept. of the Treasury Inspector General's office, H6645-H6647 [20JY]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation for employees at the Los Alamos, NM, facility sustaining beryllium, radiation-related, asbestos, and hazardous substances injury, illness, or death (H.R. 4263), H2184 [12AP], E585 [13AP]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, H3326, H3374-H3377 [18MY], H4014 [7JN], H8286 [27SE], H9644-H9648, H9658, H9662 [11OC], E791 [19MY]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (H.R. 5189), E1489 [14SE]

Dept. of Justice: hazardous chemical storage facility security study funding, H4978, H4979 [22JN]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit funding for interim storage of spent radioactive waste on Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indian reservation lands, H5275 [27JN]

Electric power: reduce emissions of mercury, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (H.R. 2980), H8775, H8776 [4OC]

EPA: dredging of contaminated sediments, H4865, H4866 [21JN]

———dredging or other invasive sediment remediation technologies funding limitations, H4877-H4881 [21JN], H10384, H10390, H10392 [19OC], E1119 [26JN]

———enforce drinking water standards for arsenic, H4877-H4881 [21JN], E1119 [26JN]

———National Hazardous Waste and Superfund Ombudsman funding, H4841-H4843 [21JN], E1112 [26JN]

———radon in drinking water regulations, H4867 [21JN]

———release of Toxics Release Inventory report relative to Texas, H3053 [16MY]

FDA: establish a tolerance for the presence of methyl mercury in seafood (H.R. 5514), E1860 [19OC]

Federal employees: eliminate certain inequities in the computation of retirement benefits for law enforcement officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, and their survivors (H.R. 1769), H9987 [17OC]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates relative to storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, H1187, H1188 [22MR]

Financial institutions: encourage acceptance of environmentally sound processes for dry and wet cleaning as safe investments (H. Con. Res. 383), E1369 [27JY]

Guam: public health dangers associated with PCBs and mustard gas vials, H8598 [2OC]

Iowa Army Ammunition Plant: health screening and treatment of workers funding, H5249 [27JN]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: prohibit the assumption of liability by the U.S. Government for nuclear accidents that may occur at U.S. provided nuclear reactors, H3357-H3362 [18MY], H6004-H6006 [13JY]

———prohibit the assumption of liability by the U.S. Government for nuclear accidents that may occur at U.S. provided nuclear reactors (H.R. 4266), E563 [13AP]

Mercury: require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce emissions (H.R. 2667), H8775 [4OC]

MICROMEDEX (business): tribute to POISINDEX electronic database, E403 [23MR]

National Poison Prevention Week: observance, E403 [23MR]

NRC: decision on restarting Indian Point nuclear power facility, H5216, H5217 [27JN]

———oversight of off-site disposal of Formerly Used Remedial Action Program material, H5220 [27JN]

Nuclear energy: allow nuclear utilities to invest the Dept. of Energy surcharge fee and use the interest to fund onsite storage of spent nuclear fuel, H1195 [22MR]

———Alloy 22 storage containers for spent nuclear fuel, H10033 [17OC]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1128, H1140 [21MR], H1176, H1183-H1200 [22MR], E427 [28MR]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), consideration (H. Res. 444), H1178-H1183 [22MR]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), motion to commit, H1197-H1199 [22MR]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend (H.R. 45), H1189 [22MR]

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: process excess uranium into radioactive isotopes suitable for Alpha Particle Immunotherapy cancer treatment, H10387 [19OC]

Oil Pollution Act: reaffirm exclusive framework for criminal penalties in oil spill incidents by prohibiting prosecution under other strict liability statutes (H.R. 5100), E13671 [27JY]

Pipelines: improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (H.R. 4792), H7841, H7843 [19SE]

———improve safety and environmental protection, H7627, H7628 [14SE]

———improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), H8773 [4OC], H9548-H9562 [10OC], H9819 [12OC], E1752, E1759, E1766 [12OC], E1777 [13OC]

———improve safety (H.R. 3558), H69 [31JA], H96 [1FE], H612 [1MR], H4172 [9JN], H6564 [19JY], H7843 [19SE], E791 [19MY]

———require periodic inspections and improve safety (H.R. 5361), H9559 [10OC], E1656 [3OC]

