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US Congress 117th Congress
Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2021 ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2021 Shareholder Political Transparency Act of 2021 Greater Accountability in Pay Act of 2021 Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021 Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Workforce Investment Disclosure Act of 2021 [HB-1187]
[Finance ]
[Environmental ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Climate Change ]
[Economic Development ]
To provide for disclosure of additional material information about public companies and establish a Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee, and for other purposes.
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Protecting American Energy Jobs Act [HB-859]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Mining ]
To prohibit the President from issuing moratoria on leasing and permitting energy and minerals on certain Federal land, and for other purposes.
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Colorado Wilderness Act of 2021 [HB-803]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.
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Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act [S.173]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
A bill to provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.
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COVID–19 Mine Worker Protection Act [S.184]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Mining ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disaster Relief ]
A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an emergency temporary standard that requires operators to develop and implement a comprehensive infectious disease exposure control plan to protect miners from exposure to SARS-CoV-2, and for other purposes.
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the coal workers' pneumoconiosis fund. [SB-141]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Funding ]
Amend KRS 342.1242 and KRS 342.1243 to provide guidelines for distribution of funds remaining in the Kentucky coal workers' pneumoconiosis fund.
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation. [HB-282]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 342.315 to eliminate the requirement that physicians contracting with the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to perform evaluations in occupational disease claims be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists; amend KRS 342.316 to allow the commissioner to select a physician or medical facility for referral in occupational disease claims and eliminate the requirement that such physicians be "B" readers who are licensed in Kentucky and are board-certified pulmonary specialists;
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COVID–19 Mine Worker Protection Act [HB-646]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Mining ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
To direct the Secretary of Labor to provide for an emergency temporary standard that requires operators to develop and implement a comprehensive infectious disease exposure control plan to protect miners from exposure to SARS-CoV-2, and for other purposes.
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Alabama Regular Session 2021
Coal severance tax (1971 tax), extended to 2031, distribution of tax revenue beginning 2021-2022, remainder after certain distribution earmarked for Surface Mining Commission, Secs. 40-13-6, 40-13-8 am'd. [HB-219]
[Taxes ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
Coal severance tax (1971 tax), extended to 2031, distribution of tax revenue beginning 2021-2022, remainder after certain distribution earmarked for Surface Mining Commission, Secs. 40-13-6, 40-13-8 am'd.
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POWER Act of 2021 Protecting Our Wealth of Energy Resources Act of 2021 [S.76]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Mining ]
A bill to prohibit the President from issuing moratoria on leasing and permitting energy and minerals on certain Federal land, and for other purposes.
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Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act [HB-577]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Environmental ]
To provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.
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Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021 [HB-519]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Mining ]
To provide that an order or other action by the President, Secretary of the Interior, or Department of the Interior official imposing a moratorium on Federal oil and gas leasing or permitting shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted, and for other purposes.
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Safeguarding Coal Leasing Act of 2021 [HB-520]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
To provide that an order or action by the President, Secretary of the Interior, or Department of the Interior official imposing a moratorium on coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted, and for other purposes.
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POWER Act Protecting Our Wealth of Energy Resources Act [HB-543]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Mining ]
To prohibit the President from issuing moratoria on leasing and permitting energy and minerals on certain Federal land, and for other purposes.
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Hawaii 2021 Regular Session
Relating To The Employees' Retirement System. [SB-488]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Climate Change ]
[Investments ]
Requires the board of trustees of the Employees' Retirement System to reevaluate its existing future investments in coal, oil, natural gas, oil and natural gas services, and pipeline companies; divest, at appropriate times over the next five years, the public fund's holdings in any such companies that have not invested more in clean renewable energy sources, such as photovoltaics and wind power, than in fossil fuels or are not set up for favorable long term investment returns by having clear plans to abandon fossil fuels by 2030; search and evaluate
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Prince George’s County – Coal– and Gas–Fired Generating Stations – Prohibitions (Prince George’s County Stop Environmentally Unjust Coal and Gas Plants Act of 2021) PG 410–21 [HB-613]
[Air Quality ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from issuing a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a coal- or gas-fired generating station if any part of the generating station will be located in Prince George's County; and prohibiting a person from operating a coal- or gas-fired generating station if any part of the generating station is located in Prince George's County and the Commission issued a certain certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of the generating station.
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to occupational disease claims. [HB-62]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 342.125 to remove the requirement that an affected employee previously diagnosed with occupational pneumoconiosis resulting from exposure to coal dust must have an additional two years of employment in the Commonwealth wherein the employee was continuously exposed to the hazards of the disease in order to reopen a claim.
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Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2021 [HB-156]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Climate Change ]
[Economic Development ]
To amend title II of the Department of Energy Organization Act to reauthorize an office within the Department of Energy, to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish and carry out a comprehensive, nationwide energy-related industries jobs program, and for other purposes.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Environment - Driveway Sealers - Prohibitions (Safer Sealant Act of 2021) [HB-77]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Air Quality ]
Prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2022, a person from supplying, selling, offering for sale, or manufacturing a high-PAH driveway sealer for use in the State; prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2022, a person from applying or soliciting the application of a high-PAH driveway sealer to pavement in the State; requiring the Department of the Environment to develop labeling requirements for a person supplying, selling, offering for sale, or manufacturing a driveway sealer for use in the State; etc.
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Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2019 [S.2205]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Mining ]
[Public Health ]
Revises requirements for miners' claims for pneumoconiosis (black lung) benefits. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Labor to pay the attorneys' fees of prevailing parties on a qualifying benefit claim; give a claimant the opportunity to substantiate a claim for benefits through a pulmonary evaluation; authorize a CT (computerized tomography) scan in diagnosing complicated pneumoconiosis; educate certain individuals who work on black lung benefits about medical evidence relevant to claims; use data from continuous personal dust monitors
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