A resolution urging the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to accelerate the scheduled phaseout of production of ozone-destroying substances in the United States as required pursuant to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and calling on the President to urge the United Nations to call a special session of the Contracting Parties to the Montreal Protocol in order to conclude an agreement accelerating the scheduled phaseout of such substances and for other purposes based on recent scientific findings concerning the degradation of the stratospheric ozone layer and increased atmospheric concentrations of substances that lead to the degradation of the stratospheric ozone layer.

Summary

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) accelerate the scheduled phaseout of production of ozone-destroying substances and provide for complete phaseout as early as possible, but not later than 1997 for chlorofluorocarbons and methyl chloroform; and (2) issue regulations providing for the recapture and recycling of ozone-destroying substances used in appliances and motor-vehicle air-conditioners and for the elimination of such substances used in nonessential consumer products. Declares that the President should: (1) urge the United Nations to call a special session of the Contracting Parties to the Montreal Protocol to conclude an agreement accelerating the phaseout of ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons and methyl chloroform and providing for such phaseout by 1997; (2) urge the Contracting Parties to provide for the phaseout of hydrochlorofluorocarbons by 2010; and (3) urge the Contracting Parties to accelerate the compliance of developing countries with the Protocol.

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Timeline

1. 9 April 1991

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 9 April 1991

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 19 November 1991

   Reported

   Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

   Source: Committee

4. 19 November 1991

   Reported

   Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Pell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title and an amended preamble. Without written report.

   Source: Committee

5. 19 November 1991

   Calendars

   Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 332.

   Source: Calendars

6. 3 March 1992

   Floor

   Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.

   Source: Floor

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Sponsors

• Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Wirth, Timothy [D-CO] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Bryan, Richard H. [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
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