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Dick Durbin: I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the…

On the recordMarch 10, 2015
I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 700 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 ``Reducing Exposure to Asbestos Database Act of 2015'' or the ``READ Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has classified asbestos as a category A human carcinogen, the highest cancer hazard classification for a substance; (2) the International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified asbestos as a class 1 human carcinogen; (3) despite the enactment of the Asbestos Information Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C.…
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Mar 10, 2015

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