HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: extend, modify, and recodify authority relative to security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (H.R. 2868), H12498, H12515, H12517, H12519, H12520, H12522, H12524, H12525, H12526, H12527, H12528 [6NO]

———extend, modify, and recodify authority relative to security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (H.R. 2868), consideration (H. Res. 885), H12377 [5NO]

———strengthen efforts to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material (H.R. 730), S13886 [23DE]

Articles and editorials

Responsibility? Yucca Choice Squanders $8B Investment, H3612 [18MR]

Yucca Plan Poses `Grave' Risk, H3612 [18MR]

Bills and resolutions

Agent Orange Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 248), S8994 [6AU]

Armed Forces: award Atomic Veterans Service Medal to members exposed to ionizing radiation from the testing of nuclear weapons or under other circumstances (see S. 1128), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 2553), H6008 [21MY]

———identify members exposed to depleted uranium during military service and provide health testing of such members (see H.R. 177), H34 [6JA]

———require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat and chemical and biological injuries (see H.R. 4269), H14743 [10DE]

Bureau of Prisons: establish an Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program (see H.R. 1990), H4580 [21AP]

CERCLA: authorize appropriations for brownfields site assessment and cleanup (see H.R. 4188), H13466 [2DE]

———improve public notification and community relations concerning actions for the removal of environmental hazards (see H.R. 1005), H1248 [11FE]

Chemicals: provide for a phased ban on decabrominated diphenylether and mixtures or products containing that chemical (see H.R. 4394), H15501 [16DE]

China: investigate drywall imports, prohibit further imports, recall hazardous drywall, seek penalties against manufacturers, and provide assistance to homeowners affected by hazardous drywall (see S. Res. 91), S3986 [30MR]

Clean Air Act: reduce mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxide emissions (see H.R. 1841), H4396 [1AP]

Consumer Product Safety Act: exempt second-hand sellers of certain products from lead content and certification requirements (see S. 374), S1542 [4FE] (see H.R. 968), H1158 [10FE] (see H.R. 1027), H1518 [12FE] (see H.R. 1465), H3399 [12MR]

Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act: exclude secondary sales, repair services, and certain vehicles from the ban on lead in children's products (see S. 608), S3163 [17MR]

———exempt all-terrain vehicles from certain lead prohibitions (see H.R. 1510), H3436 [16MR]

———exempt off-highway vehicles from certain lead prohibitions (see H.R. 1587), H3640 [18MR]

———exempt ordinary books from certain lead prohibitions (see H.R. 1692), H3834 [24MR]

CPSC: promulgate final consumer product safety rule banning novelty lighters (see S. 723), S3897 [26MR] (see H.R. 2050), H4686 [22AP]

———require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (see S. 1216), S6364 [9JN] (see H.R. 1796), H4128 [30MR]

———study drywall imported from China from 2004 through 2007 (see S. 739), S3986 [30MR] (see H.R. 1977), H4523 [2AP]

Dept. of Defense: establish medical surveillance system identifying Armed Forces members exposed to chemical hazards from waste disposal in Iraq and Afghanistan and prohibit disposal producing toxic levels (see H.R. 2419), H5664 [14MY]

———establish registries of current and former Armed Forces members exposed to occupational and environmental health chemical hazards and provide health care to veterans exposed to such hazards (see S. 642), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 2389), H5580 [13MY]

———notify members of Armed Forces and State military departments of exposure to potentially harmful materials and contaminants (see H.R. 1657), H3705 [19MR]

Dept. of Energy: reauthorize the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund and provide for the re-enrichment of certain uranium tailings (see S. 1061), S5555 [18MY] (see H.R. 2471), H5712 [18MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: extend, modify, and recodify authority relative to security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (see H.R. 2868), H6805 [15JN]

———extend, modify, and recodify authority relative to security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (H.R. 2868), consideration (see H. Res. 885), H12287 [3NO]

———strengthen efforts to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material (see H.R. 730), H602 [27JA]

Dept. of HUD: permit use of funds from the Community Development Block Grant Program to be used to remediate damage from installation of tainted drywall (see S. 2850), S12708 [8DE]

