SEC. 11. INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 
(a) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than December 
31, 2002, the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency, in cooperation with appropriate representa-
tives of Canada and Mexico, shall study and submit to 
Congress a report on the sources and extent of mercury 
emissions in North America. 
(b) REVIEW.—Before submitting the report to Con-
gress, the Administrator shall submit the report for— 
(1) internal and external scientific peer review; 
and 
(2) review by the Science Advisory Board estab-
lished by section 8 of the Environmental Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act 
of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 4365). 
(c) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—The report shall in-
clude— 
(1) a characterization and identification of the 
sources of emissions of mercury in North America; 
(2) a description of the patterns and pathways 
taken by mercury pollution through the atmosphere 
and surface water; and 
(3) recommendations for pollution control meas-
ures, options, and strategies that, if implemented in-
dividually or jointly by the United States, Canada, 
and Mexico, will eliminate or greatly reduce 
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transboundary atmospheric and surface water mer-
cury pollution in North America. 
SEC. 12. MERCURY RESEARCH. 
Section 103 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7403) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) MERCURY RESEARCH.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAMS.—The Ad-
ministrator shall establish— 
‘‘(A) a program to characterize and quan-
tify the potential mercury-related health effects 
on high-risk populations (such as pregnant 
women and their fetuses, women of childbearing 
age, children, and individuals who subsist pri-
marily on fish); and 
‘‘(B) a mercury public awareness and pre-
vention program targeted at populations most 
at risk from exposure to mercury. 
‘‘(2) STUDY
OF
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
MEAS-
URES TO CONTROL MERCURY EMISSIONS.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services and the Admin-
istrator shall establish an advisory committee to 
evaluate and prepare a report on the progress 
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made by the Federal Government, State and 
local governments, industry, and other regu-
lated entities to implement and comply with the 
mercury-related amendments to the Clean Air 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) made by the Om-
nibus Mercury Emissions Reduction Act of 
1999. 
‘‘(B) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The advisory com-
mittee shall consist of at least 15 mem-
bers, of whom at least 1 member shall rep-
resent each of the following: 
‘‘(I) The Department of Health 
and Human Services. 
‘‘(II) The Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry. 
‘‘(III) The Food and Drug Ad-
ministration. 
‘‘(IV) The Environmental Protec-
tion Agency. 
‘‘(V) The National Academy of 
Sciences. 
‘‘(VI) Native American popu-
lations. 
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‘‘(VII) State and local govern-
ments. 
‘‘(VIII) Industry. 
‘‘(IX) Environmental organiza-
tions. 
‘‘(X) Public health organizations. 
‘‘(ii) APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary 
of Health and Human Services and the 
Administrator shall each appoint not fewer 
than 7 members of the advisory committee. 
‘‘(C) DUTIES.—The advisory committee 
shall— 
‘‘(i) evaluate the adequacy and com-
pleteness of data collected and dissemi-
nated by the Environmental Protection 
Agency and each State that reports on and 
measures mercury contamination in the en-
vironment; 
‘‘(ii) make recommendations to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services 
and the Administrator concerning— 
‘‘(I) changes necessary to im-
prove the quality and ensure consist-
ency from State to State of Federal 
and State data collection, reporting, 
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and characterization of baseline envi-
ronmental conditions; and 
‘‘(II) methods for improving pub-
lic education, particularly among high- 
risk populations (such as pregnant 
women and their fetuses, women of 
childbearing age, children, and indi-
viduals who subsist primarily on fish), 
concerning the pathways and effects 
of mercury contamination and con-
sumption; and 
‘‘(iii) not later than 4 years after the 
date of enactment of this subsection, com-
pile and make available to the public, 
through 1 or more published reports and 1 
or more forms of electronic media, the find-
ings, recommendations, and supporting 
data, including State-specific data, of the 
advisory committee under this subpara-
graph. 
‘‘(D) COMPENSATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A member of the 
advisory committee shall receive no com-
pensation by reason of the service of the 
member on the advisory committee. 
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‘‘(ii) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—A member 
of the advisory committee shall be allowed 
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu 
of subsistence, at rates authorized for em-
ployees of agencies under subchapter I of 
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, 
while away from the home or regular place 
of business of the member in the perform-
ance of services for the advisory com-
mittee. 
‘‘(E) 
DURATION
OF
ADVISORY
COM-
MITTEE.—The advisory committee— 
‘‘(i) shall terminate not earlier than 
the date on which the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services and the Adminis-
trator determine that the findings, rec-
ommendations, and supporting data pre-
pared by the advisory committee have been 
made available to the public; and 
‘‘(ii) may, at the discretion of the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services and 
the Administrator, continue in existence 
after that date to further carry out the du-
ties described in subparagraph (C). 
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‘‘(F) APPLICABILITY
OF
FEDERAL
ADVI-
SORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply 
to the advisory committee established under 
this paragraph. 
‘‘(G) FUNDING.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services and the Administrator 
shall each provide 50 percent of the funding 
necessary to carry out this paragraph. 
‘‘(3) REPORT
ON
MERCURY
SEDIMENTATION 
TRENDS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall 
submit to Congress a report that characterizes mer-
cury and mercury-compound sedimentation trends in 
Lake Champlain, Chesapeake Bay, the Great Lakes, 
the finger lakes region of upstate New York, Tampa 
Bay, and other water bodies of concern (as deter-
mined by the Administrator). 
‘‘(4) EVALUATION
OF
FISH
CONSUMPTION 
ADVISORIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
shall evaluate the adequacy, consistency, com-
pleteness, and public dissemination of— 
‘‘(i) data collected by the Environ-
mental Protection Agency and each State 
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concerning mercury contamination of fish; 
and 
‘‘(ii) advisories to warn the public 
about the consumption of mercury-con-
taminated fish (referred to in this para-
graph as ‘fish consumption advisories’). 
‘‘(B) IMPROVEMENT
OF
QUALITY
AND 
CONSISTENCY.—In conjunction with each State 
or unilaterally, the Administrator shall imple-
ment any changes necessary to improve the 
quality and ensure consistency from State to 
State of Federal and State data collection, re-
porting, characterization of mercury contamina-
tion, and thresholds concerning mercury con-
tamination in fish above which fish consump-
tion advisories will be issued. 
‘‘(C) REPORTING.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this subsection 
and every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator 
shall prepare and make available to the public, 
through 1 or more published reports and 1 or 
more forms of electronic media, information 
providing detail by State, watershed, water 
body, and river reach of mercury levels in fish 
and any fish consumption advisories that have 
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been issued during the preceding 2-year period. 
Not later than three years after the date of en-
actment, the Administrator shall prepare and 
make available to the public information on dif-
ferent methods by which mercury waste can be 
stabilized, the state of the science and industry, 
and what are the safest means for mercury re-
tirement focusing on those that do not have an 
adverse impact on the environment. 
‘‘(D) EFFECT
ON
STATE
AUTHORITY.— 
Nothing in this paragraph affects any authority 
of a State to advise residents of the mercury 
content of commercially sold foods and other 
products.’’. 
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