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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 91 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To abolish the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and for |
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| 6 | 6 | | other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | IGGSof Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To abolish the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease |
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| 14 | 14 | | Registry, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Freedom for Farmers 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. ABOLISHMENT OF AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | AND DISEASE REGISTRY. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) A |
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| 23 | 23 | | BOLISHMENT OF AGENCY.—The Agency for 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (in this section re-9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | ferred to as the ‘‘Agency’’) is abolished effective on the 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 91 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) T |
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| 32 | 32 | | ERMINATION OF FUNCTIONS.—Except as pro-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | vided in subsection (c)(1), all functions of the Agency shall 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | terminate on the date specified in subsection (a). 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (c) T |
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| 36 | 36 | | RANSFERREDAUTHORITY.— 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) I |
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| 38 | 38 | | N GENERAL.—Prior to the date specified in 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | subsection (a), the Secretary of Health and Human 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | retary’’) shall transfer the authority vested in the 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Agency by section 104(i)(1)(A) of the Comprehen-11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(1)(A)) as 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | this Act (relating to a national registry of serious 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | diseases and illnesses and a national registry of per-16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | sons exposed to toxic substances) to an appropriate 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | agency within the Department of Health and 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Human Services. 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) C |
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| 52 | 52 | | ORRESPONDING TRANSFER OF ASSETS 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | AND PERSONNEL.—In connection with the transfer 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | of authority under paragraph (1), the Secretary may 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | transfer within the Department of Health and 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Human Services such assets, funds, personnel, 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | records, and other property relating to the trans-25 |
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| 60 | 60 | | •HR 91 IH |
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| 61 | 61 | | ferred authority as the Secretary determines to be 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | appropriate. 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (d) W |
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| 64 | 64 | | IND-UPPERIOD.— 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (1) D |
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| 66 | 66 | | EFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘wind-up period’’ means the period beginning on the 5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the 6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | date specified in subsection (a). 7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (2) R |
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| 71 | 71 | | ESPONSIBILITIES.—The Secretary shall be 8 |
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| 72 | 72 | | responsible for— 9 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (A) the administration and wind-up, dur-10 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ing the wind-up period, of all functions of the 11 |
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| 75 | 75 | | Agency that are terminated by this section; 12 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (B) the administration and wind-up, dur-13 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ing the wind-up period, of any outstanding obli-14 |
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| 78 | 78 | | gations of the Federal Government under any 15 |
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| 79 | 79 | | programs of the Agency that are terminated by 16 |
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| 80 | 80 | | this section; and 17 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (C) taking such other actions as may be 18 |
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| 82 | 82 | | necessary to wind-up any outstanding affairs of 19 |
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| 83 | 83 | | the Agency before the end of the wind-up pe-20 |
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| 84 | 84 | | riod. 21 |
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| 85 | 85 | | SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 22 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (a) CERCLA.—The Comprehensive Environmental 23 |
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| 87 | 87 | | Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) is amended— 25 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (1) in section 104 (42 U.S.C. 9604), by amend-1 |
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| 93 | 93 | | ing subsection (i) to read as follows: 2 |
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| 94 | 94 | | ‘‘(i) The Secretary of Health and Human Services 3 |
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| 95 | 95 | | shall, in cooperation with the States, maintain a national 4 |
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| 96 | 96 | | registry of serious diseases and illnesses and a national 5 |
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| 97 | 97 | | registry of persons exposed to toxic substances.’’; 6 |
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| 98 | 98 | | (2) in section 111 (42 U.S.C. 9611)— 7 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (A) by striking subsection (c)(4); and 8 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (B) by striking subsection (m); and 9 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (3) in section 310(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 10 |
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| 102 | 102 | | 9659(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘and the Administrator of 11 |
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| 103 | 103 | | the ATSDR’’. 12 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (b) O |
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| 105 | 105 | | THERCONFORMINGCHANGES.— 13 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (1) Section 2704 of title 10, United States 14 |
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| 107 | 107 | | Code, is amended by striking subsection (f). 15 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (2) Section 405(d)(1) of the Toxic Substances 16 |
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| 109 | 109 | | Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601(d)(1)) is amended by 17 |
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| 110 | 110 | | striking ‘‘acting through the Director of the Agency 18 |
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| 111 | 111 | | for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,’’. 19 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (3) Section 209(c)(1)(A) of the Fire Adminis-20 |
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| 113 | 113 | | tration Authorization Act of 1992 (29 U.S.C. 21 |
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| 114 | 114 | | 671a(c)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Admin-22 |
