CHEMICALS

Amendments

Hazardous substances: reduce emissions of formaldehyde from composite wood products (S. 1660), S4888, S4891 [14JN]

Articles and editorials

Key Bomb Ingredient Is Smuggled in Freely in Pakistan, S3771 [14MY]

Bills and resolutions

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (see S. 3479), S4849 [10JN] (see H.R. 5462), H4214 [28MY]

CPSC: prohibit manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of children's food and beverage containers composed of bisphenol A (see H.R. 4456), H139 [13JA]

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. 4477), H265 [20JA]

Dept. of Education: make grants to State and local educational agencies for abatement, removal, and interim controls of polychlorinated biphenyls in public school facilities (see H.R. 6551), H8785 [17DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: extend the chemical facility security program (see S. 2996), S481 [4FE] (see H.R. 5186), H3077 [29AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 6238), H7154 (see H.R. 6238), H7211 [28SE]

———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 H.R. 4555), H470 [2FE]

———provide for continued provision of health care services to certain veterans who were exposed to sodium dichromate while serving at or near water injection plant at Qarmat Ali, Iraq (see H.R. 6127), H6762 [15SE]

EPA: establish a multiple air pollutant regulatory program for the electric generating sector (see S. 2995), S481 [4FE]

———establish a program that tests chemicals found in drinking water to determine whether they are endocrine disruptors and the extent of their ability to interfere with human hormones (see H.R. 5210), H3200 [5MY]

———reduce or eliminate the risk of releases of hazardous chemicals from public water systems and wastewater treatment works (see S. 3598), S5964 [15JY]

FDA: ensure safe use of cosmetics (see H.R. 5786), H5818 [20JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: ensure safe and proper use of dispersants in the event of an oil spill or release of hazardous substances (see S. 3661), S6397 [28JY] (see H.R. 6119), H6681 [14SE]

Hazardous substances: ensure the public and environment are protected from risks of chemical exposure (see H.R. 5820), H5983 [22JY]

———prohibit use, production, sale, import, or export of sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080) and ban use of sodium cyanide for predator control (see H.R. 5643), H5302 [30JN]

———reduce emissions of formaldehyde from composite wood products (see H.R. 4805), H1322 [10MR]

Mining and mineral resources: develop a rare earth materials program and amend the National Materials Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act (see H.R. 6160), H6878 [22SE]

National security: enhance security of chemical facilities (see S. 3599), S5964 [15JY]

Pesticides: prohibit use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of any pesticide containing atrazine (see H.R. 5124), H2842 [22AP]

Roads and highways: establish minimum standards for engineered glass beads used in reflective markings (see H.R. 5245), H3272 [6MY]

Taxation: eliminate drawback fee on manufacture or production of certain distilled spirits used in non-beverage products (see S. 2992), S481 [4FE] (see H.R. 4610), H602 [4FE]

Terrorism: call on Pakistan, Afghanistan, and other Central Asian countries to effectively monitor and regulate the manufacture, sale, transport, and use of ammonium nitrate fertilizer (see S. Res. 570), S5489 [28JN]

Toxic Substances Control Act: ensure that risks from chemicals are adequately understood and managed (see S. 3209), S2377 [15AP]

Veterans: provide benefits for children with spina bifida of veterans exposed to herbicides while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era outside Vietnam (see S. 3953), S7968 [17NO]

Water: increase assistance for States, water systems, and disadvantaged communities, strengthen EPA safe drinking water enforcement, reduce lead, and strengthen endocrine disruptor screening program (see H.R. 5320), H3540 [18MY]

Cost Estimates

Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act (H.R. 5320): CBO, H6438 [29JY]

Letters

Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act: Perry L. Fowler, Associated General Contractors of America, H6438 [29JY]

Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act: Cindy Brownstein, Spina Bifida Association, E1011 [28MY]

———Judith S. Palfrey, American Academy of Pediatrics, E1010 [28MY]

———Marina L. Weiss, March of Dimes Foundation, E1010 [28MY]

———Mark Ballow, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, E1011 [28MY]

