[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC2624]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 53--TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER I--CONTROL OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Sec. 2624. Studies
(a) Indemnification study
The Administrator shall conduct a study of all Federal laws
administered by the Administrator for the purpose of determining whether
and under what conditions, if any, indemnification should be accorded
any person as a result of any action taken by the Administrator under
any such law. The study shall--
(1) include an estimate of the probable cost of any
indemnification programs which may be recommended;
(2) include an examination of all viable means of financing the
cost of any recommended indemnification; and
(3) be completed and submitted to Congress within two years from
the effective date of enactment of this chapter.
The General Accounting Office shall review the adequacy of the study
submitted to Congress pursuant to paragraph (3) and shall report the
results of its review to the Congress within six months of the date such
study is submitted to Congress.
(b) Classification, storage, and retrieval study
The Council on Environmental Quality, in consultation with the
Administrator, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary
of Commerce, and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments or
agencies, shall coordinate a study of the feasibility of establishing
(1) a standard classification system for chemical substances and related
substances, and (2) a standard means for storing and for obtaining rapid
access to information respecting such substances. A report on such study
shall be completed and submitted to Congress not later than 18 months
after the effective date of enactment of this chapter.
(Pub. L. 94-469, title I, Sec. 25, Oct. 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 2046; Pub. L.
96-88, title V, Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; renumbered
title I, Pub. L. 99-519, Sec. 3(c)(1), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2989.)
References in Text
The effective date of enactment of this chapter, referred to in
subsecs. (a)(3) and (b), probably means January 1, 1977, the effective
date of the chapter prescribed by sec. 31
