PIC and POPs Conventions and the LRTAP POPs Protocol Implementation Act

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 399.

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HouseSep 21, 2005IntroducedOfficial record

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Related Senate bill: S.2042 POPs, LRTAP POPs, and PIC Implementation Act of 2005

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Sep 21, 2005

PIC and POPs Conventions and the LRTAP POPs Protocol Implementation Act - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for the implementation of three international environmental agreements: (1) the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention); (2) the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP POPs Protocol); and (3) the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (PIC Convention).

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] · R–OK

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Agriculture Committee

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Sep 19, 2006
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 399.
Sep 19, 2006
Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 109-668.
Sep 19, 2006
Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 109-668.
Jul 27, 2006
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jul 20, 2006
Committee Hearings Held.
Oct 4, 2005
Executive Comment Requested from EPA.
Sep 21, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Sep 21, 2005
Introduced in House
Sep 21, 2005
Introduced in House

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Discuss H.R.3849, 109th Congress: PIC and POPs Conventions and the LRTAP POPs Protocol Implementation Act

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/3849

Text version to examine: Reported in House · 2006-09-19.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/109/bills/hr3849/BILLS-109hr3849rh.htm

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/3849

Text version to examine: Reported in House · 2006-09-19.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/109/bills/hr3849/BILLS-109hr3849rh.htm

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/3849

Text version to examine: Reported in House · 2006-09-19.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/109/bills/hr3849/BILLS-109hr3849rh.htm

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Discuss H.R.3849, 109th Congress: PIC and POPs Conventions and the LRTAP POPs Protocol Implementation Act

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/3849

Text version to examine: Reported in House · 2006-09-19.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/109/bills/hr3849/BILLS-109hr3849rh.htm

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