Military Environmental Responsibility Act

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Department of Defense and all other defense-related agencies of the United States to fully comply with Federal and State environmental laws, including certain laws relating to public health and worker safety, that are designed to protect the environment and the health and safety of the public, particularly those persons most vulnerable to the hazards incident to military operations and installations, such as children, members of the Armed Forces, civilian employees, and persons living in the vicinity of military operations and installations.

8/3/2007--Introduced.
Military Environmental Responsibility Act - Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and defense-related agencies (the Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 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:
(1) a Federal provision prohibiting the use of certain military appropriation accounts for the payment of fines and penalties for environmental noncompliance; and
(2) a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 which prohibits the use of defense funds to conduct treatment, storage, or disposal activities at sites designated under the Formerly Utilized Site Remedial Action Program.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
• and 25 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
  • Rep. Russ Carnahan [D, MO-3]
  • Rep. André Carson [D, IN-7]
  • Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
  • Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
  • Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
  • Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
  • Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
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Committees

• House Transportation and Infrastructure
• 11 more
  • House Transportation and Infrastructure
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Transportation and Infrastructure
  • House Armed Services
  • House Armed Services
  • House Transportation and Infrastructure
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Transportation and Infrastructure
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Natural Resources
  • House Education and Labor
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3366

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
August 03, 2007

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• Sep 25, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
• Sep 19, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
• Aug 04, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
• Aug 04, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
• Aug 04, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
• Aug 04, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to House Education and Labor
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to House Natural Resources
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to House Armed Services
• Aug 03, 2007: 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 Labor, 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.
• Introduced on Aug 03, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Weapons systems
• Storage
• State laws
• Solid wastes
• 28 more
• Radiation safety
• Public health
• Public contracts
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Medical care
• Law
• Independent regulatory commissions
• Health policy
• Hazardous wastes
• Hazardous waste sites
• Hazardous substances
• Government liability
• Fines (Penalties)
• Executive departments
• Environmental protection
• Environmental law enforcement
• Environmental assessment
• Department of Energy
• Department of Defense
• Defense procurement
• Defense economics
• Defense budgets
• Civil-military relations
• Budgets
• Armed forces
• Appropriations
• Administrative remedies
• Defense policy

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