H.R. 861: Alerting Localities of Environmental Risks and Threats Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-05 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-05 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Alerting Localities of Environmental Risks and Threats Act of 2021

Plain summary

Alerting Localities of Environmental Risks and Threats Act of 2021 This bill requires the owner or operator of a facility where hazardous chemicals are produced, used, or stored to hold a public meeting within 72 hours of the release of an extremely hazardous substance. The owner or operator must publish a notice in a local newspaper, giving at least 24 hours of notice before the public meeting. Such notice must be posted at a local library, other local government buildings, and on the facility's public website. The bill also requires the owner or operator of a facility to hold an annual public meeting, where specified information regarding the extremely hazardous substances at the facility must be disclosed. Notice for such meeting must be published in a local newspaper at least a week in advance of the meeting. The bill provides for a civil penalty if such public meeting and notice requirements are not met.

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Alerting Localities of Environmental Risks and Threats Act of 2021

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Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large] · 15 cosponsors

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Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), André Carson (D-IN), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Sean Casten (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mike Quigley (D-IL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large] reported raising $1.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr861.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr861 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117