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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Mercury Pollution Reduction Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds that--
(1) mercury and mercury compounds are highly toxic to
humans, ecosystems, and wildlife;
(2) as many as 10 percent of women in the United States of
childbearing age have mercury in their bloodstreams at a level
that could pose risks to their unborn babies, and hundreds of
thousands of children born annually in the United States are at
risk of neurological problems relating to mercury exposure in
utero;
(3) the most significant source of mercury exposure to
people in the United States is ingestion of mercury-
contaminated fish;
(4) the long-term solution to mercury pollution is to
minimize global mercury use and releases of mercury to
eventually achieve reduced contamination levels in the
environment, rather than reducing fish consumption, since
uncontaminated fish represents a critical and healthy source of
nutrition for people worldwide;
(5) mercury pollution is a transboundary pollutant that--
(A) is deposited locally, regionally, and globally;
and
(B) affects bodies of water near industrial areas,
such as the Great Lakes, as well as bodies of water in
remote areas, such as the Arctic Circle;
(6) of the approximately 30 plants in the United States
that produce chlorine, only 7 use the obsolete ''mercury cell''
chlor-alkali process, and 4 have not yet committed to phasing
out mercury use;
(7)(A) less than 5 percent of the total quantity of
chlorine and caustic soda produced in the United States comes
from the chlor-alkali plants described in paragraph (6) that
use the mercury cell chlor-alkali process;
(B) cost-effective alternatives are available and in use in
the remaining 95 percent of chlorine and caustic soda
production; and
(C) other countries, including Japan, have already banned
the mercury cell chlor-alkali process;
(8) the chlor-alkali industry acknowledges that--
(A) mercury can contaminate products manufactured
at mercury cell facilities; and
(B) the use of some of those products results in
the direct and indirect release of mercury;
(9) despite those quantities of mercury known to have been
used or to be in use, neither the chlor-alkali industry nor the
Environmental Protection Agency is able--
(A) to adequately account for the disposition of
the mercury used at those facilities; or
(B) to accurately estimate current mercury
emissions; and
(10) it is critically important that the United States work
aggressively toward the minimization of supply, demand, and
releases of mercury, both domestically and internationally.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

Congress declares that the United States should develop policies
and programs that will--
(1) reduce mercury use and emissions within the United
States;
(2) reduce mercury releases from the reservoir of mercury
currently in use or circulation within the United States; and
(3) reduce exposures to mercury, particularly exposures of
women of childbearing age and young children.

SEC. 4. USE OF MERCURY IN CHLORINE AND CAUSTIC SODA MANUFACTURING.

(a) In General.--Title I of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15
U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 6 the
following:

''SEC. 6A. USE OF MERCURY IN CHLORINE AND CAUSTIC SODA MANUFACTURING.

''(a) Definition of Chlor-alkali Facility.--In this section, the
term 'chlor-alkali facility' means a facility used for the manufacture
of chlorine or caustic soda using a mercury cell process.
''(b) Prohibition.--
''(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, it shall be unlawful to manufacture chlorine or
caustic soda using mercury cells at any facility in the United
States.
''(2) Notice.--The owner or operator of any existing chlor-
alkali facility shall notify the Administrator no later than
June 30, 2012, whether it will--
''(A) replace its chlor-alkali facility with a new
manufacturing facility that does not use mercury; or
''(B) cease operations.
''(3) Closure.--A chlor-alkali facility for which a closure
notice is filed under paragraph (2)(B) shall cease
manufacturing chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells no
later than June 30, 2013.
''(4) Replacement.--A chlor-alkali facility for which a
replacement notice is filed under paragraph (2)(A) may continue
to manufacture chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells
until all of the permitting, financing, engineering, and
construction of a non-mercury replacement facility is complete,
or June 30, 2015, whichever is earlier.
''(c) Export Ban.--Effective on the date of the enactment of this
section, the export of any elemental mercury or the sale of elemental
mercury for purposes of export, including compounds and mixtures
containing elemental mercury, by the owner or operator of a chlor-
alkali facility is prohibited.
''(d) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section affects the
ability of the owner or operator of any chlor-alkali facility to store
elemental mercury in accordance with section 5(g)(2) of the Mercury
Export Ban Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 6939f).''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) The table of contents of the Toxic
Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 note) is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 6 the following:

''Sec. 6A. Use of mercury in chlorine and caustic soda
manufacturing.''.
(2) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 15 of such Act are each
amended by striking ''or 6'' and inserting '', 6 or 6A''.

