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House Roll Call 309, 98th Congress · August 4, 1983

TO AMEND THE SHELBY AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2867, A BILL AMENDING THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT TO AUTHORIZE $484 MILLION IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 1984 THROUGH 1986 FOR THE DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE. THE SHELBY AMENDMENT EXEMPTS SMALL QUANTITY GENERATORS FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC THAT THEIR WASTE IS HAZARDOUS IF THEY GENERATE LESS THAN 100-KILOGRAMS (OR 220 POUNDS) OF HAZARDOUS WASTE PER MONTH, AND IT EXTENDS THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FROM 24 TO 30 MONTHS FOR SMALL QUANTITY GENRERATORS, AND PROVIDES FOR A PROGRAM OF EDUCATION TO HELP SMALL QUANTITY GENERATORS TO LEARN WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE. THE HILER AMENDMENT PHASES IN THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. UNDER THIS AMENDMENT, THOSE GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE THAT EXCEED 250 KILOGRAMS BUT ARE LESS THAN 1,000 KILOGRAMS WOULD HAVE 270 DAYS TO BEGIN COMPLIANCE. THOSE GENERATORS OF BETWEEN 100 TO 250 KILOGRAMS WOULD HAVE 540 DAYS, AND THOSE GENERATORS OF GREATER THAN 25 KILOGRAMS AND LESS THAN 100 KILOGRAMS WOULD HAVE 810 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. (MOTION PASSED)

218 yea · 192 nay23 not voting or present
Democrat70 yea · 173 nay
Republican147 yea · 17 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2867

Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984

Policy area: Environmental Protection — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Climate & EnergyA yea counts toward “Fossil fuel priority”

    model(0.85): Phases in and delays hazardous waste notification requirements.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Environmental Protection

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Regulatory compliance timeline vote; not a direct fiscal axis issue.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (218)

Nay (192)

Not voting or present (23)

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