HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: strengthen efforts to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material (H.R. 730), H226 [20JA]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 427), S2165, S2167 [26MR]

Pharmaceuticals: provide for take-back disposal of controlled substances in certain instances (H.R. 5809), S10364, S10413, S10415 [16DE], H8792 [21DE]

———provide for take-back disposal of controlled substances in certain instances (S. 3397), S6666 [3AU], H7316 [29SE]

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

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: authorize health care for individuals exposed to environmental hazards at Camp Lejeune, NC, and Atsugi Naval Air Facility, Japan and establish an advisory board to examine such exposures (see S. 3378), S3831 [17MY]

Biological weapons: improve international strategy of the U.S. for monitoring, reducing, and responding to biological risks (see H.R. 6297), H7391 [29SE]

CERCLA: reauthorize and improve brownfields revitalization and State response programs (see S. 3374), S3716 [13MY] (see H.R. 5310), H3483 [13MY]

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

Children and youth: prohibit manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of children's products containing excessive cadmium, chromium, barium, or antimony (see H.R. 5920), H6402 (see H.R. 5920), H6454 [29JY]

Conservation of energy: repeal phase-out of incandescent light bulbs (see H.R. 6144), H6803 [16SE]

CPSC: exempt ordinary books and paper-based printed material from certain lead limits (see H.R. 4767), H1168 [4MR]

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

———prohibit manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of children's jewelry containing cadmium, barium, or antimony (see S. 2975), S439 [2FE] (see H.R. 4428), H138 [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 Energy: disapprove motion with the NRC to withdraw the license application for a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain with prejudice (see H. Res. 1209), H2261 [23MR]

———establish monetary prizes for achievements in designing and proposing nuclear energy used fuel alternatives (see H.R. 5505), H4386 [10JN]

———request the President and direct the Dept. to provide certain documents relative to the application to foreclose use of Yucca Mountain as a high level nuclear waste repository (see H. Res. 1466), H4677 [22JN]

Dept. of HHS: design, construct, and operate facilities to develop and produce biological products used to respond to potential bioterrorist attacks or naturally occurring pathogens (see S. 3140), S1750 [18MR]

———provide for participation in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program of certain specialists needed to respond to environmental public health emergencies (see S. 3647), S6245 [26JY]

Dept. of HUD: authorize use of subpoenas by Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control in investigation of Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act violations (see H.R. 5835), H5984 [22JY]

Dept. of Justice: improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (see S. 3224), S2423 [19AP] (see H.R. 5119), H2842 [22AP]

———make grants to States, units of local government, Indian tribes, and other entities for prescription drug disposal units and for prescription drug abuse education (see H.R. 5925), H6402 (see H.R. 5925), H6454 [29JY]

Dept. of the Interior: require offshore rigs to install acoustic control systems and improve oil spill response and removal technologies and methods (see H.R. 5313), H3483 [13MY]

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]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: establish Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health for the contractor employee compensation program (see H.R. 6189), H6879 [22SE]

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]

———exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (see S. 3850), S7618 [28SE]

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

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]

Government regulations: establish standards limiting the amounts of arsenic and lead contained in glass beads used in pavement markings (see S. 3670), S6520 [29JY]

Maritime Center of Expertise for Maritime Oil Spill and Hazardous Substance Release Response: establish (see S. 3614), S5993 [19JY]

Medicaid: ensure access to resin-based dental fillings that is at least equal to the level of access to mercury-based dental fillings (see H.R. 4731), H1026 [2MR]

Mercury: reduce mercury emissions from electric utility steam generating units (see H.R. 5674), H5501 [1JY]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 427), S857 [1MR] (see H. Res. 1138), H1169 [4MR]

National Carbon Monoxide Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1521), H5675 [15JY]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 650), S7508 [27SE]

National Explosive Ordnance Disposal Day: designate (see H. Res. 1294), H2843 [22AP]

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

NRC: condemn decision to begin the closure of the Yucca Mountain license application review relative to high-level nuclear waste storage (see H. Res. 1732), H7614 [18NO]

Nuclear energy: require a nuclear power facility licensee to notify the NRC and State and local authorities within 24 hours of an unplanned release of radionuclides in excess of allowable limits (see H.R. 6386), H7394 [29SE]

Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 653), S7618 [28SE] (see H. Res. 1623), H6763 [15SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States (see H.R. 4960), H2457 [25MR]

Pesticides: 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]