Output: Mercury Pollution Reduction Act - Declares that the United States should develop policies and programs that will reduce: (1) mercury use and emissions; (2) mercury releases from the reservoir of mercury currently in use or circulation; and (3) exposures to mercury, particularly of women of childbearing age and young children.

Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit: (1) the manufacture of chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells at any facility in the United States; and (2) the export of any elemental mercury or the sale of elemental mercury for purposes of export, including compounds and mixtures containing elemental mercury, by the owner or operator of a chlor-alkali facility.

Requires the owner or operator of any existing chlor-alkali facility to notify the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) no later than June 30, 2012, on whether the owner or operator will replace its chlor-alkali facility with a new manufacturing facility that does not use mercury or cease operations. Requires a chlor-alkali facility for which a closure notice is filed to cease manufacturing chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells no later than June 30, 2013. Authorizes a chlor-alkali facility for which a replacement notice is filed to continue to manufacture chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells until all of the permitting, financing, engineering, and construction of a non-mercury replacement facility is complete or June 30, 2015, whichever is earlier.

Provides that this Act does not affect the ability of the owner or operator of any chlor-alkali facility to store elemental mercury in accordance with the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008.

Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Restoring Authority to Schools Act
of 2004''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to restore authority to the public schools to conduct
education as a human enterprise;
(2) to limit Federal court oversight of public schools to
that which is reasonable and necessary to implement Federal
law; and
(3) to allow State and local education officials to bring
new insights and solutions to problems of allocating revenues
and resources for the common good in keeping with their
designated legislative and executive powers.

SEC. 3. APPROPRIATE REMEDIES WITH RESPECT TO VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL LAW
IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

