S. 700 · 114th Congress
READ Act
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Reducing Exposure to Asbestos Database Act of 2015 or the READ Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 10, 2015
Reducing Exposure to Asbestos Database Act of 2015 or the READ Act
This bill amends the Asbestos Information Act of 1988 to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and maintain a database of asbestos-containing products. The database must be accessible through EPA's website, publicly available, and searchable. An asbestos-containing product is any product to which asbestos is deliberately or knowingly added or in which asbestos is deliberately used or knowingly present in any concentration.
Any person who manufactured, processed, distributed, sold, imported, transported, or stored an asbestos-containing product must report to the EPA each year to identify the characteristics and location of the asbestos-containing products.
Civil penalties are imposed upon any person who knowingly: (1) manufactured, processed, distributed, sold, imported, transported, or stored an asbestos-containing product and who did not submit a report; or (2) provides false or inaccurate information in a report or fails to provide required information.
The Government Accountability Office must report on the utility of the database. The report must contain recommendations for measures to increase use of the database by consumers and further reduce the harm caused by exposure to asbestos.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: READ Act
Also known as: Reducing Exposure to Asbestos Database Act of 2015
Latest action (Mar 10, 2015): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1387-1388)
Policy area: Environmental Protection · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 10, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.