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

Pharmaceuticals: provide for take-back disposal of controlled substances in certain instances (see S. 3397), S4143 [24MY] (see H.R. 5809), H5920 [21JY]

Pipelines: enhance pipeline safety and provide communities with access to improved information concerning the equipment and operations of pipeline facilities (see H.R. 6295), H7391 [29SE]

———enhance safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation and enhance reliability in the transportation of U.S. energy products by pipeline (see S. 3824), S7352 [22SE] (see S. 3856), S7618 [28SE]

———ensure telephonic notice of certain incidents (see H.R. 6008), H6568 [30JY]

Product safety: prohibit manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of children's products containing excessive cadmium, chromium, barium, or antimony (see H.R. 5920), H6402 (see H.R. 5920), H6454 [29JY]

Renewable energy: provide triple credits toward a renewable electricity standard for renewable energy produced on brownfields (see S. 3329), S3407 [7MY]

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

Taxation: exclude from gross income remediation payments for hazardous drywall (see H.R. 4697), H932 [25FE]

———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see S. 3125), S1619 [16MR] (see S. 3164), S2115 [25MR]

———provide deductions for costs incurred to remediate hazardous drywall in principal residences and for living costs due to vacating such residence, and credits for moving expenses (see H.R. 4881), H1656 [18MR]

———provide incentives for used oil re-refining (see H.R. 6328), H7392 [29SE]

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]

———reduce lead in drinking water (see S. 3874), S7787 [29SE] (see H.R. 5289), H3440 [12MY]

Water pollution: establish a process for quickly and effectively soliciting, assessing, and deploying offshore oil and hazardous substance cleanup technologies (see H.R. 5727), H5546 [13JY]

Yucca Mountain, NV: honor commitment to establish as the nation's primary permanent nuclear waste storage site (see H. Res. 1123), H971 [26FE]

Cost Estimates

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

Letters

Air quality within commercial aircraft: William Harrison, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., S1734 [18MR]

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

Delay EPA fines on certain contractors who have been unable to complete training and obtain certification for lead-based paint removal: Jeremy Stine, Window & Door Manufacturers Association, S4411 [26MY]

———Michael P. O'Brien, National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association, S4411 [26MY]

———Stephen A. Owens, EPA, S4496 [27MY]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S4410 [26MY]

———several housing and health organizations, S4495 [27MY]

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

Lists

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

Remarks in House

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

CPSC: require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (H.R. 1796), H6190-H6192 [28JY]

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]

———national missile defense system funding, H2568, H2569 [14AP]

Dept. of Energy: establish monetary prizes for achievements in designing and proposing nuclear energy used fuel alternatives (H.R. 5505), E1066 [10JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: strengthen efforts to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material (H.R. 730), Senate amendment, H226-H229 [20JA]

Dept. of HUD: extend special funds to be used to remediate damage from installation of tainted drywall, H4357 [10JN]

Dept. of Justice: improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (H.R. 5119), E661 [26AP]

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: anniversary, E2042, E2047 [2DE]

———proposed rule to regulate the coal combustion byproduct of fly ash as a hazardous waste, H6869 [22SE]

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]

Gulf of Mexico: health of workers involved in clean up of oil spill from accidental explosion of oil rig, H4249 [9JN], H4735 [23JN]

Intelligence services: review intelligence to determine if there is credible evidence of connection between a foreign entity and U.S. anthrax attacks, H890, H891 [25FE]

Mesothelioma Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 771), H7622, H7623 [29NO], E2021 [1DE]

National Explosive Ordnance Disposal Day: designate (H. Res. 1294), H3283, H3284 [11MY], E829 [12MY]

NSF: establish a Green Chemistry Basic Research and Development program and provide merit-based grants to support green chemistry applications, H3403, H3404 [12MY]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: work with the NRC to assess intelligence on harmful radiological materials, H854 [25FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States, H2835 [22AP]

———eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States (H.R. 4960), H2804 [22AP]

Pharmaceuticals: provide for take-back disposal of controlled substances in certain instances (H.R. 5809), H6855-H6857 [22SE]

———provide for take-back disposal of controlled substances in certain instances (H.R. 5809), Senate amendments, H8792-H8798 [21DE]

———provide for take-back disposal of controlled substances in certain instances (S. 3397), H7316-H7318 [29SE]

Pipelines: ensure telephonic notice of certain incidents (H.R. 6008), H7094-H7096 [28SE]