Dept. of Labor: prevent employee exposure to imminent dangers (see H.R. 2199), H5060 [30AP]

Dept. of Transportation: reauthorize hazardous material safety program, ensure safe transport of hazardous material in all modes of transportation, and reduce risks inherent in such transport (see H.R. 4016), H12364 [4NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see S. 1939), S10777 [27OC] (see H.R. 2254), H5168 [5MY]

———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. 3491), H9277 [31JY]

———furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC, when the well water was contaminated (see S. 1518), S8134 [27JY]

———include participation in clean-up operations at Enewetok Atoll as a radiation-risk activity (see H.R. 1631), H3704 [19MR]

———provide, without expiration, hospital, medical, and nursing home care for certain Vietnam-era veterans exposed to herbicide and Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 2926), H6972 [17JN]

———study effects on children of exposure of their parents to herbicides used in support of the U.S. and allied military operations in Vietnam (see S. 1940), S10777 [27OC]

Ecology and environment: require compliance by defense-related agencies with all environmental laws (see H.R. 672), H525 [26JA]

Education: enhance public awareness of potential health effects posed by mercury (see H. Res. 648), H8100 [14JY]

Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act: strike provision relative to modification of reporting frequency (see H.R. 776), H779 [28JA]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (see S. 757), S4063 [31MR] (see H.R. 1828), H4250 [31MR]

———include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program (see S. 916), S4807 [28AP] (see H.R. 2114), H4839 [27AP]

———pay survivors compensation otherwise payable to a Dept. of Energy contractor employee who dies after application for compensation (see S. 1306), S6845 [19JN] (see H.R. 3063), H7445 [25JN]

———provide compensation for certain persons injured while employed at the Feed Materials Production Center or the Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor (see S. 1800), S10570 [20OC] (see H.R. 3992), H12287 [3NO]

EPA: award grants for electronic waste reduction research, development, and demonstration projects (see H.R. 1580), H3640 [18MR]

———convene a task force to develop recommendations on the proper disposal of unused pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 276), H70 [7JA]

———establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system (see H.R. 3106), H7704 [26JN]

———implement integrated pest management systems to minimize pesticide use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of such use (see H.R. 4159), H13385 [1DE]

———promulgate regulations on management of medical waste (see H.R. 2552), H6008 [21MY]

———provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields (see H.R. 3518), H9279 [31JY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: ban use of the arsenic compound known as roxarsone as a food additive (see H.R. 3624), H9806 [22SE]

———reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 2617), H6011 [21MY]

FEMA: designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System (see H.R. 119), H32 [6JA]

Financial institutions: encourage banks and mortgage servicers to work with families affected by contaminated drywall to allow temporary forebearance without penalty on mortgage payments (see S. Res. 352), S11344 [10NO] (see H. Con. Res. 197), H11166 [8OC]

Government regulations: phase out use of mercury in manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda (see S. 1428), S7317 [9JY] (see H.R. 2065), H4731 [23AP] (see H.R. 2190), H5060 [30AP]

———prohibit, as a banned hazardous substance, certain household dishwashing detergent containing phosphorus (see H.R. 2775), H6414 [9JN]

———prohibit inclusion of brucella abortus in certain lists of dangerous biological agents and toxins (see H.R. 4215), H13550 [7DE]

———prohibit sale of household dishwashing detergent containing high levels of phosphorus (see S. 675), S3657 [24MR] (see H.R. 3946), H11868 [27OC]

———uniform Federal scheme of regulation of restrictions for use of certain substances in electrical products and equipment in interstate and foreign commerce (see H.R. 2420), H5664 [14MY]

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. 1661), H3747 [23MR]

Housing: improve research on health hazards in housing, enhance capacity of programs to reduce such hazards, and expand national outreach about housing hazards (see H.R. 3891), H11581 [21OC]

Insurance: prohibit insurers from canceling or refusing to renew homeowners insurance policies because of the presence of certain types of drywall in the home (see H.R. 4094), H13068 [17NO]

Interagency Council on Healthy Housing: establish (see S. 1658), S9264 [10SE] (see H.R. 3793), H11297 [13OC]

Labeling: require that household cleaning products and similar products bear labels that state completely and accurately all of the ingredients of such products (see S. 1697), S9733 [23SE]

