H.R. 5863: To authorize temporary emergency extensions to certain exemptions to the requirements with respect to polychlorinated biphenyls under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

109th Congress · introduced 2006-07-24 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 392.

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Where it came from: introduced 2006-07-24 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To authorize temporary emergency extensions to certain exemptions to the requirements with respect to polychlorinated biphenyls under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to: (1) authorize the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to extend temporary emergency exemptions to requirements concerning polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) for 30 days for the purpose of authorizing their safe, effective, and efficient shipment into the United States for disposal, treatment, or storage; and (2) require any person granted such an exemption to report to Congress on the status of foreign-manufactured PCBs generated by or under the control of that person outside of the United States. Requires the report to address: (1) the remaining volume of such foreign-manufactured PCBs that may require shipment into the United States; and (2) the efforts that have been made to reduce such volume.

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To authorize temporary emergency extensions to certain exemptions to the requirements with respect to polychlorinated biphenyls under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)

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Sponsor: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5863, A bill to authorize temporary emergency extensions to certain exemptions to the requirements with respect to polychlorinated biphenyls under the Toxic Substances Control Act (2006-08-03); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5863, A bill to authorize temporary emergency extensions to certain exemptions to the requirements with respect to polychlorinated biphenyls under the Toxic Substances Control Act (2006-08-03)

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Exemption: A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109hr5863.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/hr>

Record fed-us-cong109-hr5863 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109