Acid Rain Research Implementation Act of 1981

Summary

Acid Rain Research Implementation Act of 1981 - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to strengthen specified research and development programs relating to acid precipitation pollution and to establish a process for cooperative decisionmaking on strategies to control such pollution. Directs the the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency ("the Administrator"), the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to ensure that the comprehensive research plan prepared under the Acid Precipitation Act of 1980 satisfies such policy. Directs the Administrator of NOAA, as director of task force research under such Act, to provide the Administrator with a status report within 12 months of enactment of this Act and once every 24 months thereafter. Directs the Administrator, within specified periods, to: (1) determine whether new measures are necessary; (2) report, with recommendations to Congress; and (3) issue proposed rules requiring measures that may help prevent, limit, and remedy the harmful effects of acid precipitation. Directs the Administrator, in order to prepare such reports and proposed rules, to: (1) contract with the National Academy of Science for specified services; (2) work with the task force, State, local, and foreign governments, and private industrial, environmental, scientific, and international organizations in establishing and strengthening monitoring networks to determine the sources and effects of acid precipitation and other long-range pollutants; and (3) arrange, with such entities, for information exchange and cooperative data analysis to ensure that remedial measures may be planned and implemented cooperatively, with minimum social and economic dislocation and maximum environmental protection. Directs the Administrator, working within the plan and in cooperation with other programs, to: (1) ensure that adequate analysis and comparative consideration is given to institutional arrangements (including cost sharing and capital formation approaches that will minimize unforseen or inequitable economic impacts on particular regions or economic sectors) necessary to implement new measures specified in such reports; and (2) include in the task force's annual report a description of actions taken to ensure such analysis and consideration, as well as any recommendations for legislative or administrative action concerning such institutional arrangements. Directs the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of NOAA, to include in the annual task force report a statement concerning the adequacy of task force resources to carry out this Act.

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Timeline

1. 22 October 1981

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 22 October 1981

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 22 October 1981

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 28 October 1981

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agricultural Research, and Environment.

   Source: Committee

5. 20 November 1981

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

   Source: Committee

6. 9 December 1981

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 22 October 1981

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Carney, William [R-NY-1] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bailey, Wendell [R-MO-8] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-19] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Gibbons, Sam [D-FL-11] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Mitchell, Parren J. [D-MD-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Molinari, Guy [R-NY-14] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Mitchell, Donald J. [R-NY-31] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Courter, Jim [R-NJ-12] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Coyne, James K. [R-PA-8] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-15] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-31] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Heckler, Margaret M. [R-MA-10] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Horton, Frank J. [R-NY-29] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Addabbo, Joseph P. [D-NY-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Rudd, Eldon D. [R-AZ-4] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Beilenson, Anthony C. [D-CA-24] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. McGrath, Raymond J. [R-NY-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hendon, Bill [R-NC-11] · R · Cosponsor
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