Medicare: cover supplies associated with insulin injection, home needle removal, decontamination, and disposal devices, and disposal of needles and syringes through a sharps-by-mail or similar program (see S. 1312), S6845 [19JN] (see H.R. 2976), H7084 [19JN]

Mercury: establish a national monitoring program (see S. 2913), S13458 [18DE]

———require that mercury emissions from electric utility steam generating units be subject to maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards for hazardous air pollutants (see H.R. 821), H921 [3FE]

Mesothelioma Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 771), H9961 [24SE]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 57), S2558 [26FE]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 306), S10162 [6OC]

National Commission on Anthrax Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 1248), H2886 [2MR]

National Commission on High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel: establish (see S. 591), S3074 [12MR]

National Mesothelioma Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 288), S9869 [25SE]

National Pipeline Safety Day: designate (see S. Res. 181), S6452 [10JN] (see H. Res. 484), H6013 [21MY]

National security: enhance safety of U.S. ports of entry (see H.R. 1655), H3705 [19MR]

Nuclear energy: authorize use of amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund to promote recycling of spent nuclear fuel (see H.R. 3385), H9055 [29JY]

———condemn and encourage prohibition on transport of nuclear mixed-oxide (MOX) material by ship in international waters and urge countries to reprocess such material within their own borders (see H. Res. 402), H5169 [5MY]

Nuclear weapons: protect public health and safety if testing by the U.S. is resumed (see S. 600), S3113 [16MR] (see H.R. 1417), H3145 [10MR]

———support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 151), S5502 [14MY] (see H. Res. 790), H10456 [1OC]

Pharmaceuticals: provide for disposal of controlled substances by ultimate users and care takers through State take-back disposal programs and prohibit drug label recommendations on disposal by flushing (see S. 1336), S6993 [24JN] (see H.R. 1191), H2834 [25FE]

———provide for take-back disposal of controlled substances in certain instances (see S. 1292), S6804 [18JN] (see H.R. 1359), H3054 [5MR]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see S. 593), S3074 [12MR] (see H.R. 1523), H3437 [16MR]

———establish a conditional stay of the ban on lead in children's products (see S. 389), S1677 [5FE]

———prohibit manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of children's food and beverage containers composed of bisphenol A (see S. 753), S4063 [31MR]

———require a warning on label of food containers composed, in whole or in part, of bisphenol A or could release bisphenol A into food (see H.R. 4341), H15499 [16DE]

Public utilities: enhance security of U.S. public water systems (see H.R. 3258), H8409 [20JY]

Puerto Rico: repeal limitation on authorized uses of former bombardment area on Culebra and prohibition on Federal Government responsibility for decontamination of the area (see H.R. 1958), H4522 [2AP]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: make residents of Guam eligible to receive compensation (see H.R. 1630), H3704 [19MR]

———make residents of Idaho and Montana who were exposed to Nevada nuclear bomb testing fallout eligible to receive compensation (see S. 1342), S6993 [24JN]

Railroads: require carriers to prepare and maintain a plan for notifying local emergency responders before transporting hazardous materials through their jurisdictions (see H.R. 4370), H15500 [16DE]

Research: establish a hazardous materials cooperative research program (see H.R. 1013), H1517 [12FE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see S. 1215), S6364 [9JN] (see H.R. 2766), H6413 [9JN]

Safety: reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (see S. 485), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 1225), H2873 [26FE]

———reduce emissions of formaldehyde from composite wood products (see S. 1660), S9264 [10SE]

———require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 615), H442 [21JA]

SBA: improve and extend certain disaster assistance and hurricane relief programs and provide assistance to homeowners affected by defective drywall imported from China (see S. 2731), S11205 [5NO]

Taxation: exclude from gross income remediation payments for hazardous drywall (see H.R. 4362), H15500 [16DE]

———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see H.R. 564), H380 [15JA] (see H.R. 832), H921 [3FE]

———permanently extend and modify credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel (see S. 1325), S6938 [23JN] (see H.R. 3916), H11712 [22OC]

———provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards (see S. 1245), S6542 [11JN]

