Ombudsman Reauthorization Act of 2000

Ombudsman Reauthorization Act of 2000 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to extend the termination date for the Office of Ombudsman to the date ten years after this Act's enactment. (Current law provides for termination four years after November 8, 1984.)

Requires the Ombudsman to report to Congress on the status of health and environmental concerns addressed by cases brought before the Ombudsman and recommend improvements to the hazardous waste programs for which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry are responsible.

Directs the EPA Administrator to facilitate the structuring of the Office to conform to the structure reflected in the Model Ombudsman Statute of the American Bar Association.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3656 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3656

  To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reauthorize the Office of 
    Ombudsman of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2000

Mr. Bilirakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reauthorize the Office of 
    Ombudsman of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ombudsman Reauthorization Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION AND RESTRUCTURING OF OFFICE OF OMBUDSMAN.

    (a) In General.--Section 2008(d) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6917(d)) is amended by striking ``4 years after the date of 
enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984'' and 
inserting ``on the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of 
the Ombudsman Reauthorization Act of 2000''.
    (b) Report to Congress.--
            (1) In general.--The Ombudsman of the Office of Ombudsman 
        of the Environmental Protection Agency under section 2008 of 
        the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6917) shall submit to 
        Congress a report on the status of health and environmental 
        concerns addressed by cases brought before the Ombudsman.
            (2) Recommendations.--The report under paragraph (1) shall 
        include recommendations for improvements to the hazardous waste 
        programs for which the Environmental Protection Agency and, to 
        the extent appropriate, the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
        Disease Registry, are responsible.
    (c) Structure.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall facilitate, to the maximum extent practicable, the 
structuring of the Office of Ombudsman to conform to the structure 
reflected in the Model Ombudsman Statute of the American Bar 
Association.
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