S 2797 · 96th Congress · Health

A bill to require the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a report with respect to the effects of hazardous wastes.

Introduced 1980-06-06· Sponsored by Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.(1980-06-06)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to prepare, and submit to Congress within six months, a report on the known and suspected hazards associated with substances identified as hazardous wastes pursuant to specified provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Requires that such report include a description of the nature of the hazards to human health posed by each substance, both directly and indirectly through the environment and through hazards to other forms of life.…

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