US Congress Senate Bill 717 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: Introduced on March 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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 three-year period 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.

Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019

Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]
Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB1603 (Related) 2019-11-19 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 1.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/717/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s717/BILLS-116s717is.pdf