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S. 3871: Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act

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S. 3871: Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act

109th Congress · introduced 2006-09-07 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-1076.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2006-09-07 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-1076. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act

Plain summary

Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system that may be used by a hazardous waste generator or transporter, an owner or operator of a hazardous waste treatment, storage, recycling, or disposal facility, or any other entity that is required to use a manifest to comply with any federal or state requirement to track the shipment, transportation, and receipt of hazardous waste or other material that is shipped from the generation site to an off-site facility for treatment, storage, disposal, or recycling. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) impose service fees on users to pay for developing, operating, maintaining, and upgrading the system; and (2) deposit the fees into the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund (established by this Act). Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Governing Board; and (2) carry out this Act in each state unless the state program is fully authorized to do so.

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Official text

Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] · 2 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] reported raising $4.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong109-s3871 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109