S 2588 · 107th Congress 2001โ€“2003, ended

Southern Border Air Quality Protection Act

Latest action · Jun 5, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 5, 2002
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Southern Border Air Quality Protection Act - Prohibits natural gas from being exported to Mexico by certain electric energy generation units: (1) located within 50 miles of the United States; (2) whose generation capacity is greater than 50 megawatts; and (3) that do not comply with specified air quality control requirements.

Directs the President to exercise certain authority granted under the Export Administration Act of 1979 and Executive Order No. 12924 in order to implement this Act.

Establishes penalties for noncompliance with this Act.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 5, 2002.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalJun 5, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateBanking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Referred Jun 5, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 5, 2002Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 5, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5051-5052)
  3. Jun 5, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S5051Dianne Feinstein D-CAJun 5, 2002

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 4867Southern Border Air Quality Protection ActIdentical billJun 5, 2002

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to prohibit the exportation of natural gas from the United States to Mexico for use in electric energy generation units near the United states border that do not comply with air quality control requirements that provide air quality protection that is at least equivalent to the protection provided by requirements applicable in the United States.
Short Titles as Introduced
Southern Border Air Quality Protection Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 5, 2002Introduced in Senate

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