Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 137 — Management of Rechargeable Batteries and Batteries Containing Mercury
§ 14306. State authority
Statutory text
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a State from enacting and enforcing a standard or requirement that is identical to a standard or requirement established or promulgated under this chapter. Except as provided in sections 14322(e) and 14323 of this title, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a State from enacting and enforcing a standard or requirement that is more stringent than a standard or requirement established or promulgated under this chapter.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act
Pub. L. 104–142 § 7 · 110 Stat. 1329
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 14306
(Pub. L. 104–142, § 7, May 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1332.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 104–142, § 7, May 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1332.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 7. STATE AUTHORITY. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a State from enacting and enforcing a standard or requirement that is identical to a standard or requirement established or promulgated under this Act. Except as provided in sections 103(e) and 104, nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a State from enacting and enforcing a standard or requirement that is more stringent than a standard or requirement established or promulgated under this Act.
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