Public buildings: merits of incandescent light bulbs vs. compact fluorescent light bulbs, H6748 [15SE]

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

Taxation: permanently extend and modify credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel, E281 [2MR]

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

———reduce lead in drinking water, E1541 [9AU]

———reduce lead in drinking water (S. 3874), H8617-H8619 [17DE], E2218 [21DE]

Yucca Mountain, NV: nuclear waste disposal site funding, H558 [4FE], H1153 [4MR], H1176 [9MR], H1381, H1383 [12MR], H4088 [28MY], E1400 [22JY]

———status of proposal to establish as the nation's primary permanent nuclear waste storage site, H7618 [29NO], H7651 [30NO], H8357 [15DE]

Remarks in Senate

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 Justice: improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (S. 3224), S2426 [19AP]

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: delay imposing fines on certain contractors who have been unable to complete training and obtain certification for lead-based paint removal, S4187, S4191 [25MY], S4410-S4413 [26MY], S4491, S4494-S4496, S4501 [27MY], S7738 [29SE]

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

———exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (S. 3850), S7623, S7624 [28SE]

FAA: study and monitor aircraft cabin air quality, and mandate installation of air cleaning and sensor technology if such study demonstrates that these steps would provide a public health benefit, S1733 [18MR]

Government regulations: establish standards limiting the amounts of arsenic and lead contained in glass beads used in pavement markings (S. 3670), S6526 [29JY]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 427), S2167 [26MR]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (S. Res. 650), S7564 [27SE]

Nuclear weapons: make workers from the Cold War Nevada Test Site eligible for automatic compensation, S3157 [5MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States, S1831-S1837, S1845 [23MR], S1993, S1994 [24MR], S2074 [25MR]

Pharmaceuticals: provide for take-back disposal of controlled substances in certain instances (H.R. 5809), S10364 [16DE], S11022 [22DE]

———provide for take-back disposal of controlled substances in certain instances (S. 3397), S4162 [24MY], S6666, S6667 [3AU], S6860, S6861 [5AU], S7770 [29SE]

Pipelines: enhance safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation and enhance reliability in the transportation of U.S. energy products by pipeline (S. 3824), S7354-S7358 [22SE]

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

Taxation: extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes, S1499 [15MR]

———permanently extend and modify credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel, S1246 [8MR]

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]

Water: reduce lead in drinking water (S. 3874), S10364 [16DE]

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, S1579 [16MR]

Reports filed

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

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act (H.R. 1796) (H. Rept. 111-573), H6162 [27JY]

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

Cleanfields Investment Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3374) (S. Rept. 111-210), S5153 [18JN]

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]

Health Care for Individuals Exposed to Environmental Hazards at Camp Lejeune, NC, and Atsugi Naval Air Facility, Japan and Advisory Board To Examine Such Exposures: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 3378) (S. Rept. 111-189), S3830 [17MY]

Oil Spill Response Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 3614), S9021 [14DE]

Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3874), S10410 [16DE]

Request President and Dept. of Energy To Provide Documents Relative to Application To Foreclose Use of Yucca Mountain as High Level Nuclear Waste Repository: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 1466) (H. Rept. 111-550), H5711 [19JY]

Safe Drug Disposal Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5809) (H. Rept. 111-618), H6878 [22SE]

Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 3397), S6519 [29JY]

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]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 6008, Corporate Liability and Emergency Accident Notification (CLEAN) Act, H6986 [23SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 771, support goals and ideals of Mesothelioma Awareness Day, H7622 [29NO]

H. Res. 1294, National Explosive Ordnance Disposal Day, H3283 [11MY]

H.R. 1796, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act, H6190 [28JY]

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

H.R. 5809, Diesel Emissions Reduction Act, H8792 [21DE]

H.R. 5809, Safe Drug Disposal Act, H6855 [22SE]

H.R. 6008, Corporate Liability and Emergency Accident Notification (CLEAN) Act, H7094 [28SE]

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

S. 3397, Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act, S6666 [3AU]

S. 3820, Strengthening Pipeline Safety and Enforcement Act, S7355-S7357 [22SE]

S. 3850, Hunting, Fishing and Recreational Shooting Protection Act, S7623 [28SE]

S. 3874, Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act, S10364 [16DE], H8617 [17DE]

S. Res. 427, National Asbestos Awareness Week, S859 [1MR], S2167 [26MR]

S. Res. 650, National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, S7516, S7564 [27SE]

S. Res. 653, support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program, S7635, S7666 [28SE]