———provide incentives for used oil re-refining (see S. 2783), S11430 [17NO] (see H.R. 4242), H13628 (see H.R. 4242), H14371 [8DE]

———provide tax incentives for the remediation of contaminated sites (see H.R. 1724), H4026 [25MR]

Treece, KS: authorize voluntary purchase of certain properties endangered by the Cherokee County National Priorities List Site (see H.R. 3058), H7445 [25JN]

Veterans: issue a medal to those who died after service in the Vietnamese Conflict as a result of that service (see H.R. 671), H525 [26JA]

———provide health care to veterans exposed in the line of duty to occupational and environmental health chemical hazards (see S. 1779), S10434 [14OC]

———revise eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 2573), H6009 [21MY]

Yucca Mountain, NV: certify that the Yucca Mountain site remains the designated site for development of a repository for disposal of high-level radioactive waste (see S. 861), S4573 [22AP] (see H.R. 2372), H5484 [12MY]

Letters

Chemical and Water Security Act: Cal Dooley, American Chemistry Council, H12523 [6NO]

———Ken Kirk, National Association of Clean Water Agencies and Catherine Smith, California Association of Sanitation Agencies, H12422 [5NO]

———Peter B. King, Public Works Association, H12422 [5NO]

———Robert Namoff, Allied Universal Corp., H12372 [5NO]

———several organizations, H12407, H12413 [5NO]

Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act: Representative Bennie Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H3766 [24MR]

———Representative Berman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H3766 [24MR]

———Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), H3766 [24MR]

SBA Disaster Recovery and Reform Act: Karen Gordon Mills, SBA, S11212 [5NO]

———several Senators, S11212 [5NO]

Lists

Munitions and unexploded ordnance incidents, H7346 [25JN]

Motions

Dept. of Homeland Security: extend, modify, and recodify authority relative to security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (H.R. 2868), H12533 [6NO]

Petitions

Support of the One Grandview Avenue development in Pittsburgh, PA, S9414 [16SE]

Press releases

Clorox Announces Plans To Begin Transitioning U.S. Operations to High-Strength Bleach: Clorox Co., H12523 [6NO]

Remarks in House

Chemicals: allow Federal chemical facility regulations to preempt State and local regulations that may hinder the Federal program, H12518, H12519 [6NO]

———provide for a phased ban on decabrominated diphenylether and mixtures or products containing that chemical (H.R. 4394), E3067 [23DE]

China: investigate effects of drywall imports on foreclosures and availability of property insurance for homes where defective drywall imports are present, H5363, H5364 [7MY]

Clean Air Act: reduce mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxide emissions (H.R. 1841), H7621 [26JN]

Colorado: anniversary of Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant fire, E1123 [12MY]

Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act: exempt off-highway vehicles from certain lead prohibitions (H.R. 1587), H5128 [5MY]

Corps of Engineers: Wreck Pond, NJ, environmental restoration funding, H8121 [15JY]

CPSC: exempt off-highway vehicles from certain lead prohibitions (H.R. 1587), H3643 [19MR]

———require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (H.R. 1796), E814 [30MR]

———study contaminated drywall imported from China from 2004 through 2007, H11560 [21OC]

———study drywall imported from China from 2004 through 2007, H8209 [16JY]

———study drywall imported from China from 2004 through 2007 (H.R. 1977), H5363 [7MY]

Dept. of Defense: develop lifecycle accounting for munitions and review live-fire practicing to reduce unexploded ordnance and munitions-constituent contamination, H7346 [25JN]

———environmental restoration of formerly-used defense sites funding, H8981 [29JY]

———missile defense and vehicles and aircraft for combat forces funding through reductions in defense environmental cleanup funding, H7387, H7388 [25JN]

———national missile defense system funding through reductions in defense environmental cleanup funding, H7352-H7356, H7364 [25JN], E1607 [26JN]

———notify members of Armed Forces and State military departments of exposure to potentially harmful materials and contaminants, E1610 [26JN]

———prohibit disposal of hazardous waste using open-air burn pits during contingency operations of more than one year, H7347, H7348 [25JN]

———report on funding levels and progress of Military Munitions Response Program and Installation Restoration Program, H7346 [25JN]

