HR 681 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize a proposed rule to amend the spill prevention, control, and countermeasure rule to tailor and streamline the requirements for the dairy industry, and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 11, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Candice S. Miller R-MI

Latest action · Feb 16, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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 11, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), within 30 days after this Act's enactment, to finalize the proposed rule entitled "Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Rule Requirements--Amendments" to exempt certain milk containers and associated piping and appurtenance from the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure program. Prohibits the Administrator from taking regulatory action against dairy and dairy product producers, processors, handlers, and distributors related to such exemption until the effective date of the finalized rule.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2011 to Mar 29, 2011; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MI	Bill Huizenga	Original	Feb 11, 2011
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer	Original	Feb 11, 2011
R-OH	Bob Gibbs	Original	Feb 11, 2011
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson	Original	Feb 11, 2011
R-CA	Devin Nunes	Original	Feb 11, 2011
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas	Original	Feb 11, 2011
R-CA	Jeff Denham	Original	Feb 11, 2011
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson	Original	Feb 11, 2011
D-CT	Joe Courtney	Original	Feb 11, 2011
R-TX	John R. Carter	Original	Feb 11, 2011
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins	Original	Feb 11, 2011
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson	Original	Feb 11, 2011
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Feb 11, 2011
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett	Original	Feb 11, 2011
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	Feb 11, 2011
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri	Original	Feb 11, 2011
D-NY	William L. Owens	Original	Feb 11, 2011
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Mar 3, 2011
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Mar 4, 2011
R-TN	Diane Black		Mar 8, 2011
R-NY	Tom Reed		Mar 15, 2011
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Mar 29, 2011
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Mar 29, 2011

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Referred Feb 11, 2011
	Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee	Referred Feb 16, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 16, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Feb 11, 2011Introduced in House
Feb 11, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The Constitutional authority for this bill is Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States, which allows Congress to do that which is necessary and proper for the execution of laws. In this case, it is necessary and proper to direct the EPA to avoid the excess and duplicative regulation of dairy farmers and producers.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H725.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 104	A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize a proposed rule to amend the spill prevention, control, and countermeasure rule to tailor and streamline the requirements for the dairy industry, and for other purposes.	Related bill	Jan 25, 2011

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced: To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize a proposed rule to amend the spill prevention, control, and countermeasure rule to tailor and streamline the requirements for the dairy industry, and for other purposes.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 11, 2011Introduced in House

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