HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

Amendments

EPA: establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system (S. 3109), S9846 [26SE]

Government regulations: prohibit sale, distribution, or transfer of mercury, and prohibit the export of mercury (S. 906), S9848 [26SE]

Health: reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (S. 2932), S9325, S9340 [23SE]

Transportation: authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (H.R. 2095), S8051 [1AU], S10015, S10016, S10019 [27SE], S10081 [29SE]

Bills and resolutions

CERCLA: authorize funding for brownfields revitalization and State response programs (see H.R. 5336), H868 [12FE]

CPSC: promulgate final consumer product safety rule banning novelty lighters (see S. 3375), S7904 [31JY] (see H.R. 6488), H6472 [14JY]

———require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (see S. 3660), S10323 [1OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorize permanent treatment for participants in chemical and biological testing conducted by Deseret Test Center and a health impact study of Project Shipboard Hazard and Defense (see S. 2937), S3507 [29AP]

———prohibit transport of hydrolysate from the Blue Grass Army Depot to an off-site location (see H.R. 5574), H1445 [10MR]

———prohibit transport of hydrolysate from the Pueblo Chemical Depot to an off-site location (see S. 2656), S1121 [25FE] (see H.R. 5574), H1445 [10MR]

Dept. of Energy: establish monetary prizes for achievements in designing and proposing nuclear energy used fuel alternatives (see H.R. 5943), H3018 [1MY]

———expedite construction of new refining capacity on brownfield sites (see H.R. 6329), H5796 [20JN]

———provide health care benefits for certain nuclear facility workers (see S. 2848), S2945 [10AP] (see H.R. 6121), H4453 [21MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require motor vehicle operators transporting security sensitive material in commerce to obtain a permit from the Dept. (see H.R. 5915), H2852 [29AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a presumption of service connection for veterans with certain cancers who served in Vietnam and were exposed to certain herbicide agents (see H.R. 6798), H7807 [1AU]

———include participation in clean-up operations at Enewetok Atoll as a radiation-risk activity (see H.R. 4931), H293 [16JA]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (see S. 3329), S7278 [24JY] (see H.R. 6766), H7787 [31JY]

———grant Special Exposure Cohort designation to a specific group of individuals from a Dept. of Energy facility in Los Alamos, NM (see H.R. 6019), H3403 [8MY]

———include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program (see S. 2589), S601 [4FE]

EPA: amend regulatory requirement on transportation of solid waste (see H.R. 7186), H10299 [27SE]

———convene a task force to develop recommendations on the proper disposal of unused pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 6451), H6342 [9JY]

———establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system (see S. 3109), S5447 [10JN]

———promulgate regulations on management of medical waste (see H.R. 7163), H10131 [26SE]

———promulgate regulations to control hazardous air pollutant emissions from electric utility steam generating units (see S. 2643), S1054 [14FE]

———provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields (see H.R. 5469), H994 [14FE]

———revise regulations relative to lead-based paint hazards, lead-contaminated dust, and lead-contaminated soil (see S. 3513), S8948 [17SE]

Foreign policy: express concern over current Federal policy allowing exportation of toxic electronic waste to developing nations and encourage U.S. banning of such activities (see S. Res. 663), S8948 [17SE] (see H. Res. 1395), H7788 [31JY]

Government regulations: phase out use of mercury in manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda (see H.R. 5580), H1538 [11MR]

———prohibit, as a banned hazardous substance, certain household dishwashing detergent containing phosphorus (see S. 3022), S4282 [15MY]

Health: establish a registry to ensure that certain individuals who may have been exposed to formaldehyde have an opportunity to register and receive medical treatment (see H.R. 5897), H2758 [24AP]

———protect pregnant women and children from dangerous lead exposures (see S. 3639), S9658 [26SE]

———reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (see S. 2932), S3507 [29AP] (see H.R. 5669), H1888 [1AP]

———support efforts to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure through computed tomography scans for children (see H. Res. 1216), H4321 [20MY]

Housing: improve research on health hazards in housing, enhance capacity of programs to reduce such hazards, and expand national outreach about housing hazards (see S. 3654), S10069 [29SE]

Interagency Council on Healthy Housing: establish (see S. 2735), S1741 [7MR]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 462), S1271 [27FE]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 683), S9415 [24SE]

National security: enhance safety of U.S. ports of entry (see H.R. 5662), H1821 [31MR]

———enhance security and protect against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (see H.R. 5577), H1538 [11MR]

Nuclear energy: authorize use of amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund to promote recycling of spent nuclear fuel (see H.R. 6132), H4829 [22MY]

Nuclear weapons: improve nuclear forensics capability to help deter and respond to nuclear terrorism (see H.R. 5929), H2947 [30AP]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 6228), H5214 [10JN]