———tribute to Rocky Mountain Arsenal Cost/Productivity Improvement Program, E1107 [7MY]

Dept. of Energy: defense environmental cleanup funding, H7218 [24JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allow full implementation of existing authority to regulate security of chemical facilities, H12520-H12522 [6NO]

———establish point of contact within Office of Chemical Facility Security for interagency coordination and update State and local governments on emergency planning and training procedures, H12371 [5NO], H12519, H12520 [6NO]

———establish protocols and security procedures for university and academic chemical facilities, H12528, H12529 [6NO]

———extend, modify, and recodify authority relative to security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities, H9386 [9SE]

———extend, modify, and recodify authority relative to security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (H.R. 2868), H12407-H12426 [5NO], H12498-H12535 [6NO], E2733, E2748 [6NO], E2753 [9NO], E2803 [18NO]

———extend, modify, and recodify authority relative to security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (H.R. 2868), consideration (H. Res. 885), H12370-H12379 [5NO]

———extend, modify, and recodify authority relative to security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (H.R. 2868), corrections in engrossment, H12535 [6NO]

———extend, modify, and recodify authority relative to security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (H.R. 2868), motion to recommit, H12533 [6NO]

———impact of implementation of Inherently Safer Technologies (IST) standards for security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities, H12371 [5NO]

———prohibit civil suits by uninjured third parties relative to security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities, H12526, H12527 [6NO]

———prohibit implementation of Inherently Safer Technologies (IST) standards for protection of chemical facilities where such regulations would result in job losses under certain economic conditions, H12533 [6NO]

———prohibit implementation of Inherently Safer Technologies (IST) standards for security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities, H12522-H12524 [6NO]

———provide small chemical facilities with guidance, tools and software to comply with security requirements, H12527, H12528 [6NO]

———strengthen efforts to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material (H.R. 730), H3765-H3769 [24MR], E819 [31MR]

Dept. of Transportation: reauthorize hazardous material safety program, ensure safe transport of hazardous material in all modes of transportation, and reduce risks inherent in such transport (H.R. 4016), E2714 [4NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: include participation in clean-up operations at Enewetok Atoll as a radiation-risk activity (H.R. 1631), E713 [19MR]

Ecology and environment: require compliance by defense-related agencies with all environmental laws (H.R. 672), E159 [28JA]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures, H8754 [24JY]

———expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (H.R. 1828), E1123 [12MY]

EPA: award grants for electronic waste reduction research, development, and demonstration projects (H.R. 1580), H4606-H4610 [22AP]

———clean up of Dept. of Defense sites containing unexploded ordnance and toxic substances, H3752 [24MR]

———conduct a study on environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in water supply and develop recommendations on treatment and prevention, H3353, H3361 [12MR]

———convene a task force to develop recommendations on the proper disposal of unused pharmaceuticals, H3366, H3367 [12MR]

———provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields (H.R. 3518), E2165 [31JY]

FDA: investigation of allegations of spiking of tobacco products, H6629 [12JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (H.R. 2617), E1243 [21MY]

Financial institutions: encourage banks and mortgage servicers to work with families affected by contaminated drywall to allow temporary forebearance without penalty on mortgage payments (H. Con. Res. 197), H13401-H13404 [2DE], E2883 [3DE]

Hanford, WA: nuclear waste cleanup funding, H8119 [15JY], H8364 [20JY]

Mesothelioma Awareness Day: observance, E2325 [22SE]

National Commission on Anthrax Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (H.R. 1248), H2954 [4MR]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations, H9386 [9SE], H9445 [14SE]

National Pipeline Safety Day: designate (H. Res. 484), H6368-H6370 [9JN]

Nuclear energy: condemn and encourage prohibition on transport of nuclear mixed-oxide (MOX) material by ship in international waters and urge countries to reprocess such material within their own borders (H. Res. 402), H5388 [7MY]

———shipment of plutonium mixed-oxide nuclear fuel from France to Japan, H3611 [18MR]

Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (H. Res. 790), H11992-H11995 [28OC]

