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Reducing Exposure to Burn Pits Act

4398

117th Congress

Armed Forces and National Security

In Committee

Reducing Exposure to Burn Pits Act

Legislative Progress

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Introduced

2

Committee

3

Floor Vote

4

Other Chamber

5

Enacted

Introduced

July 9, 2021

Latest Action

July 9, 2021

Primary Sponsor

Raul RuizDemocratic(CA)

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Summary

Reducing Exposure to Burn Pits Act This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide budget information regarding incinerators and waste-to-energy waste disposal alternatives to burn pits. DOD must include the information as a dedicated budget line item in the President's FY2022 budget.

Subjects (5)

Alternative and renewable resources

Congressional oversight

Defense spending

Energy efficiency and conservation

Actions (2)

July 9, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

July 9, 2021

Introduced in House

Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Armed Services Committee	House	Referred to	July 9, 2021

Text Versions

Version	Date	Links
Introduced in House	July 9, 2021	XML

Cosponsors (4)

Name	Party	State
Elissa Slotkin	Democratic	MI
Gus M. Bilirakis	Republican	FL
Peter Welch	Democratic	VT

Related Bills (1)

Bill	Congress	Relationship
HR 4350	117th	Related bill

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Sources: Congress.gov