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| 115 | 115 | | istrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Dis-23 |
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| 116 | 116 | | ease Registry,’’. 24 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (4) Section 118(e)(3)(A) of the Federal Water 1 |
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| 121 | 121 | | Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(e)(3)(A)) is 2 |
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| 122 | 122 | | amended by striking ‘‘, in consultation with the Re-3 |
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| 123 | 123 | | search Office, the Agency for Toxic Substances and 4 |
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| 124 | 124 | | Disease Registry, and Great Lakes States’’ and in-5 |
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| 125 | 125 | | serting ‘‘, in consultation with the Research Office 6 |
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| 126 | 126 | | and Great Lakes States,’’. 7 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (5) Section 317F(a) of the Public Health Serv-8 |
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| 128 | 128 | | ice Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–7(a)) is amended— 9 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and the 10 |
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| 130 | 130 | | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Reg-11 |
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| 131 | 131 | | istry’’; and 12 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or the 13 |
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| 133 | 133 | | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Reg-14 |
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| 134 | 134 | | istry’’. 15 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (6) Section 399S of the Public Health Service 16 |
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| 136 | 136 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–7) is amended— 17 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (A) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(i)— 18 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (i) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of 19 |
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| 139 | 139 | | subclause (II); 20 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (ii) by striking subclause (III); and 21 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (iii) by redesignating subclause (IV) 22 |
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| 142 | 142 | | as subclause (III); and 23 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (B) in subsection (d)(1)(A)— 24 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (i) by striking clause (iv); and 25 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (ii) by redesignating clauses (v) 1 |
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| 149 | 149 | | through (vii) as clauses (iv) through (vi), 2 |
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| 150 | 150 | | respectively. 3 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (7) Section 399V–6(e)(5) of the Public Health 4 |
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| 152 | 152 | | Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–17(e)(5)) is amended 5 |
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| 153 | 153 | | by striking ‘‘and the Assessments of Chemical Expo-6 |
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| 154 | 154 | | sures Program of the Agency for Toxic Substances 7 |
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| 155 | 155 | | and Disease Registry’’. 8 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (8) Section 3(c) of the ICCVAM Authorization 9 |
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| 157 | 157 | | Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 285l–3(c)) is amended— 10 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (A) by striking paragraph (1); and 11 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 12 |
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| 160 | 160 | | through (16) as paragraphs (1) through (15), 13 |
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| 161 | 161 | | respectively. 14 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (9) Section 2201(e) of the Water Infrastructure 15 |
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| 163 | 163 | | Improvements for the Nation Act (42 U.S.C. 300j– 16 |
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| 164 | 164 | | 12 note) is amended by striking ‘‘the Director of the 17 |
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| 165 | 165 | | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 18 |
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| 166 | 166 | | of’’ each place it appears. 19 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (10) Section 2203 of the Water Infrastructure 20 |
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| 168 | 168 | | Improvements for the Nation Act (42 U.S.C. 300j– 21 |
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| 169 | 169 | | 27) is amended— 22 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘within 23 |
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| 171 | 171 | | the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 24 |
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| 172 | 172 | | Registry or the Centers for Disease Control and 25 |
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| 176 | 176 | | Prevention at the discretion of the Secretary’’ 1 |
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| 177 | 177 | | and inserting ‘‘within the Centers for Disease 2 |
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| 178 | 178 | | Control and Prevention’’; and 3 |
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| 179 | 179 | | (B) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘, 4 |
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| 180 | 180 | | within the Agency for Toxic Substances and 5 |
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| 181 | 181 | | Disease Registry’’. 6 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (11) Section 709(a)(7) of the Security and Ac-7 |
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| 183 | 183 | | countability for Every Port Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 8 |
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| 184 | 184 | | 300hh–14(a)(7)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Agen-9 |
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| 185 | 185 | | cy for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,’’. 10 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (12) Section 3001 of the Solid Waste Disposal 11 |
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| 187 | 187 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 6921(b)(1)) is amended by striking 12 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ‘‘the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Reg-13 |
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| 189 | 189 | | istry and’’. 14 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (13) Section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal 15 |
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| 191 | 191 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 6939a) is amended— 16 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (A) by striking subsections (b) through 17 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (g); and 18 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (B) in subsection (a), by striking the sub-19 |
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| 195 | 195 | | section designation and heading. 20 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (14) Section 103(d)(2)(A) of the Clean Air Act 21 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (42 U.S.C. 7403(d)(2)(A)) is amended by striking 22 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ‘‘the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Reg-23 |
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| 199 | 199 | | istry,’’. 24 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 1 |
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| 204 | 204 | | section apply beginning on the date specified in section 2 |
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| 205 | 205 | | 2(a). 3 |
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