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Union Calendar No. 426 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4591 
[Report No. 109–714] 
To implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 
the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on 
Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, and the Rotterdam Convention 
on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemi-
cals and Pesticides in International Trade. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 16, 2005 
Mr. GILLMOR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
NOVEMBER 15, 2006 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 16, 2005] 
A BILL 
To implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Or-
ganic Pollutants, the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pol-
lutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary 
Air Pollution, and the Rotterdam Convention on the 
Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Haz-
ardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stockholm and Rot-
terdam Toxics Treaty Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL AGREE-
MENTS. 
The Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE V—IMPLEMENTATION OF 
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS 
‘‘SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) 
CONFERENCE.—The 
term 
‘Conference’ 
means the Conference of the Parties established by 
paragraph 1 of Article 19 of the POPs Convention. 
‘‘(2) CONFERENCE LISTING DECISION.—The term 
‘Conference listing decision’ means a decision by the 
Conference to approve an amendment to list a chem-
ical substance or mixture in Annex A or B to the 
POPs Convention. 
‘‘(3) EXECUTIVE
BODY.—The term ‘Executive 
Body’ means the Executive Body established by Arti-
cle 10 of the LRTAP Convention. 
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‘‘(4) EXECUTIVE
BODY
DECISION
1998/2.—The 
term ‘Executive Body Decision 1998/2’ means the de-
cision of the Executive Body titled ‘Executive Body 
Decision 1998/2 on Information to Be Submitted and 
the Procedure for Adding Substances to Annexes I, II, 
or III to the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollut-
ants’ and any other Executive Body decision done 
pursuant to Article 14 of the LRTAP POPs Protocol. 
‘‘(5) LRTAP CONVENTION.—The term ‘LRTAP 
Convention’ means the Convention on Long-Range 
Transboundary Air Pollution, done at Geneva on No-
vember 13, 1979 (TIAS 10541), and any subsequent 
amendment to which the United States consents to be 
bound. 
‘‘(6) LRTAP POPS
CHEMICAL
SUBSTANCE
OR 
MIXTURE.—The term ‘LRTAP POPs chemical sub-
stance or mixture’ means one of the following chem-
ical substances or mixtures, as defined in section 3: 
‘‘(A) Aldrin. 
‘‘(B) Chlordane. 
‘‘(C) Chlordecone. 
‘‘(D) 
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane 
(DDT). 
‘‘(E) Dieldrin. 
‘‘(F) Endrin. 
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