Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act
Latest action · Jan 17, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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 17, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a national mercury monitoring program. Under the program, the EPA must track and report on long-term changes of mercury concentrations in air, water, soil, and fish and wildlife. In addition, the EPA must establish an online database for mercury data.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 17, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Jan 17, 2019 |
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 Jan 17, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 17, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jan 17, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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 S301 | Susan M. Collins R-ME | Jan 18, 2019 |
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. 116-8 | COLORADO'S ROADMAP FOR CLEAN ENERGY ACTION: LESSONS FROM STATE AND LOCAL LEADERS85 pages | Select Committee on the Climate Crisis | Aug 1, 2019 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1345 | Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jul 13, 2022 |
| S 3394 | Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act | Reintroduction of | Aug 28, 2018 |
| HR 7621 | Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act | Identical bill | Jul 17, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish a national mercury monitoring program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Animal and plant health
- Birds
- Congressional oversight
- Ecology
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental Protection
- Fishes
- Government information and archives
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- International organizations and cooperation
- Mammals
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine pollution
- Metals
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Soil pollution
- Water quality
- Wetlands
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 17, 2019Introduced 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.
