I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6421 
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 8, 2006 
Mr. GILLMOR (for himself, Mr. BARTON of Texas, and Mr. BOEHLERT) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
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. 
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’’. 
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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 chemical 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 Ar-
ticle 10 of the LRTAP Convention. 
‘‘(4) EXECUTIVE BODY DECISION 1998/2.—The 
term ‘Executive Body Decision 1998/2’ means the 
decision of the Executive Body titled ‘Executive 
Body Decision 1998/2 on Information to Be Sub-
mitted and the Procedure for Adding Substances to 
Annexes I, II, or III to the Protocol on Persistent 
Organic Pollutants’ and any other Executive Body 
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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 November 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. 
‘‘(G) Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH). 
‘‘(H) Heptachlor. 
‘‘(I) Hexachlorobenzene. 
‘‘(J) Hexabromobiphenyl. 
‘‘(K) Mirex. 
‘‘(L) Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). 
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‘‘(M) Toxaphene. 
‘‘(N) Any chemical substance or mixture 
that is listed on Annex I or Annex II of the 
LRTAP POPs Protocol. 
‘‘(7) LRTAP 
POPS
PROTOCOL.—The term 
‘LRTAP POPs Protocol’ means the Protocol on Per-
sistent Organic Pollutants to the LRTAP Conven-
tion, done at Aarhus on June 24, 1998, and any 
subsequent amendment to which the United States 
consents to be bound. 
‘‘(8) PIC CONVENTION.—The term ‘PIC Con-
vention’ means the Rotterdam Convention on the 
Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Haz-
ardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International 
Trade, done at Rotterdam on September 10, 1998, 
and any subsequent amendment to which the United 
States consents to be bound. 
‘‘(9) POPS
CHEMICAL
SUBSTANCE
OR
MIX-
TURE.—The term ‘POPs chemical substance or mix-
ture’ means one of the following chemical substances 
or mixtures, as defined in section 3: 
‘‘(A) Aldrin. 
‘‘(B) Chlordane. 
‘‘(C) 
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane 
(DDT). 
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‘‘(D) Dieldrin. 
‘‘(E) Endrin. 
‘‘(F) Heptachlor. 
‘‘(G) Hexachlorobenzene. 
‘‘(H) Mirex. 
‘‘(I) Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). 
‘‘(J) Toxaphene. 
‘‘(K) Any other chemical substance or mix-
ture that is listed in Annex A or B to the POPs 
Convention. 
‘‘(10) POPS
CONVENTION.—The term ‘POPs 
Convention’ means the Stockholm Convention on 
Persistent Organic Pollutants, done at Stockholm on 
May 22, 2001, and any subsequent amendment to 
which the United States consents to be bound. 
‘‘(11) POPS
REVIEW
COMMITTEE.—The term 
‘POPs Review Committee’ means the Persistent Or-
ganic Pollutants Review Committee established 
under paragraph 6 of Article 19 of the POPs Con-
vention. 
‘‘SEC. 502. IMPLEMENTATION OF POPS CONVENTION AND 
LRTAP POPS PROTOCOL. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this title, no person may manufacture, process, distribute 
in commerce for export, use, or dispose of a POPs chem-
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