To establish a national mercury monitoring program, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To establish a national mercury monitoring program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Healthcare.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H0A25C28CBB6A4CA4A6B85C2C0DDDD77C: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act.
- Section H683CB76F97F74DB2A43A7CBD8C0100C9: 2. Findings Congress finds that— mercury is a potent neurotoxin of significant ecological and public health concern; it is estimated that approximately 200,000...
- Section H0B817B36D58248ABAC57BD79BD978BEC: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The term Advisory Committee means the...
- Section HC2467639D96D447092873D3D752A930F: 4. Monitoring program The Administrator, in consultation with the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Director of the United States...
- Section H887C5F9C3E7D470393E924BCCA715DDD: 5. Advisory committee The Administrator, in consultation with the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Director of the United States...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To establish a national mercury monitoring program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Government Operations, Healthcare
Primary Purpose
This bill, To establish a national mercury monitoring program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Cartwright (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Mast, and Ms. …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "administrator_of_epa"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the rate of transfer of mercury between ecosystem components (such as between water and air or land and air) or between portions of ecosystem components, expressed in terms of— mass per unit of time
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