Poison control centers: increase funding and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access (S. 632), H230-H233, H237 [8FE]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: improve application process and compensation criteria for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing, H12492 [15DE]

———improve application process and compensation criteria for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing (S. 1515), H5185-H5190 [27JN]

Radioactive substances: remediation of Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT, H9644, H9649, H9705 [11OC]

———remediation of Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (H.R. 1559), H191 [2FE]

Rongelap Atoll: prescribe certain terms for resettlement of residents due to conditions created from nuclear testing (H.R. 2970), E389 [22MR]

Ships and vessels: reinstate authority of States to adopt additional regulations on operation, maintenance, equipping, personnel qualification, or manning of oil tankers (H.R. 4385), H2637 [8MY]

Taxation: allow credit for dry cleaning equipment that uses reduced amounts of hazardous substances (H.R. 1303), E1369 [27JY]

———expand incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites, H6823 [25JY]

———extend incentives for the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites, H12500 [15DE]

Ukraine: closure of Chernobyl nuclear power plant, E2214, E2237 [15DE]

Utah: transfer certain oil shale reserves to the Ute Indian Tribe and protect the Colorado River by remediating Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (H.R. 4165), E499 [5AP]

Veterans: expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans (H.R. 4921), H6758 [24JY]

Yucca Mountain, NV: designate as nuclear waste disposal site, H704 [8MR], H1188-H1197 [22MR], H10033 [17OC], H11930 [4DE]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (S. 3108), S9267 [26SE]

Bayonne, NJ: Military Ocean Terminal Bayonne environmental and infrastructure corrections funding, S5014 [13JN]

Bellingham, WA: anniversary of pipeline accident, S4542 [6JN]

Bikini Atoll: assist in resettlement and relocation of people (H.R. 2368), S2796 [13AP]

Biological weapons: enhance protections (S. 3202), S10421 [12OC]

California: transporting of nuclear waste through certain counties to Nevada disposal site, S3213-S3216 [2MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: limit funds for application of dangerous pesticides, S7057 [17JY]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (S. 1528), S76 [26JA]

———exempt small businesses from certain liability (S. 2634), S4463 [25MY]

———expand incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites (S. 2590), S4194 [18MY]

———promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 2700), S4835-S4843 [8JN], S10775 [19OC]

———provide liability relief for small parties, innocent landowners, and prospective purchasers (H.R. 2940), S7688 [26JY]

Children and youth: lead poisoning screening and treatment funding, S9105 [22SE]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (S. 172), S9934 [5OC]

Coal: National Academy of Sciences study on coal waste impoundments funding, S11879 [15DE]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): tribute to staff, S578 [10FE]

Corps of Engineers: provide assistance for the remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 2335), S1993 [30MR]

Courts: establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos exposure personal injury claims (S. 758), S2097 [4AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: Rural Community Assistance Program funding, S10681 [18OC]

Dept. of Defense: limit EPA fines for environmental compliance violations at military facilities, S6538-S6544 [12JY]

———prohibit funds for application of dangerous pesticides in areas used by children, S4946, S4947 [12JN], S4993 [13JN]

———require study on alternative methods for disposal of munitions at Army depots, S5014 [13JN]

———review of secrecy oaths and policies at nuclear weapons facilities where workers may have had their health compromised by radioactive or other hazardous substances, S6552 [12JY]

Dept. of Education: prohibit funds for application of dangerous pesticides in areas used by children, S6209 [30JN]

Dept. of Energy: authority to settle lawsuits based on defaults on contracts to accept nuclear waste, S531 [9FE], S564-S579 [10FE]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, S4754-S4760 [8JN], S10354, S10355, S10375-S10377, S10379, S10386 [12OC]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (S. 2519), S3692 [9MY]

———Fernald Environmental Management Project funding, S8182 [7SE]

———Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory funding for participation in the International Centers for Environmental Safety, S9454 [28SE]

———interim storage of spent radioactive waste on Goshute Indian reservation lands, S8566 [14SE]

———tribute to workers sustaining illnesses from exposure to beryllium and other hazardous substances and examine health effects of exposure to hazardous substances, S10709 [18OC]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit funds for application of dangerous pesticides in areas used by children, S7033, S7034 [17JY], S7089 [18JY]

