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Get the Lead Out of Schools Act [HB-6951] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Public Health ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Children and Youth ]
Get the Lead Out of Schools Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for schools and day care facilities that: (1) establishes a lead action level (a level of lead in drinking water that triggers additional actions to control lead contamination) of at least 15 parts per billion; (2) directs each public water system to sample for lead in the drinking water at schools and day care facilities if the EPA determines there is a risk (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 09/27/2018

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Clean Water Through Green Infrastructure Act [HB-6944] [Environmental ] [Infrastructure ] [Water ] [Grants ] [Funding ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Public Health ]
Clean Water Through Green Infrastructure Act This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants to eligible higher education institutions and research institutions to establish and maintain between three and five centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure, which is any green stormwater management technique that: (1) uses natural systems or engineered systems that mimic natural processes to infiltrate, evapotranspire, or capture stormwater; and (2) preserves, enhances, or mimics natural hydrology (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Introduced In House on 09/27/2018

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Save Our Seas Act of 2018 [S.3508] [Environmental ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Water ]
Save Our Seas Act of 2018

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Signed By President. on 10/11/2018

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PFAS Detection Act of 2018 [S.3382] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Public Health ]
PFAS Detection Act of 2018

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Rounds Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 08/23/2018

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Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act [S.3360] [Telecommunications ] [Infrastructure ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Small Business ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ] [Grants ] [Funding ]
Broadband Internet for Small Ports Act This bill amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to include grants in the Department of Agriculture (USDA) program that provides loans and loan guarantees for broadband telecommunications services in rural areas. In making grants, loans, or loan guarantees under the program, USDA must give: (1) the highest priority to project applicants that offer to provide broadband service to unserved rural households that do not have any residential broadband service, and (2) priority to applicants that offer to provide (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 08/21/2018

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Haiti and Armenia Reforestation Act of 2018 [HB-6503] [Environmental ] [International ] [Public Lands and National Parks ]
Haiti and Armenia Reforestation Act of 2018

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky Introduced In House on 07/25/2018

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Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2017 [S.2229] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Science ] [Climate Change ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ]
Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to conduct and update at least once every seven years an ocean acidification coastal community vulnerability assessment with a corresponding public report. The assessment must identify: (1) U.S. coastal communities that are most dependent on coastal and ocean resources that may be impacted by ocean acidification; (2) the nature of those communities' (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 12/14/2017

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Improving Science in Chemical Assessments Act [HB-6468] [Environmental ] [Science ] [Public Health ]
Improving Science in Chemical Assessments Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs Committee On Energy And Commerce Discharged. on 12/28/2018

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Carbon Utilization Act of 2018 [HB-6457] [Energy ] [Climate Change ]
Carbon Utilization Act of 2018

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Young Introduced In House on 07/19/2018

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LAMP Act of 2018 Localizing Authority of Management Plans Act of 2018 [HB-6364] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Animals ] [Science ] [Native American Affairs ]
LAMP Act of 2018 Localizing Authority of Management Plans Act of 2018 This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to revise requirements governing cooperative management agreements to manage areas established for the conservation of endangered or threatened species. Under current law, the agreements are between states and the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate. This bill allows the appropriate department to enter into: (1) agreements with local governments, Indian tribes, or nonfederal persons; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Committee Hearings Held. on 09/26/2018

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Natural Gas Pipeline Public Health Protection Act of 2017 [HB-4381] [Air Quality ] [Energy ] [Public Health ]
Natural Gas Pipeline Public Health Protection Act of 2017 This bill suspends construction of natural gas facilities that have been issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission until violations relating to air quality are remediated. It applies to a holder of a certificate that has not commenced construction of a facility for which such certificate was issued within the previous two years.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Lynch Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 11/17/2017

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SAFE Act Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act [HB-4490] [Environmental ] [Climate Change ] [Science ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Animals ] [Water ] [Energy ] [Public Health ]
SAFE Act Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act This bill requires the President to establish an interagency National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy Joint Implementation Working Group to adopt the 2013 National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy, which addresses the effects of extreme weather and climate change on fish, wildlife, and plants. After the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences releases a periodic scientific assessment required under the U.S. Global Change Research Program, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 11/30/2017

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Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 [HB-6147] [Finance ] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Energy ] [Water ] [Arts and Culture ] [Agriculture ] [Telecommunications ] [Food ] [Healthcare ] [Small Business ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Consumer Protection ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ] [Budget and Spending ] [Taxes ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Economic Development ] [Elections ] [Ethics ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Libraries ] [Mining ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Safety ] [Recreation ] [Science ] [Trade ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Veterans ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Air Quality ] [Animals ] [Children and Youth ] [Climate Change ] [Community Development ] [Construction ] [Criminal Justice ] [Defense ] [Disaster Relief ] [Education ] [Gaming ] [Housing ] [Human Services ] [Insurance ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Military ] [Native American Affairs ] [Nonprofit ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Property Tax ] [Senior Citizens ] [Social Security ]
Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 (Sec. 2) Specifies that, unless this bill expressly provides otherwise, references to "this Act" included in a division refer only to the provisions of that division. (Sec. 3) Specifies the committee reports that apply for the purpose of implementing each division. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 This division (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Calvert Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 09/07/2018

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National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2017 [S.2000] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Public Health ] [Consumer Protection ]
National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2017 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise the national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper. The rule must direct: public water systems to meet certain reporting requirements; the EPA to develop a sampling protocol and develop instructions for compliance with the protocol; the EPA, or the state exercising primary enforcement responsibility, to require on-site investigations for determining (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 10/24/2017

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Common Sense Permitting Act [HB-6106] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Lands and National Parks ]
Common Sense Permitting Act

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Cramer Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-955. on 09/20/2018

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Ending Duplicative Permitting Act [HB-6107] [Environmental ] [Energy ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Lands and National Parks ]
Ending Duplicative Permitting Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Liz Cheney Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1004. on 11/02/2018

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SPEED Act Streamlining Permitting Efficiencies in Energy Development Act [HB-6088] [Energy ] [Economic Development ]
SPEED Act Streamlining Permitting Efficiencies in Energy Development Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Doug LaMalfa Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-921. on 09/06/2018

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America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 [S.3021] [Water ] [Infrastructure ]
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 This bill designates the U.S. courthouse at 300 South Fourth Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the "Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse."

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar Became Public Law No: 115-270. on 10/23/2018

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Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act [S.3017] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Energy ] [Infrastructure ] [Economic Development ]
Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/27/2018

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Carbon Utilization Act of 2018 [S.2997] [Energy ] [Climate Change ]
Carbon Utilization Act of 2018

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 06/05/2018

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