(a) Requirements for Relief.--
(1) Prospective relief.--
(A) Prospective relief in any civil action with
respect to violations of Federal law in the public
schools shall extend no further than necessary to
correct the violation of the Federal right of a
particular plaintiff or plaintiffs. The court shall not
grant or approve any prospective relief unless the
court finds that such relief is narrowly drawn, extends
no further than necessary to correct the violation of
the Federal right, and is the least intrusive means
necessary to correct the violation of the Federal
right. The court shall give substantial weight to any
adverse impact on other students or the school
community as a whole caused by the relief.
(B) The court shall not order any prospective
relief that requires or permits a government official
to exceed his or her authority under State or local law
or otherwise violates State or local law, unless--
(i) Federal law requires such relief to be
ordered in violation of State or local law;
(ii) the relief is necessary to correct the
violation of a Federal right; and
(iii) no other relief will correct the
violation of the Federal right.
(2) Preliminary injunctive relief.--In any civil action
with respect to violations of Federal law in the public
schools, to the extent otherwise authorized by law, the court
may enter a temporary restraining order or an order for
preliminary injunctive relief. Preliminary injunctive relief
must be narrowly drawn, extend no further than necessary to
correct the harm the court finds requires preliminary relief,
and be the least intrusive means necessary to correct that
harm. The court shall give substantial weight to any adverse
impact on other students or the school community as a whole
caused by the preliminary relief and shall respect the
principles of comity set out in paragraph (1)(B) in tailoring
any preliminary relief. Preliminary injunctive relief shall
automatically expire on the date that is 90 days after its
entry, unless the court makes the findings required under
subsection (a)(1) for the entry of prospective relief and makes
the order final before the expiration of the 90-day period.
(b) Termination of Relief.--
(1) Termination of prospective relief.--
(A) In any civil action with respect to violations
of Federal law in the public schools in which
prospective relief is ordered, such relief shall be
terminable upon the motion of any party or intervener--
(i) 2 years after the date the court
granted or approved the prospective relief;
(ii) 1 year after the date the court has
entered an order denying termination of
prospective relief under this paragraph; or
(iii) in the case of an order issued on or
before the date of enactment of the Restoring
Authority to Schools Act (enacted ____ __,
2004), 2 years after such date of enactment.
(B) Nothing in this section shall prevent the
parties from agreeing to terminate or modify relief
before the relief is terminated under subparagraph (A).
(2) Immediate termination of prospective relief.--In any
civil action with respect to violations of Federal law in the
public schools, a defendant or intervener shall be entitled to
the immediate termination of any prospective relief if the
relief was approved or granted in the absence of a finding by
the court that the relief is narrowly drawn, extends no further
than necessary to correct the violation of the Federal right,
and is the least intrusive means necessary to correct the
violation of the Federal right.
(3) Limitation.--Prospective relief shall not terminate if
the court makes written findings based on the record that
prospective relief remains necessary to correct a current and
ongoing violation of the Federal right, extends no further than
necessary to correct the violation of the Federal right, and
that the prospective relief is narrowly drawn and the least
intrusive means to correct the violation.
(4) Termination or modification of relief.--Nothing in this
section shall prevent any party or intervener from seeking
modification or termination before the relief is terminable
under paragraph (1) or (2), to the extent that modification or
termination would otherwise be legally permissible.
(c) Settlements.--
(1) Consent decrees.--In any civil action with respect to
violations of Federal law in the public schools, the court
shall not enter or approve a consent decree unless it complies
with the limitations on relief set forth in subsection (a).
(2) Private settlement agreements.--
(A) Nothing in this section shall preclude parties
from entering into a private settlement agreement that
does not comply with the limitations on relief set
forth in subsection (a), if the terms of that agreement
are not subject to court enforcement other than the
reinstatement of the civil proceeding that the
agreement settled.
(B) Nothing in this section shall preclude any
party claiming that a private settlement agreement has
been breached from seeking in State court any remedy
available under State law.
(d) State Law Remedies.--The limitations on remedies in this
section shall not apply to relief entered by a State court based solely
upon claims arising under State law.
(e) Procedure for Motions Affecting Prospective Relief.--
(1) Generally.--The court shall promptly rule on any motion
to modify or terminate prospective relief in a civil action
with respect to violations of Federal law in the public
schools. Mandamus shall lie to remedy any failure to issue a
prompt ruling on such a motion.
(2) Automatic stay.--Any motion to modify or terminate
prospective relief made under subsection (b) shall operate as a
stay during the period--
(A)(i) beginning on the 30th day after such motion
is filed, in the case of a motion made under paragraph
(1) or (2) of subsection (b); or
(ii) beginning on the 180th day after such motion
is filed, in the case of a motion made under any other
law; and
(B) ending on the date the court enters a final
order ruling on the motion.
(3) Postponement of automatic stay.--The court may postpone
the effective date of an automatic stay specified in subsection
(e)(2)(A) for not more than 60 days for good cause. No
postponement shall be permissible because of general congestion
of the court's calendar.
(4) Order blocking the automatic stay.--Any order staying,
suspending, delaying, or barring the operation of the automatic
stay described in paragraph (2) (other than an order to
postpone the effective date of the automatic stay under
paragraph (3)) shall be treated as an order refusing to
dissolve or modify an injunction and shall be appealable
pursuant to section 1292(a)(1) of title 28, United States Code,
regardless of how the order is styled or whether the order is
termed a preliminary or a final ruling.
(f) Special Masters.--
(1) In general.--
(A) In any civil action in a Federal court with
respect to violations of Federal law in the public
schools, the court may appoint a special master who
shall be disinterested and objective and who will give
due regard to balancing the needs of the school
community as a whole against the requested relief, to
conduct hearings on the record and prepare proposed
findings of fact.
(B) The court shall appoint a special master under
this subsection during the remedial phase of the action
only upon a finding that the remedial phase will be
sufficiently complex to warrant the appointment.
(2) Appointment.--
(A) If the court determines that the appointment of
a special master is necessary, the court shall request
that the defendant State officials and the plaintiff
each submit a list of not more than 5 persons to serve
as a special master.
(B) Each party shall have the opportunity to remove
up to 3 persons from the opposing party's list.
(C) The court shall select the master from the
persons remaining on the list after the operation of
subparagraph (B).
(3) Interlocutory appeal.--Any party shall have the right
to an interlocutory appeal of the judge's selection of the
special master under this subsection, on the ground of
partiality.
(4) Compensation.--The compensation to be allowed to a
special master under this section shall be based on an hourly
rate not greater than the hourly rate established under section
3006A for payment of court-appointed counsel, plus costs
reasonably incurred by the special master. Such compensation
and costs shall be paid with funds appropriated to the
Judiciary.
(5) Regular review of appointment.--In any civil action
with respect to violations of Federal law in the public schools
in which a special master is appointed under this subsection,
the court shall review the appointment of the special master
every 6 months to determine whether the services of the special
master continue to be required under paragraph (1). In no event
shall the appointment of a special master extend beyond the
termination of the relief.
(6) Limitations on powers and duties.--A special master
appointed under this subsection--
(A) may be authorized by a court to conduct
hearings and prepare proposed findings of fact, which
shall be made on the record;
(B) shall not make any findings or communications
ex parte;
(C) may be authorized by a court to assist in the
development of remedial plans; and
(D) may be removed at any time, but shall be
relieved of the appointment upon the termination of
relief.
(g) Definitions.--As used in this section--
(1) the term ''consent decree'' means any relief entered by
the court that is based in whole or in part upon the consent or
acquiescence of the parties, but does not include private
settlements;
(2) the term ''civil action with respect to violations of
Federal law in the public schools'' means any civil proceeding
arising under Federal law with respect to any aspect of
operation of the public schools or the provision of public
education, including extra curricular and ancillary activities,
but does not include civil proceedings relating to
desegregation of the public schools;
(3) the term ''public schools'' means a public elementary
or secondary school as such terms are defined in section 9101
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. Sec. 7801);
(4) the term ''private settlement agreement'' means an
agreement entered into among the parties that is not subject to
judicial enforcement other than the reinstatement of the civil
proceeding that the agreement settled;
(5) the term ''prospective relief'' means all relief other
than compensatory monetary damages;
(6) the term ''special master'' means any person appointed
by a Federal court pursuant to Rule 53 of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure or pursuant to any inherent power of the court
to exercise the powers of a master, regardless of the title or
description given by the court; and
(7) the term ''relief'' means all relief in any form that
may be granted or approved by the court, and includes consent
decrees but does not include private settlement agreements.