———prohibit funds for application of dangerous pesticides in areas used by children and pregnant women, S7090-S7092 [18JY]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, S3220, S3222 [2MY]

EPA: clean up of river and ocean sites contaminated with hazardous materials, S10302-S10306, S10309, S10314 [12OC]

———dredging or other invasive sediment remediation technologies funding limitations, S10311, S10312 [12OC], S10760, S10761, S10765 [19OC]

———enforce drinking water standards for arsenic, S10296-S10302, S10306, S10309, S10314 [12OC], S10585 [13OC]

———Great Lakes Program toxic contaminants monitoring funding, S10311 [12OC]

Epstein, Lois: nomination to the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, S10787 [19OC]

Geological Survey: Hazard Support System program funding, S10073 [6OC]

Lobbyists: money spent to influence legislation relative to storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, S534 [9FE]

Medicaid: coverage of lead poisoning screening and treatment for children, S6797, S6808 [14JY]

Minnesota: disposal of hazardous nuclear waste, S556-S559 [9FE]

National Day of Remembrance: designate to honor veterans exposed to radiation or radioactive materials during service (S. Res. 336), S6982, S6983 [14JY]

Nuclear energy: circuit court ruling that power companies may seek damages against the Dept. of Energy relative to storage of spent nuclear fuel, S8648-S8650 [18SE]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, S1623 [23MR]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S457, S462-S477, S480-S482 [8FE], S514-S520, S522-S535, S556-S559 [9FE], S564-S579, S596-S598 [10FE], S1652 [23MR], S2879 [25AP]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), motion to proceed, S138, S139 [31JA]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), veto, S3201-S3230 [2MY], S8649 [18SE], S11477 [1NO]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), veto—unanimous-consent agreement, S2910 [26AP]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), vitiation of cloture vote, S301 [2FE]

Oil Pollution Act: improve provisions concerning the recovery of damages for injuries resulting from oil spills (S. 3268), S11494 [1NO]

———reaffirm exclusive framework for criminal penalties in oil spill incidents by prohibiting prosecution under other strict liability statutes (S. 2944), S7841-S7843 [27JY]

Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (S. 1716), S1170 [6MR]

Pipelines: civil penalties against owners or operators relative to the availability of certain information during an incident investigation, S8235 [7SE]

———improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2409), S2621-S2624 [12AP]

———improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), S2714, S2757 [13AP], S8225-S8241 [7SE], S9230-S9232, S9255 [26SE], S10237 [11OC], S10894 [23OC]

———improve safety and environmental protection (S. 3002), S8019 [5SE]

———improve safety (S. 2004), S86-S88 [26JA], S1268, S1294 [8MR], S1660 [23MR], S4542 [6JN], S7782, S7790 [27JY], S8041 [6SE]

———regulatory requirements for exposed pipes on bridges, S8235, S8236 [7SE]

Poison control centers: increase funding and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, S6197 [30JN]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: improve application process and compensation criteria for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing (S. 1515), S77 [26JA], S6036-S6040 [28JN]

San Onofre, CA: storage of spent nuclear fuel rods, S11477 [1NO]

Schools: notify parents in advance of the use of certain pesticides and provide school districts with current EPA pesticides manual and list, S1089, S1090, S1095, S1096 [2MR], S1170 [6MR]

Ships and vessels: reinstate authority of States to adopt additional regulations on operation, maintenance, equipping, personnel qualification, or manning of oil tankers (S. 2506), S3520 [4MY]

Taxation: extend expensing of environmental remediation costs and include contaminated sites located outside of targeted areas (S. 2334), S1993 [30MR]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims, S11880, S11881 [15DE]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (S. 2955), S7846, S7912 [27JY]

———repeal the targeted area limitation on the expense deduction for environmental remediation costs and extend the termination date of such deduction (S. 2436), S2752 [13AP]

Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S559 [9FE], S8527 [13SE]

Utah: transfer certain oil shale reserves to the Ute Indian Tribe and protect the Colorado River by remediating Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (S. 2588), S4192 [18MY]

