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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act.
- Section id8d3ed037c09a45f9843f7cabace8c796: 2. Findings Congress finds that— mercury is a potent neurotoxin of significant ecological and public health concern; it is estimated that approximately 100,000...
- Section id2592c497f3e849c3a5ef0c5230454151: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The term Advisory Committee means the...
- Section idbe07f4fb33a44ec894543ddcfa4f3468: 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 idbc9964f4bc9a49899a9f502fd55e2b30: 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
IntroducedMs. Collins (for herself and Mr. Carper) introduced the following …
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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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