Output: Restoring Authority to Schools Act of 2004 - Requires prospective relief in any civil action for violations of Federal law in public schools to be narrowly drawn, to extend no further than necessary, and to reflect the least intrusive means necessary to correct the violation. Requires the court to give substantial weight to any adverse impact on other students or the school community caused by such relief.

Prohibits the court from ordering prospective relief that requires or permits government officials to exceed their authority under State or local law or otherwise violates such law unless Federal law so requires, the relief is necessary, and no other relief will correct the violation.

Authorizes the court to enter a temporary restraining order or an order for preliminary injunctive relief with respect to violations of Federal law in public schools to the extent otherwise authorized by law if the order complies with the limitations on prospective relief set forth in this Act.

Requires the termination of prospective relief upon the motion of any party or intervener at specified times. Entitles defendants or interveners to the immediate termination of such relief if it was approved or granted in the absence of a finding that the limitations set forth in this Act were met.

Prohibits the court from entering or approving a consent decree absent compliance with such limitations.

Sets forth procedures for motions affecting prospective relief.

Authorizes the court to appoint a special master in those civil actions addressed by this Act.

Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Environmental Design of Electrical
Equipment Act (EDEE) Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds and declares that--
(1) assisting in meeting the essential needs of the United
States for adequate supplies of electrical products and
equipment is in the national interest;
(2) ensuring a uniform Federal scheme of regulation of
restrictions in the use of certain substances in electrical
products and equipment in interstate and foreign commerce is
crucial to the economic, environmental, and social well-being
of the people of the United States in the global marketplace;
(3) potential disparities among State laws and implementing
regulations that may be enacted by the several States regarding
the restriction of the use of substances in electrical products
and equipment could create barriers to interstate commerce,
domestic and foreign trade, and distort competition, and may
thereby have a direct impact on the establishment and
functioning of global markets; and
(4) technological and industrial innovation for electrical
products and equipment can offer an improved standard of
living, increased public and private sector productivity, and
creation of new industries and employment opportunities, while
providing for environmentally compatible production, use, and
end of life disposition of such equipment.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

It is the purpose of this Act to enhance the economic,
environmental, and social well-being of the people of the United States
in the global marketplace by--
(1) ensuring efficient technological development and
innovation in the manufacture of electrical products and
equipment through the prevention of potential disparities among
State laws and implementing regulations that may be enacted by
the several States regarding the restriction of the use of
toxic substances in electrical products and equipment that
could create barriers to interstate commerce, domestic and
foreign trade, and distort global competition; and
(2) applying the regulatory and law enforcement process and
penalties of the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 to
establish uniform Federal regulation and enforcement of toxic
substances in electrical products and equipment.

SEC. 4. UNIFORM FEDERAL SCHEME OF REGULATION.

