US Congress House Bill 6345 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on August 2 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-08-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

General Duty Clarification Act of 2012 - Amends the Clean Air Act, with respect to provisions relating to the prevention of accidental releases of hazardous air pollutants, to provide that no entity may be found in violation of such provisions until the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) promulgates final regulations establishing criteria defining the terms "extremely hazardous substance," "appropriate hazard assessment techniques," and "design and maintain a safe facility"; and (2) issues guidelines to ensure that enforcement of such provisions is handled by the regional offices of EPA in a uniform and appropriate manner across all regions of the United States. Modifies the definition of "accidental release" to exclude an emission resulting from an intentional act.

General Duty Clarification Act of 2012

Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]

Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]

Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]

Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-08-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
2012-08-02	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SB3529 (Related) 2012-09-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6345/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6345/BILLS-112hr6345ih.pdf