US Congress House Bill 332 (Prior Session Legislation)

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February 25 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Military Environmental Responsibility Act - Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and defense-related agencies (the Department of Energy [DOE], the Nuclear Regulatory Commission [NRC], the Office of Naval Nuclear Reactors, and any others as designated by the President) to fully comply with designated federal and state environmental laws, including those related to public health and safety, to the same extent as any other entities subject to such laws. Waives any immunity of the United States with respect to such laws as applied to DOD and any defense-related agency. Provides for administrative enforcement actions. Requires the Secretary of Defense, for each weapon system for which congressional budget justification is required, to ensure that all development and procurement decisions comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Repeals prohibitions: (1) on the use of certain military appropriation accounts for the payment of fines and penalties for environmental noncompliance; and (2) forbidding the use of defense funds to conduct treatment, storage, or disposal activities at sites designated under the Formerly Utilized Site Remedial Action Program.

Military Environmental Responsibility Act

Rep Filner, Bob	Rep Blumenauer, Earl	Rep Farr, Sam	Rep Honda, Michael M.
Rep Markey, Edward J.	Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes	Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
2011-02-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
2011-02-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
2011-01-24	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E101)
2011-01-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2011-01-19	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2011-01-19	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2011-01-19	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2011-01-19	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-01-19	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2011-01-19	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN00332:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr332ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr332ih.pdf