Congress 107 - HR 2084 - Sound Science Methyl Bromide Act

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Administrative procedure Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Agriculture Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency Environmental research Exports Federal receipts and expenditures Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Import restrictions Law Methyl bromide Ozone layer depletion Science, Technology, Communications

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Sound Science Methyl Bromide Act - Prohibits the use of Federal funds to implement any regulation requiring a reduction in the production or consumption of methyl bromide unless the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency have reported to Congress on the effects of methyl bromide on the ozone layer. Provides for review of the report by the National Academy of Sciences.

Requires the U.S. Trade Representative to study the use of methyl bromide by other nations and identify those that will prohibit the importation of a U.S. product if it is not used for that product.

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Jun 18, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Jun 15, 2001

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Jun 15, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Jun 6, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 6, 2001

Introduced in House

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