Military Environmental Responsibility Act
Latest action · Feb 25, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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.
- IntroducedJan 19, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the Secretary of Defense, for each weapon system for which congressional budget justification is required, to ensure that all development and procurement decisions comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
Repeals prohibitions: (1) on the use of certain military appropriation accounts for the payment of fines and penalties for environmental noncompliance; and (2) forbidding the use of defense funds to conduct treatment, storage, or disposal activities at sites designated under the Formerly Utilized Site Remedial Action Program.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2011 to Jul 21, 2011.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 8, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Feb 8, 2011 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Feb 15, 2011 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Feb 17, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Mar 3, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jul 21, 2011 |
Committees 5
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jan 19, 2011 |
| Readiness Subcommittee | Referred Feb 4, 2011 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 19, 2011 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Feb 1, 2011 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jan 19, 2011 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Jan 20, 2011 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jan 19, 2011 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jan 19, 2011 |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred Feb 25, 2011 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Feb 4, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
- Feb 1, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
- Jan 24, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E101)
- Jan 20, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Jan 19, 2011Introduced in House
- Jan 19, 2011Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E101 | Bob Filner D-CA | Jan 24, 2011 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H355.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41613 | Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 112th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 22, 2013 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Department of Defense and all other defense-related agencies of the United States to fully comply with Federal and State environmental laws, including certain laws relating to public health and worker safety, that are designed to protect the environment and the health and safety of the public, particularly those persons most vulnerable to the hazards incident to military operations and installations, such as children, members of the Armed Forces, civilian employees, and persons living in the vicinity of military operations and installations.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Military Environmental Responsibility Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Administrative remedies
- Appropriations
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Civil actions and liability
- Defense spending
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental health
- Government liability
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Intergovernmental relations
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
- Pollution liability
- Radioactive wastes and releases
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 19, 2011Introduced in House
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.