(a) Section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (15
U.S.C. 2605) is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(f) Certain Applications.--
''(1) Electroindustry products.--As used in subsection (e),
the term 'electroindustry product' means any product or
equipment that is directly used to facilitate the transmission,
distribution, or control of electricity, or that uses
electrical power for arc welding, lighting, signaling
protection and communication, or medical imaging, or electrical
motors and generators.
''(2) National standards.--Except for those electroindustry
products and product categories set forth in paragraph (3), no
electroindustry product shall be manufactured after July 1,
2010, that contains a concentration value greater than 0.1
percent by weight of lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium,
polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), and polybrominated diphenyl
ethers (PBDE) as measured in any homogeneous material contained
in the electroindustry product, or a concentration value
greater than 0.01 percent of cadmium as measured in any
homogeneous material contained in the electroindustry product.
For purposes of this section, 'homogeneous material' means a
material of uniform composition throughout that cannot be
mechanically disjointed into different materials.
''(3) Electroindustry products and product categories.--The
processing and/or use of the specified chemical substances in
any of the following electroindustry products and equipment
shall not be subject to any restriction or requirement that is
designed to protect against a risk of injury to health or the
environment, and shall in no manner be restricted, by the
States or any political subdivision of a State in accordance
with section 2617(c)(1)(B):
''(A) Lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium,
polybrominated biphenyls, and polybrominated diphenyl
ethers contained in--
''(i) products or equipment designed for
use with a voltage rating of 300 volts or
above;
''(ii) products or equipment used in fixed
installations; [For purposes of this
subsection, 'fixed installation' means a
combination of equipment, systems, finished
products and/or components, not including
lighting equipment that encompasses lighting
fixtures and lamps, assembled and/or erected by
an assembler/installer at a given place to
operate together in an expected environment to
perform a specific task, but not intended to be
placed in commerce as a single functional or
commercial unit];
''(iii) signaling protection and
communication systems and products, including
healthcare communications and emergency call
systems;
''(iv) surface transportation information
management and control systems, subsystems,
equipment, components, and services, including
equipment used to design, install, operate, and
maintain such systems;
''(v) medical diagnostic imaging and
therapy equipment and devices, communications
and emergency call systems and products,
modular walls, consoles, systems, products,
panels, meters, and monitors used in healthcare
facilities;
''(vi) shunt capacitors and series
capacitors;
''(vii) electro-mechanical and solid-state
equipment and systems for measurement, display
recording, processing, and telemetry for
electricity metering and associated
information;
''(viii) distribution and power
transformers and special purpose transformers;
''(ix) equipment used for mounting or
testing watt-hour or demand meters such as
sockets, boxes, enclosures, test blocks, test
tables, and test kits;
''(x) high voltage fuses, high current
connectors, power circuit breakers, switchgear
assemblies, surge arrestors, and insulating
equipment, products, and hardware;
''(xi) steam turbine generators and units;
''(xii) electrical wire and cable products
and accessories, not including fixture wires,
appliance wires, and flexible cords as so
classified by the National Electrical Code, by
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., or by the
Canadian Standards Association;
''(xiii) electrical conduit;
''(xiv) high intensity discharge lamps;
''(xv) arc welding and plasma cutting
equipment designed for industrial or
professional use; or
''(xvi) arc welding and cutting equipment
driven by mechanical means, e.g., a gasoline or
diesel engine.
''(B) Lead when used or contained in--
''(i) steel alloys containing up to 0.35
percent lead by weight, aluminum alloys
containing up to 0.4 percent lead by weight and
copper alloys containing up to 4 percent lead
by weight;
''(ii) solders with high melting
temperatures, including lead-based alloys
containing 85 percent or more lead by weight,
and solders for--
''(I) die mounting in Light
Emitting Diode applications;
''(II) the electrical connection
within integrated-circuit flip-chip
packages;
''(III) machined through-hole
discoidal and planar array ceramic
multilayer capacitors; and
''(IV) printed circuit board
assemblies and point-to-point soldered
assemblies, up to 40 percent lead by
weight, and when used in transmission,
distribution, power supply, or control
devices designed to be installed in
electrical outlet boxes and/or switch
boxes, in emergency lighting equipment,
in trip units in circuit breakers, or
in sensors used for lighting control;
''(iii) glass used in plasma display panels
or surface conduction electron emitter displays
or for flat fluorescent lamps in liquid crystal
displays, or in incandescent lamps;
''(iv) finishes of fine-pitch components
