Bill > HR1603

Introduced Session

To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture, processing, and distribution in commerce of asbestos and asbestos-containing mixtures and articles, and for other purposes. This bill prohibits the manufacturing, processing, and distribution of asbestos or any mixture or article containing asbestos. The bill authorizes the President to grant exemptions from this prohibition if it is necessary to protect national security interests and no feasible alternative exists for the intended use of the asbestos-containing product. Any person who has manufactured, processed, or distributed asbestos or any mixture or article containing asbestos in the 36 months preceding the enactment of this bill (as well as those acting within the year after enactment but before the prohibition takes effect) must submit a report to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) including information such as the location of the facility where the manufacturing occurred. Additionally, the EPA must submit a report assessing the presence of asbestos in any residential, commercial, industrial, public, and school buildings as well as the extent of exposure and risk to human health. The report must include recommendations for modifications or additions to statutes, regulations, policies, and programs aimed at protecting against exposures to legacy asbestos.

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Suzanne Bonamici (D)*,  Nanette Barragán (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Brendan Boyle (D),  Julia Brownley (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Peter DeFazio (D),  Diana DeGette (D),  Debbie Dingell (D),  Anna Eshoo (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Katie Hill (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Raja Krishnamoorthi (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Daniel Lipinski (D),  Tom Malinowski (D),  Doris Matsui (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Donald McEachin (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Jerry McNerney (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),  Frank Pallone (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  David Price (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Linda Sánchez (D),  Mary Gay Scanlon (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Kurt Schrader (D),  Donna Shalala (D),  Elissa Slotkin (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Paul Tonko (D),  David Trone (D),  Lauren Underwood (D),  Jeff Van Drew (R),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Peter Welch (D), 

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 1. (on 11/19/2019)

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