Files
republic-os/legal/us/code/title-42/chapter-97/section-8901.md
T
Fabio 76b8ec33a7 Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)
Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 10:51:44 -04:00

2.8 KiB
Raw Blame History

type, title, description, jurisdiction, corpus, kind, title_number, title_name, chapter_number, chapter_name, section, citation, status, release_point, release_date, source, source_url, source_identifier, source_file, source_hash, raw_snapshot_hash, text_hash, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
type title description jurisdiction corpus kind title_number title_name chapter_number chapter_name section citation status release_point release_date source source_url source_identifier source_file source_hash raw_snapshot_hash text_hash retrieved_at confidence tags
LegalText 42 U.S.C. § 8901 Introductory provisions us united_states_code code_section 42 THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE 97 ACID PRECIPITATION PROGRAM AND CARBON DIOXIDE STUDY 8901 42 U.S.C. § 8901 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc42@119-100.zip /us/usc/t42/s8901 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-42/usc42.xml a40484ecbb2240c2315fc3c582740fca5b15c0724636d10468ee7ff232bf85ae 644321055a08eb1f260a6a3e31ac157fa024756abf612a9fd6857e7e400cf24e cc28263d6c348a38b8789fbc0d3371e878f7a2ebbb5ce9c818414b3f8ede2c70 2026-07-04 official
legal
us-code

42 U.S.C. § 8901 - Introductory provisions

Text

(a) Congressional statement of findings and purpose The Congress finds and declares that acid precipitation resulting from other than natural sources—

(1) could contribute to the increasing pollution of natural and man-made water systems;

(2) could adversely affect agricultural and forest crops;

(3) could adversely affect fish and wildlife and natural ecosystems generally;

(4) could contribute to corrosion of metals, wood, paint, and masonry used in construction and ornamentation of buildings and public monuments;

(5) could adversely affect public health and welfare; and

(6) could affect areas distant from sources and thus involve issues of national and international policy.

(b) Congressional declaration of purpose The Congress declares that it is the purpose of this subchapter—

(1) to identify the causes and sources of acid precipitation;

(2) to evaluate the environmental, social, and economic effects of acid precipitation; and

(3) based on the results of the research program established by this subchapter and to the extent consistent with existing law, to take action to the extent necessary and practicable (A) to limit or eliminate the identified emissions which are sources of acid precipitation, and (B) to remedy or otherwise ameliorate the harmful effects which may result from acid precipitation.

(c) “Acid precipitation” defined For purposes of this subchapter the term “acid precipitation” means the wet or dry deposition from the atmosphere of acid chemical compounds.

(Pub. L. 96294, title VII, § 702, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 770.)

Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short TitleSection 701 of title VII Pub. L. 96294 provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the Acid Precipitation Act of 1980.”