United States · Bill · S
S. 1935 (104th)
Public Trust and Environmental Accountability Act
Introduced
9 July 1996
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Summary
Public Trust and Environmental Accountability Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a plan to implement policies, programs, and methods for integrating and making publicly available information regarding the environment and public health policy concerns within EPA's jurisdiction. Requires coordination of these activities with those of other governmental agencies and allows integration and dissemination of publicly available information not collected by EPA. Allows the Administrator to set charges for providing information. Requires policies to include support services to encourage public use of EPA-maintained information. Requires the Administrator to establish an award program to recognize companies for source reduction programs.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 July 1996
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Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 July 1996
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 9 July 1996
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1935
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/1935