Also tagged in: Accident prevention, Administrative procedure, Business, Coal, Department of Labor, Drugs, Dyes and dyeing, Emergency management, Energy, Environmental protection
Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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To require the Secretary of Labor to issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust, and for other purposes. 4/30/2008--Passed House amended.    (There are 2 other summaries) Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Requires the Secretary of Labor, within 90 days, to promulgate an interim final standard regulating combustible dusts, which shall apply to manufacturing, processing, blending, conveying, repackaging, and handling of combustible particulate solids and their dusts (including organic dusts, plastics, sulfur, wood, rubber, furniture, textiles, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, fibers, dyes, coal, metals, and fossil fuels), but shall not apply to processes already covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) standard on grain facilities.Requires such standard to provide requirements for: (1) a hazard assessment [...]

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Also tagged in: Business, Caribbean area, Haiti, Latin America, Poverty, Rubber, Shoe industry, Tariff, Tariff preferences, Trade
Latest Action: 11/15/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Bill Text
A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the tariffs on certain footwear.

11/15/2007--Introduced.

Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the elimination of duty on certain imported footwear would provide significant benefit to U.S. consumers, particularly lower-income families.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty-free treatment of certain footwear (including children's shoes) made of rubber or plastics that are imported into the United States.

Amends the Caribbean Basic Economic Recovery Act to provide footwear imported directly from Haiti into the United States with the same preferential treatment that is provided to certain imported footwear under the Dominican Republic-Central American-United States Free Trade Agreement.


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Also tagged in: Birth defects, Business, Carcinogens, Child development, Child health, Child safety, Children, Consumers, Hazardous substances, Medical care
Latest Action: 10/31/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13628)

Bill Text
A bill to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of certain children's products and child care articles that contain phthalates, and for other purposes.

10/31/2007--Introduced.

Children's Chemical Risk Reduction Act of 2007 - Requires any children's product or child care article that contains a phthalate to be treated as a banned hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. Applies certain prohibitions of that Act to such product article.

Provides that, if a manufacturer modifies a children's product or child care article that contains a phthalate to comply with such ban, it shall: (1) use an alternative to phthalates that is the least toxic; and (2) not use any of specified prohibited alternatives to phthalates.


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Also tagged in: Birth defects, Business, Carcinogens, Child development, Child health, Child safety, Children, Consumers, Hazardous substances, Medical care
Latest Action: 10/31/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Bill Text
To prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of certain children's products and child care articles that contain phthalates.

10/31/2007--Introduced.

Children's Chemical Risk Reduction Act - Requires any children's product or child care article that contains a phthalate to be treated as a banned hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. Applies certain prohibitions of that Act to such product article.

Provides that, if a manufacturer modifies a children's product or child care article that contains a phthalate to comply with such ban, it shall: (1) use an alternative to phthalates that is the least toxic; and (2) not use any of specified prohibited alternatives to phthalates.


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Also tagged in: Business, Caribbean area, Haiti, Latin America, Poverty, Rubber, Shoe industry, Tariff, Tariff preferences, Trade
Latest Action: 10/23/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Bill Text
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the tariffs on certain footwear.

10/23/2007--Introduced.

Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the elimination of duty on certain imported footwear would provide significant benefit to U.S. consumers, particularly lower-income families.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty-free treatment of certain footwear (including children's shoes) made of rubber or plastics that are imported into the United States.

Amends the Caribbean Basic Economic Recovery Act to provide footwear imported directly from Haiti into the United States with the same preferential treatment that is provided to certain imported footwear under the Dominican Republic-Central American-United States Free Trade Agreement.


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Also tagged in: Air pollution, Air pollution control, Aluminum, Beverage containers, Budgets, Business, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Contracts
Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.

Bill Text
To impose certain limitations on the receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste, and for other purposes. 1/5/2007--Introduced. Solid Waste Interstate Transportation Act of 2007 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit a landfill or incinerator (facility) from receiving out-of-state municipal solid waste (MSW) for disposal or incineration unless the waste is received pursuant to a new or existing host community agreement or an exemption from this prohibition (which may be limited by the state). Establishes conditions for exemptions. Authorizes states to establish limits on the amount of out-of-state MSW received annually for disposal at each facility. Sets the limitation amount for any facility that began receiving documented out-of-state waste before enactment of this Act at the amount received during 1993 (or first subsequent year of documentation). Prohibits state limits from conflicting with permits or host community agreements. Authorizes states [...]

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