HR91-119

Introduced

To abolish the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and for other purposes.

119th Congress Introduced Jan 3, 2025

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Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill requires abolishes the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) effective one year after enactment, transferring only the minimal function of maintaining national registries of diseases and toxic. It relies on definition changes and compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Public Health, Trade, Energy, and Environment.

Who Benefits and How

Petroleum refineries and petrochemical plants assessed by ATSDR could face lower compliance burdens, Chemical manufacturing facilities subject to ATSDR toxic substance assessments could face lower compliance burdens, and Waste management and hazardous waste disposal facilities could face lower compliance burdens.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Communities near toxic waste sites losing access to ATSDR health assessments could face increased risk.

Key Provisions

  • Requires abolishes the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) effective one year after enactment, transferring only the minimal function of maintaining national registries of diseases and toxic...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill requires abolishes the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) effective one year after enactment, transferring only the minimal function of maintaining national registries of diseases and toxic.

Key Policy Areas

Public Health, Trade, Energy, Environment

Primary Purpose

The bill requires abolishes the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) effective one year after enactment, transferring only the minimal function of maintaining national registries of diseases and toxic.

Policy Domains

Public Health Trade Energy Environment

Section 1 - Short Title

Identified Gains
  • Petroleum refineries and petrochemical plants assessed by ATSDR
  • Chemical manufacturing facilities subject to ATSDR toxic substance assessments
  • Waste management and hazardous waste disposal facilities
  • Mining operations near communities with toxic exposure concerns
  • Industrial facilities at or near Superfund sites subject to ATSDR health assessments
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Waste management and hazardous waste disposal facilities:
Mining operations near communities with toxic exposure concerns:
Petroleum refineries and petrochemical plants assessed by ATSDR:
Chemical manufacturing facilities subject to ATSDR toxic substance assessments:
Industrial facilities at or near Superfund sites subject to ATSDR health assessments:
Identified Costs
  • Communities near toxic waste sites losing access to ATSDR health assessments
Model: codex-gpt-5:bulk-repair | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
Communities near toxic waste sites losing access to ATSDR health assessments:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 3, 2025

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Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Manufacturing
2 mentions across 1 clause
+2 positive

Chemical manufacturing facilities subject to ATSDR toxic substance assessments, Industrial facilities at or near Superfund sites subject to ATSDR health assessments

Oil & Gas
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Petroleum refineries and petrochemical plants assessed by ATSDR

Mining
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Mining operations near communities with toxic exposure concerns

Waste Management
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Waste management and hazardous waste disposal facilities

Environment
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Environmental health consulting firms providing services previously offered by ATSDR

General Public
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

Communities near toxic waste sites losing access to ATSDR health assessments

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Public Health Trade Energy Environment
Domains
Public Health Environmental Health Government Reorganization
Actor Mappings
"the_agency"
→ Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services
Domains
Administrative Law Environmental Health
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

Note: No conflicts detected - 'The Secretary' consistently refers to Secretary of Health and Human Services throughout

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"the Secretary" §2

Secretary of Health and Human Services

"wind-up period" §2(d)

The period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the date specified in subsection (a) (1 year after enactment)

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