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H.R. 6131: To permit certain expenditures from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.

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H.R. 6131: To permit certain expenditures from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.

109th Congress · introduced 2006-09-21 · Taxation · Latest: Became Public Law No: 109-433.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2006-09-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Chocola, Chris [R-IN-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 109-433. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

To permit certain expenditures from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize expenditures from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund to carry out various programs enacted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to protect groundwater, including underground storage tank and piping secondary containment, maintenance of government-owned tanks, tank inspection, training for tank operators, state compliance and enforcement activities, prevention of delivery of a regulated substance into a tank, and protection of tanks on Indian reservations or tribal lands.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

To permit certain expenditures from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Chocola, Chris [R-IN-2] · 1 cosponsors

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Words on this page, explained (1)
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.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr6131 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109