An act to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983.
Public Law 97-129 · S. 1211 · 97th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Dec 29, 1981 · Environmental Protection
Sponsor: Sen. Slade Gorton (R-WA)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for grants to State programs and for other provisions of such Act.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 20 actions.
- Dec 29, 1981Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 97-129.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Dec 17, 1981PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Dec 16, 1981Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report considered in Senate.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.
- Dec 9, 1981Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference Report 97-373 Filed in House.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference Report 97-373 Filed in House.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conferees agreed to file conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
- Nov 20, 1981Resolving differencesResolving differences · House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Dingell, Florio, Scheuer, Broyhill, Lent.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House Insisted on its Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
- Nov 18, 1981Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate requests a conference. Appoints conferees. Gorton; Baucus.
- FloorFloor · Senate disagreed to House amendments by Voice Vote.
- Sep 29, 1981FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jun 2, 1981FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- May 15, 1981CommitteeCommittee · Reported original measure by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.