———reduce exposure of children, workers, and consumers to toxic chemical substances (see S. 3040), S4487 [20MY] (see H.R. 6100), H4321 [20MY]

Public buildings: exempt health care facilities, schools, and day care centers from laws requiring energy efficient lighting if such lighting contains mercury (see H.R. 5232), H620 [6FE]

Puerto Rico: repeal limitation on authorized uses of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra and the prohibition on Federal Government responsibility for decontamination of the area (see H.R. 5046), H348 [17JA]

Radioactive substances: upgrade security at civilian nuclear facilities and of nuclear materials that could be used to construct a dirty bomb (see S. 3444), S8035 [1AU] (see H.R. 6816), H7807 [1AU]

Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act: define environmental intervention blood lead level (see S. 3609), S9657 [26SE]

———define environmental intervention blood lead level and establish additional requirements for certain lead hazard screens (see H.R. 6309), H5728 [19JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 7231), H10642 [29SE]

Safety: protect pregnant women and children from dangerous lead exposures (see S. 3495), S8855 [16SE]

———reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (see S. 3127), S5592 [12JN] (see H.R. 6671), H7628 [30JY]

———require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 4936), H23 [15JA]

Space policy: congratulate the Navy and the Dept. of Defense for successfully intercepting the disabled National Reconnaissance Office satellite, NROL-21 (see H. Res. 1004), H1154 [27FE]

Taxation: extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see S. 3544), S9280 [23SE]

Toxic Substances Control Act: reduce health risk posed by asbestos-containing products (see H.R. 6903), H8127 [15SE]

Veterans: presume service-connection for diseases associated with exposure to biological, chemical, or other toxic agents as part of Project 112/Shipboard Hazard and Defense (see H.R. 5954), H3018 [1MY]

Vietnamese Conflict: amend presumptions of exposure for veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 6562), H6824 [22JY]

Yucca Mountain, NV: provide for the safe development of a spent nuclear fuel repository at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada (see S. 2551), S283 [24JA]

Cloture motions

Transportation: authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (H.R. 2095), House amendment, S10019 [27SE], S10037 [29SE]

Letters

Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H5514, H5515 [18JN]

———Representative Berman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H5515 [18JN]

———Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), H5514 [18JN]

Prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of children's products that contain specified phthalates: Jeanne Rizzo, Breast Cancer Fund (organization), S1512 [4MR]

———several consumer organizations, S7875 [31JY]

Lists

Supporters of amendment to S. 2663, CPSC Reform Act, to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of children's products that contain specified phthalates, S1512 [4MR]

Remarks in House

CPSC: prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of children's products that contain specified phthalates, H7582, H7584, H7586 [30JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: strengthen efforts to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material (H.R. 2631), H5513-H5517 [18JN]

Dept. of Labor: personal coal dust monitors funding, H61, H64 [16JA]

Diseases: link between child vaccinations containing mercury and autism, H1996 [3AP]

———grant Special Exposure Cohort designation to a specific group of individuals from a Dept. of Energy facility in Los Alamos, NM (H.R. 6019), E861 [8MY]

EPA: provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields (H.R. 5469), E198 [14FE]

———study ecological and health effects of oil spill in Newtown Creek in New York, NY, H2675, H2676 [24AP]

FEMA: ensure that all trailers or mobile homes purchased meet safety standards, H1057 [26FE]

Government regulations: prohibit sale, distribution, or transfer of mercury, and prohibit the export of mercury (S. 906), H10177-H10181 [27SE], H10333 [29SE], E2217 [3OC]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations, H6585 [16JY]

———implement recommendations (H.R. 1), conference report, H5502, H5506 [18JN], E1265 [18JN]

National security: enhance safety of U.S. ports of entry, H2677 [24AP]

———enhance security and protect against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (H.R. 5577), E350 [11MR]

Pesticides: prohibit use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of any pesticide containing atrazine (H.R. 3399), H10623 [29SE]

Public buildings: exempt schools and day care centers from laws requiring energy efficient lighting if such lighting contains mercury, H4930 [4JN]

Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act: define environmental intervention blood lead level and establish additional requirements for certain lead hazard screens (H.R. 6309), H7280-H7282 [29JY], H7706 [31JY], E1654 [1AU]

Safety: reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (H.R. 6671), E1623 [30JY]

Space policy: congratulate the Navy and the Dept. of Defense for successfully intercepting the disabled National Reconnaissance Office satellite, NROL-21, E300 [5MR]

Toxic Substances Control Act: reduce health risk posed by asbestos-containing products (H.R. 6903), E1809 [16SE]

Transportation: authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (H.R. 2095), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 1492), H9325-H9364 [24SE], E2035 [27SE]

