US Congress Senate Bill 675 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on March 24 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-03-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prohibit the sale in the United States of residential dishwashing detergent that contains phosphorus in any form in excess of 0.5% (by weight expressed as elemental phosphorus) beginning July 1, 2010. Requires the Administrator to: (1) review the available scientific information pertaining to nutrient excesses in the Great Lakes; and (2) recommend to Congress actions to be taken by EPA to address such nutrient excesses.

A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the sale of dishwashing detergent in the United States if the detergent contains a high level of phosphorus, and for other purposes.

Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI]	Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]
Sen. George Voinovich [R-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-24		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB3946 (Same As) 2009-10-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/675/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s675/BILLS-111s675is.pdf