Amendment101st Congress
Amendment incorporated into the bill the text of H.R. 1056 which brought Federal facilities under the provisions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. It gave the EPA the right to bring enforcement actions against Federal departments and agencies in order to achieve compliance.
- Amendment Number
- 394
- Description
- Amendment incorporated into the bill the text of H.R. 1056 which brought Federal facilities under the provisions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. It gave the EPA the right to bring enforcement actions against Federal departments and agencies in order to achieve compliance.
- Purpose
- An amendment consisting of the text of H.R. 1056, the Federal Facilities Compliance Act, which passed the House by a vote of 380 to 39 on July 19, 1989. The amendment specifies that federal facilities shall be subject to the provisions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act regulations, including administrative orders requiring corrective actions and the imposition of civil penalties and fines. The amendment clarifies that the federal government waive its sovereign immunity from EPA and state enforcement actions and empowers EPA to undertake administrative enforcement actions against federal departments and agencies to achieve compliance.
- Congress
- 101
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Mar 28, 1990
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Eckart amendment (A009) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 15:18:52
- Submitted Date
- Mar 28, 1990
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Jul 1, 2021