Notes on 20 U.S.C. § 4011 : US Code - Notes
Search Notes on 20 U.S.C. § 4011 : US Code - Notes
(Pub. L. 98-377, title V, Sec. 502, Aug. 11, 1984, 98 Stat. 1287;
Pub. L. 101-637, Sec. 14(a)(2), (b)(1), (2), Nov. 28, 1990, 104
Stat. 4594, 4595.)
AMENDMENTS
1990 - Pub. L. 101-637, Sec. 14(a)(2), made technical amendment
to section catchline.
Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 101-637, Sec. 14(b)(1), (2), inserted
headings.
SHORT TITLE OF 1990 AMENDMENT
Section 1 of Pub. L. 101-637 provided that: "This Act [enacting
section 2656 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, amending this
section, sections 4012 to 4022 of this title, and sections 2643,
2646, and 2647 of Title 15, enacting provisions set out as notes
under this section and sections 2646 and 2656 of Title 15, and
amending provisions set out as a note under this section] may be
cited as the 'Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act
of 1990'."
SHORT TITLE
Section 501 of title V of Pub. L. 98-377, as amended by Pub. L.
101-637, Sec. 14(a)(1), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4594, provided
that: "This title [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the
'Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984'."
FINDINGS AND PURPOSES
Section 2 of Pub. L. 101-637 provided that:
"(a) Findings. - Congress finds the following:
"(1) The Environmental Protection Agency has estimated that
more than forty-four thousand school buildings contain friable
asbestos, exposing more than fifteen million school children and
one million five hundred thousand school employees to unwarranted
health hazards.
"(2) All elementary and secondary schools are required by the
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act [of 1986, see Short Title
of 1986 Amendment note set out under section 2601 of Title 15,
Commerce and Trade] to inspect for asbestos, develop an asbestos
management plan, and implement such plan.
"(3) The Environmental Protection Agency has estimated it will
cost local education agencies more than $3,000,000,000 to comply
with the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act.
"(4) Without a continuing program of information assistance,
technical and scientific assistance, training, and financial
support, many local educational agencies will be unable to carry
out sufficient response actions to prevent the release of
asbestos fibers into the air.
"(5) Without the provisions of sufficient financial support,
the cost to local educational agencies of implementing asbestos
response actions may have an adverse impact in their educational
mission.
"(6) The effective regulation of interstate commerce for the
protection of human health and the environment requires the
continuation of programs to mitigate hazards of asbestos fibers
and materials emitting such fibers.
"(b) Purposes. - The purposes of this Act [see Short Title of
1990 Amendment note above] are the following:
"(1) To direct the Environmental Protection Agency to maintain
a program to assist local schools in carrying out their
responsibilities under the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response
Act.
"(2) To provide continuing scientific and technical assistance
to State and local agencies to enable them to identify and abate
asbestos health hazards.
"(3) To provide financial assistance to State and local
agencies for training of persons involved with inspections and
abatement of asbestos, for conducting necessary reinspections of
school buildings, and for the actual abatement of asbestos
threats to the health and safety of school children or employees.
"(4) To assure that no employee of a local educational agency
suffers any disciplinary action as a result of calling attention
to potential asbestos hazards which may exist in schools."