Yucca Mountain, NV: designate as nuclear waste disposal site, S470-S477, S480-S482 [8FE], S518, S522-S534 [9FE], S564-S579 [10FE], S1652 [23MR], S3202-S3205, S3213 [2MY], S8649 [18SE]

Reports

Alloy 22 Storage Containers for Spent Nuclear Fuel: Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, H10033 [17OC]

Occupational Safety and Health—Government Responses to Beryllium Uses and Risks: GAO, E795-E799 [19MY]

Reports filed

Application Process and Compensation Improvement for Individuals Exposed to Radiation in Uranium Mines and Mills and Through Fallout From Nuclear Weapons Testing: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (S. 1515) (H. Rept. 106-697), H5168 [26JN]

Bikini Resettlement and Relocation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 2368) (S. Rept. 106-240), S1391 [9MR]

Consideration of S. 1287, Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel Pending Completion of the Nuclear Waste Repository: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 444) (H. Rept. 106-532), H1162 [21MR]

Dept. of Energy Authorities Through the Assistant Sec. of Energy for Environment, Safety, and Health on Indemnification and Liability Dealing With Nuclear Incidents: Committee on Armed Services (House) (H.R. 4446) (H. Rept. 106-694), H6776 [24JY]

———Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 4446) (H. Rept. 106-694), H5083 [23JN]

Dept. of Energy Termination of the Exemption of Nonprofit Institutions From Civil Penalties for Violations of Nuclear Safety Requirements: Committee on Armed Services (House) (H.R. 3383) (H. Rept. 106-695), H6776 [24JY]

———Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 3383) (H. Rept. 106-695), H5083 [23JN]

Fairness in Asbestos Compensation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1283) (H. Rept. 106-782), H6776 [24JY]

Land Recycling Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2580) (H. Rept. 106-775), H6717 [20JY]

Pipeline Safety Improvement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2438) (S. Rept. 106-387), S8019 [5SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1187 [22MR]

Statements

Limit EPA Fines for Environmental Compliance Violations at Military Facilities: Executive Office of the President, S6543 [12JY]

Pipeline Safety Improvement Act: Representatives Shuster and Bliley, H9559 [10OC]

Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel Pending Completion of the Nuclear Waste Repository Legislation Veto: Vice President Gore, S3207 [2MY]

Summaries

Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act (S. 2700), S4841 [8JN]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act (H.R. 5189), E1490 [14SE]

Pipeline Safety Act (H.R. 5361), E1657 [3OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 444, consideration of S. 1287, storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, H1178 [22MR]

H.R. 2368, Bikini Resettlement and Relocation Act, S2796 [13AP]

H.R. 5175, Small Business Liability Relief Act, H8123-H8125 [26SE]

S. 632, Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act, H230 [8FE]

S. 1287, storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, S574-S578 [10FE], H1183-H1187 [22MR]

S. 1515, improve application process and compensation criteria for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing, H5185-H5188 [27JN]

S. 2409, Pipeline Safety and Community Protection Act, S2621-S2624 [12AP]

S. 2438, Pipeline Safety Improvement Act, S8225-S8230, S8236-S8241 [7SE], H9548-H9553 [10OC]

S. 2506, reinstate authority of States to adopt additional regulations on operation, maintenance, equipping, personnel qualification, or manning of oil tankers, S3521 [4MY]

S. 2588, Ute-Moab Land Restoration Act, S4193 [18MY]

S. 2590, Brownfields Revitalization Act, S4195-S4199 [18MY]

S. 2700, Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act, S4835-S4840 [8JN]

S. 2944, reaffirm exclusive framework for criminal penalties in oil spill incidents by prohibiting prosecution under other strict liability statutes, S7843 [27JY]

S. 2955, provide tax relief for payment of asbestos-related claims, S7846 [27JY]

S. 3002, Pipeline Integrity, Safety and Reliability Research and Development Act, S8020 [5SE]

S. 3202, Dangerous Biological Agent and Toxin Control Act, S10421-S10424 [12OC]

S. 3268, Fishery and Aquaculture Oil Spill Assistance Act, S11494 [1NO]

S. Res. 336, National Day of Remembrance to honor veterans exposed to radiation or radioactive materials during service, S6847, S6983 [14JY]