Pharmaceuticals: provide for disposal of controlled substances by ultimate users and care takers through State take-back disposal programs and prohibit drug label recommendations on disposal by flushing (H.R. 1191), E386 [25FE], E489-E492 [26FE]

Public utilities: enhance security of U.S. public water systems, H12417 [5NO]

Puerto Rico: fuel depot explosion, E2640 [27OC]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: make residents of Guam eligible to receive compensation (H.R. 1630), E722 [19MR]

Radioactive substances: storage of nuclear waste near fresh water sources, H3147 [11MR]

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing, H7118 [23JN], E1609 [26JN]

Safety: reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (H.R. 1225), E495 [26FE]

SBA: make low-interest disaster loans to homeowners for repair or replacement of toxic drywall installed in principal residences, H12111-H12113 [29OC]

Schools: environmentally friendly recreational structures, equipment, and physical education facilities installation funding, H5518, H5519 [13MY]

Taxation: extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (H.R. 564), H2887 [3MR], H11794 [27OC], E101 [15JA]

Veterans: issue a medal to those who died after service in the Vietnamese Conflict as a result of that service (H.R. 671), E164 [28JA]

Yucca Mountain, NV: certify that the Yucca Mountain site remains the designated site for development of a repository for disposal of high-level radioactive waste (H.R. 2372), H5588 [14MY]

———nuclear waste disposal site funding, H2793, H2794, H2801 [25FE], H3080 [9MR], H3611 [18MR], H8338, H8339 [17JY], H10426 [1OC]

Remarks in Senate

Agent Orange Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 248), S9060 [6AU]

CERCLA: brownfields and neglected urban properties redeveloping funding, S1673 [5FE]

China: investigate drywall imports, prohibit further imports, recall hazardous drywall, seek penalties against manufacturers, and provide assistance to homeowners affected by hazardous drywall (S. Res. 91), S4710 [24AP]

Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act: exclude secondary sales, repair services, and certain vehicles from the ban on lead in children's products (S. 608), S3165 [17MR]

CPSC: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect small and home businesses from final consumer product safety rule banning lead in children's products, S4286, S4287 [2AP]

———promulgate final consumer product safety rule banning novelty lighters (S. 723), S3924 [26MR]

———study drywall imported from China from 2004 through 2007, S5794 [21MY]

———study drywall imported from China from 2004 through 2007 (S. 739), S4709 [24AP]

Dept. of HHS: clarify public health emergency screening and medical care requirements for residents at Superfund site, S13650 [21DE], S13761, S13762 [22DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: strengthen efforts to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material (H.R. 730), S13886, S13887 [23DE]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit funding for Mount Washington Community Development Corp., S9414 [16SE]

———prohibit funding for the Brownfields Economic Development Initiative, S9406, S9407 [16SE], S9534 [17SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC, when the well water was contaminated (S. 1518), S8136 [27JY]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (S. 757), S4081 [31MR]

Financial institutions: encourage banks and mortgage servicers to work with families affected by contaminated drywall to allow temporary forebearance without penalty on mortgage payments (S. Res. 352), S11356 [10NO]

Interagency Council on Healthy Housing: establish (S. 1658), S9265 [10SE]

Labeling: require that household cleaning products and similar products bear labels that state completely and accurately all of the ingredients of such products (S. 1697), S9735 [23SE]

Mercury: establish a national monitoring program (S. 2913), S13460 [18DE]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 57), S2852 [5MR]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (S. Res. 306), S10168 [6OC]

National Commission on High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel: establish (S. 591), S3084 [12MR]

National Mesothelioma Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 288), S9866 [25SE]

National Pipeline Safety Day: designate (S. Res. 181), S6398-S6400 [10JN]

Nuclear weapons: observance of a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program, S10912 [29OC], S11113 [4NO]

———support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (S. Res. 151), S5530 [14MY], S5766 [20MY]

Pharmaceuticals: provide for take-back disposal of controlled substances in certain instances (S. 1292), S6810 [18JN]

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration: pipeline safety programs funding, S9535 [17SE]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (S. 593), S3086 [12MR]

———establish a conditional stay of the ban on lead in children's products (S. 389), S1685 [5FE]

Puerto Rico: fuel depot explosion, S11152 [5NO]

