Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act
Latest action · Dec 19, 2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 552.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act - Amends the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to repeal provisions authorizing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to modify the frequency of submitting toxic chemical release forms.
Requires the Administrator to establish the eligibility threshold regarding the use of a form A certification statement under the Toxics Release Inventory Program at not greater than 500 pounds for nonpersistent bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals. Prohibits the use of such form with respect to any chemical of special concern identified by the Administrator.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2007 to Aug 2, 2007; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Feb 14, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Feb 14, 2007 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Apr 10, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Aug 2, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2007Markup Jul 31, 2007Reported Dec 19, 2007 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2007Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 110-253. Minority views filed.
- Dec 19, 2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 552.
- Jul 31, 2007Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Feb 14, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Feb 14, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1974-1975)
- Feb 14, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1975)
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1974Text printed S1975 | Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ (text) | Feb 14, 2007 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Aug 20, 2007S. 595, Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 31, 2007</p>
- Aug 20, 2007S. 595, Toxic Right-to-Know Protection ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 31, 2007
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1055 | Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act | Related bill | Oct 4, 2007 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to strike a provision relating to modifications in reporting frequency.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2007Reported to Senate
- Feb 14, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