———Sharon Voyer Lavigne, University of Connecticut Health Center, E1010 [28MY]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S. recommendations implementation: Representative Wolf, E705, E706 [29AP], E817 [12MY], E885 [19MY]

Water quality issues relative to ammonia discharges into and affecting the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, CA: Pamela C. Creedon, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, H5490 [1JY]

———Representative Costa, H5490 [1JY]

Lists

Leading retailers and manufacturers phasing out bisphenol A (BPA), S7942 [17NO]

Remarks in House

California: address water quality issues relative to ammonia discharges into and affecting the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, CA, H5490 [1JY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (H.R. 5462), H7195, H7196 [28SE], H7380 [29SE], E1010 [28MY], E1827 [29SE]

Dept. of Defense: furnish the Dept. of HHS Toxic Substances and Disease Registry with information pertaining to the Camp Lejeune, NC, well water contamination, H4029, H4031 [27MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for continued provision of health care services to certain veterans who were exposed to sodium dichromate while serving at or near water injection plant at Qarmat Ali, Iraq (H.R. 6127), E1619 [15SE]

EPA: ensure compliance with safe drinking water regulations within the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, E842 [13MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: ban use of dispersants in the event of an oil spill or release of hazardous substances until they are determined to be environmentally safe, H6499 [30JY]

Hazardous substances: ensure the public and environment are protected from risks of chemical exposure (H.R. 5820), H6165 [28JY]

———reduce emissions of formaldehyde from composite wood products (S. 1660), H4701-H4705 [23JN], E1197 [24JN]

Mining and mineral resources: develop a rare earth materials program and amend the National Materials Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act (H.R. 6160), H7060-H7063 [28SE]

Sandia National Laboratories: anniversary, E1 [5JA]

Vietnamese Conflict: provide for environmental cleanup and compensation of victims due to Agent Orange exposure, E1452 [28JY]

Remarks in Senate

Afghanistan: eliminate use and smuggling of ammonium nitrate to reduce proliferation of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), S3769 [14MY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (S. 3479), S4851 [10JN]

CPSC: prohibit manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of children's food and beverage containers composed of bisphenol A (BPA), S7941, S7942 [17NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: extend the chemical facility security program (S. 2996), S492 [4FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require complete congressional review process prior to funding a presumption of service connection between exposure of veterans to Agent Orange and certain medical conditions, S4414 [26MY]

EPA: establish a multiple air pollutant regulatory program for the electric generating sector (S. 2995), S491 [4FE], S5690 [30JN]

Hazardous substances: reduce emissions of formaldehyde from composite wood products (S. 1660), S4891, S4892 [14JN]

Veterans: provide benefits for children with spina bifida of veterans exposed to herbicides while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era outside Vietnam (S. 3953), S7971 [17NO]

Vietnamese Conflict: provide for environmental cleanup and compensation of victims due to Agent Orange exposure, S7168 [16SE]

Reports filed

Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5320) (H. Rept. 111-524), H5500 [1JY]

Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5462) (H. Rept. 111-642), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Chemical and Water Security Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2868) (S. Rept. 111-370), S10410 [16DE]

Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4805) (H. Rept. 111-509), H4676 [22JN]

———Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1660) (S. Rept. 111-169), S2421 [19AP]

Rare Earths and Critical Materials Revitalization Act: Committee on Science and Technology (House) (H.R. 6160) (H. Rept. 111-644), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Summaries

Establish EPA Multiple Air Pollutant Regulatory Program for the Electric Generating Sector (S. 2995), S491 [4FE]

Tables

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 5320, Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act, H6452 [29JY]

Texts of

H.R. 5320, Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act, H6431-H6436 [29JY]

H.R. 5462, Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act, H7195 [28SE]

H.R. 6160, Rare Earths and Critical Materials Revitalization Act, H7060 [28SE]

S. 1660, Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act, H4701-H4703 [23JN]

S. Res. 570, call on Pakistan, Afghanistan, and other Central Asian countries to effectively monitor and regulate the manufacture, sale, transport, and use of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, S5493, S5497 [28JN]