other than connectors with a pitch of 0.65
millimeters or less with nickel-iron lead
frames or copper-lead frames;
''(v) coatings not exceeding 0.5 percent by
weight for tin babbitt alloy coated sleeve
bearings;
''(vi) gateway hardware between lighting
controls protocols and building management
protocols;
''(vii) red ink used in exit signs not
exceeding 0.005 milligrams per lens;
''(viii) fluorescent lamps;
''(ix) electrical connector coatings; or
''(x) lead-bronze bearing shells and
bushes.
''(C) Cadmium and its compounds when used or
contained in--
''(i) electrical contacts, cadmium plating
and switch contacts, including those used in
thermal protectors in lighting ballasts, and
luminaires containing such ballasts; or
''(ii) cadmium-copper alloys for wire
conductors.
''(D) Hexavalent chromium when used or contained in
electrical connectors, corrosion-prevention coatings
for fasteners and metals in emergency lighting
equipment or electromagnetic interference shielding,
and noncurrent carrying electrical devices.
''(E) Mercury when used or contained in--
''(i) straight fluorescent lamps for
general purposes, but not exceeding 10
milligrams in halophosphate lamps, 5 milligrams
in triphosphate lamps with a normal lifetime,
and 8 milligrams in triphosphate lamps with a
long lifetime;
''(ii) straight fluorescent lamps for
special purposes;
''(iii) compact fluorescent lamps equal to
or greater than 9 inches;
''(iv) compact fluorescent lamps less than
25 watts, not exceeding 5 milligrams per lamp;
''(v) compact fluorescent lamps equal to or
greater than 25 watts, not exceeding 6
milligrams per lamp;
''(vi) high output/very high output linear
fluorescent lamps greater than 32 millimeters
in diameter;
''(vii) preheat linear fluorescent lamps;
or
''(viii) luminaires when containing any
mercury-added lamps identified under
[subsection (f)(3)(E)(i)-(vii)].
''(F) Any processing and/or use of a specified
chemical substance in an electroindustry product other
than those identified in this subsection as the
Administrator may establish by rule.''.
(b) Section 18 of the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (15
U.S.C. 2617) is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(c) Preemption.--(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, no State or political subdivision of a State may, after the
effective date of this Act, adopt or continue in effect any requirement
that is designed to protect against a risk of injury to health or the
environment--
''(A) for any electroindustry product as defined in section
2605(f)(1) that is inconsistent with or more stringent than the
national standards set forth in section 2605(f)(2); or
''(B) that is applicable to the processing and/or use of
the specified chemical substances in any of the electroindustry
products or electroindustry product categories set forth in
section 2605(f)(3).
''(2) Upon application of a State or political subdivision of a
State, the Administrator may, by rule, exempt from section 2605(f)(3),
under such conditions as may be prescribed in such rule, a requirement
of such State or political subdivision designed to protect against an
unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment associated
with any of the uses of any chemical substance, mixture, or article
containing such chemical substance or mixture specified in section
2605(f)(3) if--
''(A) compliance with the requirement would not cause the
processing, distribution in commerce, or use of the substance,
mixture, or article to be in violation of the Act; and
''(B) the State or political subdivision requirement does
not, through difficulties in manufacturing, marketing,
distribution, or other factors, unduly burden interstate
commerce, or does not lessen the reliability of an electrical
grid or of any product or system which is the subject of any
such requirement of a State or political subdivision of a
State.
''(3) Compliance with the national standards set forth in section
2605(f)(2) may be demonstrated based on any appropriate method for a
particular electroindustry product, including without limitation,
certifications of compliance by product manufacturers or testing
performed in accordance with the guidelines promulgated by the
Administrator under this subsection. The Administrator shall, within
one year from the effective date of this Act, promulgate guidelines
establishing test procedures for determining the concentration of lead,
mercury, hexavalent chromium, cadmium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB)
and/or polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) contained in an
electroindustry product.''.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

For fiscal year 2009, there is authorized to be appropriated
$1,000,000 for the Administrator to implement the provisions of this
Act.
Output: Environmental Design of Electrical Equipment Act (EDEE) Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 to establish uniform national standards for the use of lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, cadmium, polybrominated biphenyls, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in electroindustry products manufactured after July 1, 2010. Defines "electroindustry product" as any product or equipment that is used to facilitate the transmission, distribution, or control of electricity, or that uses electricity for arc welding, lighting, signaling protection and communication, medical imaging, or electrical motors and generators.