HR 1123 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

State Waste Empowerment and Enforcement Provision Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 6, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Jo Ann Davis R-VA

Latest action · Mar 17, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.

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.

IntroducedMar 6, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

State Waste Empowerment and Enforcement Provision Act of 2003 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize a State to limit, place restrictions on, or otherwise regulate out-of-State municipal solid waste received or disposed of annually at each landfill or incinerator in the State, except, until two years after enactment of this Act, to the extent that a host community agreement (between an owner or operator of a landfill or incinerator and an affected local government) specifically authorizes such receipt.

Cosponsors 9

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2003 to Sep 24, 2003; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MI	Candice S. Miller	Original	Mar 6, 2003
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen	Original	Mar 6, 2003
D-VA	James P. Moran	Original	Mar 6, 2003
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Original	Mar 6, 2003
R-VA	Tom Davis	Original	Mar 6, 2003
R-VA	Eric Cantor		Mar 12, 2003
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		May 21, 2003
R-VA	Edward L. Schrock		Jul 17, 2003
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.		Sep 24, 2003

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Mar 6, 2003
	Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee	Referred Mar 17, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 17, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
Mar 6, 2003Introduced in House
Mar 6, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 108-33	HEARING ON H.R. 382, H.R. 411, AND H.R. 1730153 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Jul 23, 2003

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To authorize States to regulate the receipt and disposal of out-of-State municipal solid waste.
Short Titles as Introduced: State Waste Empowerment and Enforcement Provision Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 6, 2003Introduced in House

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