Veterans: allow care at VA facilities for disesases associated with exposure to biological, chemical, or other toxic agents as part of Project 112/Shipboard Hazard and Defense without proving service connection, H7722, H7723 [31JY]

Remarks in Senate

Air pollution: establish a multiple air pollutant regulatory program for the electric generating sector, S4941 [3JN], S5001 [4JN]

Cheyenne, WY: require Corps of Engineers to fund cleanup of city water supply contaminated by leaching of trichloroethylene (TCE) from former nuclear missile site, S10901 [11DE]

CPSC: conduct a study on the use of formaldehyde in textiles and apparel articles and establish safety standards for such articles, S1570 [5MR]

———prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of children's products that contain specified phthalates, S1510-S1513 [4MR]

———promulgate final consumer product safety rule banning novelty lighters (S. 3375), S7914, S7915 [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit transport of hydrolysate from the Pueblo Chemical Depot to an off-site location (S. 2656), S1124 [25FE]

———set deadline to complete disposal of chemical weapons at Blue Grass Army Depot, KY, S563 [4FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: strengthen efforts to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material (H.R. 2631), S9852, S9853 [26SE]

EPA: establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system (S. 3109), S5451 [10JN], S9874 [26SE]

———regulate powerplant carbon emissions and enforce a low-carbon fuel standard on fuels, S4941 [3JN]

Government regulations: prohibit sale, distribution, or transfer of mercury, and prohibit the export of mercury (S. 906), S9874 [26SE]

Housing: improve research on health hazards in housing, enhance capacity of programs to reduce such hazards, and expand national outreach about housing hazards (S. 3654), S10074 [29SE]

Interagency Council on Healthy Housing: establish (S. 2735), S1744 [7MR]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 462), S1273 [27FE], S1654 [5MR]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (S. Res. 683), S9435 [24SE]

Nuclear energy: require commercial nuclear utilities to transfer spent nuclear fuel from pools into dry casks and convey to the Dept. of Energy title to all spent nuclear fuel thus safely stored, S10165 [30SE]

Safety: reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (S. 3127), S5686 [17JN]

Transportation: authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (H.R. 2095), S8003 [1AU], S10720 [20NO]

———authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (H.R. 2095), House amendment, S10019 [27SE], S10028, S10031-S10037, S10039-S10041, S10051, S10054 [29SE], S10164 [30SE], S10236, S10283-S10290 [1OC]

———authorize Federal Railroad Safety Administration and prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases (H.R. 2095), unanimous-consent agreement, S10188 [30SE]

Yucca Mountain, NV: prevent development of a spent nuclear fuel repository at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada, S10165 [30SE]

———provide for the safe development of a spent nuclear fuel repository at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada (S. 2551), S285 [24JA], S416 [29JA]

Reports filed

Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 5577) (H. Rept. 110-550), H1770 [14MR]

Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3109) (S. Rept. 110-478), S9203 [22SE]

Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 6309) (H. Rept. 110-788), H7305 [29JY]

Mercury Market Minimization Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 906) (S. Rept. 110-477), S9203 [22SE]

Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2631), S9492 [25SE]

———Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 2631) (H. Rept. 110-708), H5327 [11JN]

Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5669) (H. Rept. 110-681), H4973 [4JN]

Protect Pregnant Women and Children From Dangerous Lead Exposures Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3639) (S. Rept. 110-515), S9655 [26SE]

Railroad Safety Enhancement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1889) (S. Rept. 110-270), S1467 [3MR]

Rulings of the Chair

Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act: define environmental intervention blood lead level and establish additional requirements for certain lead hazard screens (H.R. 6309), H7282 [29JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 1492, concur in Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 2095, Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act, H9325-H9359 [24SE]

H.R. 2631, Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act, S9852 [26SE], H5513 [18JN]

H.R. 5669, Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act, H4896 [4JN]

H.R. 6309, Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act, H7280 [29JY]

S. 906, Mercury Export Ban Act, S9874-S9876 [26SE], H10178 [27SE]

S. 2735, Healthy Housing Council Act, S1744-S1746 [7MR]

S. 2932, Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act, S9340 [23SE], H9920 [25SE]

S. 3375, Protect Children From Dangerous Lighters Act, S7915 [31JY]

S. 3654, Research, Hazard Intervention, and National Outreach for Healthier Homes Act, S10075-S10078 [29SE]

S. Res. 462, National Asbestos Awareness Week, S1273 [27FE], S1654 [5MR]

S. Res. 663, express concern over current Federal policy allowing exportation of toxic electronic waste to developing nations and encourage U.S. banning of such activities, S8955 [17SE]

S. Res. 683, National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, S9425, S9435 [24SE]