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (S. 1215), S6381 [9JN], S8109 [27JY]

Safety: reauthorize the Select Agent Program and improve oversight of high containment laboratories (S. 485), S2559 [26FE]

SBA: improve and extend certain disaster assistance and hurricane relief programs and provide assistance to homeowners affected by defective drywall imported from China (S. 2731), S11207-S11210 [5NO]

Taxation: permanently extend and modify credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel (S. 1325), S6944 [23JN]

———provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards (S. 1245), S6552 [11JN]

Treece, KS: authorize use of economic stimulus funds for voluntary purchase of certain properties endangered by the Cherokee County National Priorities List Site, S6486-S6488 [11JN]

Yucca Mountain, NV: nuclear waste disposal site funding, S8261 [29JY]

Reports filed

Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2868) (H. Rept. 111-205), H11739 [23OC]

———Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 2868) (H. Rept. 111-205), H8024 [13JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2868, Chemical and Water Security Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 885) (H. Rept. 111-327), H12287 [3NO]

Drinking Water System Security Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3258) (H. Rept. 111-313), H11739 [23OC]

Electronic Device Recycling Research and Development Act: Committee on Science and Technology (House) (H.R. 1580) (H. Rept. 111-75), H4579 [21AP]

Mercury Pollution Reduction Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2190) (H. Rept. 111-381), H15498 [16DE]

National Pipeline Safety Day: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Res. 484) (H. Rept. 111-144), H6537 [10JN]

Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 730), S13382 [17DE]

Rulings of the Chair

Dept. of Homeland Security: extend, modify, and recodify authority relative to security and protection against terrorist attacks at chemical facilities (H.R. 2868), H12517 [6NO]

Testimonies

Chemical and Water Security Act: Rand Beers, Dept. of Homeland Security, H12408-H12411 [5NO]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 197, encourage banks and mortgage servicers to work with families affected by contaminated drywall to allow temporary forebearance without penalty on mortgage payments, H13402 [2DE]

H. Res. 484, National Pipeline Safety Day, H6368 [9JN]

H. Res. 790, support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program, H11992 [28OC]

H. Res. 885, consideration of H.R. 2868, Chemical and Water Security Act, H12370 [5NO]

H.R. 730, Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act, S13886 [23DE], H3765 [24MR]

H.R. 1580, Electronic Device Recycling Research and Development Act, H4606-H4608 [22AP]

H.R. 2868, Chemical and Water Security Act, H12498-H12515 [6NO]

S. 591, National Commission on High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel Establishment Act, S3085 [12MR]

S. 593, Ban Poisonous Additives Act, S3087 [12MR]

S. 608, Common Sense in Consumer Product Safety Act, S3166 [17MR]

S. 723, Protect Children From Dangerous Lighters Act, S3924 [26MR]

S. 757, Nuclear Workers Compensation Act, S4082-S4085 [31MR]

S. 1215, Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act, S6382 [9JN]

S. 1306, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Improvement Act, S6846 [19JN]

S. 1658, Healthy Housing Council Act, S9266-S9268 [10SE]

S. 1697, Household Product Labeling Act, S9735 [23SE]

S. 2731, SBA Disaster Recovery and Reform Act, S11210-S11212 [5NO]

S. 2913, Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act, S13461 [18DE]

S. Res. 57, National Asbestos Awareness Week, S2573 [26FE], S2852 [5MR]

S. Res. 91, investigate drywall imports from China, prohibit further imports, recall hazardous drywall, seek penalties against manufacturers, and provide assistance to homeowners affected by hazardous drywall, S4006 [30MR]

S. Res. 151, support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program, S5530 [14MY], S5766 [20MY]

S. Res. 181, National Pipeline Safety Day, S6400, S6475 [10JN]

S. Res. 248, Agent Orange Awareness Month, S9046, S9060 [6AU]

S. Res. 288, National Mesothelioma Awareness Day, S9866, S9871 [25SE]

S. Res. 306, National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, S10165, S10168 [6OC]

S. Res. 352, encourage banks and mortgage servicers to work with families affected by contaminated drywall to allow temporary forebearance without penalty on mortgage payments, S11350, S11356 [10NO]