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Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2017 [HB-2882]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Water ]
Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 to authorize a federal agency with a representative serving on the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification to carry out a program that awards prizes competitively under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 for stimulating innovation to advance the nation's ability to understand, research, or monitor ocean acidification or its impacts or to develop management or adaptation options for responding
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Kilmer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 05/22/2018
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Promoting Hydropower Development at Existing Nonpowered Dams Act [HB-2872]
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[Infrastructure ]
[Water ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
Promoting Hydropower Development at Existing Nonpowered Dams Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish an expedited licensing process for issuing and amending licenses and preliminary permits for any qualifying facility as defined by this bill. In establishing the expedited process, FERC shall convene an interagency task force with appropriate federal and state agencies and Indian tribes to coordinate the regulatory process associated with the authorizations required
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Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Bucshon
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 12/13/2017
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Promoting Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Act [HB-2883]
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[International ]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Promoting Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Act (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits any person from constructing, connecting, operating, or maintaining a border-crossing facility for the import or export of oil, natural gas, or electricity across an international border of the United States without obtaining a certificate of crossing. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), with respect to oil or natural gas pipelines, or the Department of Energy (DOE), with respect to electric transmission facilities, must issue a certificate of crossing for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gene Green
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 07/20/2017
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Methane Emissions Mitigation Act [HB-2830]
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[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Methane Emissions Mitigation Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Beyer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 05/22/2018
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Pipeline Fairness and Transparency Act [S.1314]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Pipeline Fairness and Transparency Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Warner
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 06/07/2017
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Jobs and Trade Competitiveness Act [HB-2756]
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[Trade ]
[Small Business ]
[Taxes ]
[Manufacturing ]
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[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Jobs and Trade Competitiveness Act This bill establishes: (1) an Office of the Congressional Trade Enforcer; (2) an Office of Market Access Assistance; (3) a Trade Enforcement Division within the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), headed by a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative for Trade Enforcement; (4) the Office of Trade Assistance for Small Business; (5) the Chief Manufacturing Negotiator; and (6) the Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO Dispute Settlement to provide advice to Congress on the operation of the dispute settlement
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Introduced In House on 05/26/2017
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Environmental Justice Small Grants Program Act of 2017 [HB-2695]
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[Public Health ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
Environmental Justice Small Grants Program Act of 2017 This bill establishes in the Environmental Protection Agency an Office of Environmental Justice. The office must create an environmental justice grant program that empowers and educates communities that are affected by local environmental or public health issues to understand those issues and identify ways to address them at the local level.
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 06/09/2017
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SOS Act of 2017 Save Our Seas Act of 2017 [HB-2748]
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[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[International ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
SOS Act of 2017 Save Our Seas Act of 2017 This bill amends the Marine Debris Act to revise the Marine Debris Program to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to work with: (1) other agencies to address both land- and sea-based sources of marine debris, and (2) the Department of State and other agencies to promote international action to reduce the incidence of marine debris. The bill also revises the program by allowing NOAA to make sums available for assisting in the cleanup and response required by severe marine debris
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 06/12/2017
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Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2017 [HB-2719]
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[Science ]
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[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
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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'
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 05/22/2018
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Executive Office of Environmental Justice Act of 2017 [HB-2696]
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[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Executive Office of Environmental Justice Act of 2017 This bill establishes in the Executive Office of the President an Office of Environmental Justice, which must: complete and publish online environmental justice assessments of executive orders and discuss the assessments with the President before the executive orders are signed, review progress being made on implementing environmental justice policies at certain agencies, coordinate community and stakeholder outreach, and ensure that the goals of Executive Order 12898 relating to federal actions
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 05/26/2017
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Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act [S.1263]
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[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Climate Change ]
[Science ]
Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit conducting geological or geophysical activities in support of oil, gas, or methane hydrate exploration and development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. The geological and geophysical activities are described in a final programmatic environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled "Atlantic OCS Proposed Geological and Geophysical Activities, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning Areas."
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 05/25/2017
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BUIILD Act of 2017 Bringing Useful Initiatives for Indian Land Development Act of 2017 [S.1275]
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[Native American Affairs ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
BUIILD Act of 2017 Bringing Useful Initiatives for Indian Land Development Act of 2017 This bill amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to modify the environmental review process used for certain affordable housing activities on Indian reservations. Specifically, the bill allows an Indian tribe that receives federal funds in addition to block grant amounts under the Act to assume all of the responsibilities for environmental review that would apply to the federal agencies providing funds for the project
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Hoeven
Committee On Indian Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/13/2017
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BUILD Resilience Act of 2017 Building Up Infrastructure and Limiting Disasters through Resilience Act of 2017 [S.1224]
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[Housing ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Community Development ]
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[Grants ]
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BUILD Resilience Act of 2017 Building Up Infrastructure and Limiting Disasters through Resilience Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a Community Resilience Grant Program to provide assistance to communities for increasing resilience to chronic stresses and acute shocks, including by improving long-term resilience of infrastructure and housing. A state, local government, or regional entity is eligible for such a grant if it is located in an area that has been declared a major disaster
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Warner
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S3148) on 05/24/2017
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Safe and Accountable Federal Energy Review for Pipelines Act of 2017 Safer Pipelines Act of 2017 [HB-2649]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Safe and Accountable Federal Energy Review for Pipelines Act of 2017 Safer Pipelines Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 05/26/2017
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FORESTS Act of 2017 Fostering Opportunities for Resources and Education Spending through Timber Sales Act of 2017 [HB-2613]
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FORESTS Act of 2017 Fostering Opportunities for Resources and Education Spending through Timber Sales Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to establish at least one Forest Active Management Area within each unit of the National Forest System (NFS) designated for sustainable forest management for the production of national forest materials (trees, portions of trees, or forest products) and forest active management revenues (derived from the sale of such materials). The purpose of an Area is to provide a dependable source of:
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Newhouse
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 06/08/2017
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BUILD Resilience Act of 2017 Building Up Infrastructure and Limiting Disasters through Resilience Act of 2017 [HB-2583]
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[Housing ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Construction ]
BUILD Resilience Act of 2017 Building Up Infrastructure and Limiting Disasters through Resilience Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a Community Resilience Grant Program to provide assistance to communities for increasing resilience to chronic stresses and acute shocks, including by improving long-term resilience of infrastructure and housing. A state, local government, or regional entity is eligible for such a grant if it is located in an area that has been declared a major disaster
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Introduced In House on 05/22/2017
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Advancing America's Missile Defense Act of 2017 [S.1196]
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[National Security ]
[Aerospace ]
[Military ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
Advancing America's Missile Defense Act of 2017 This bill directs the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to use Department of Defense (DOD) policies to accelerate the development, testing, and fielding of the redesigned kill vehicle, the multi-object kill vehicle, the C3 booster, a space-based sensor layer, an airborne laser on unmanned aerial vehicles, and an additional missile defense site, including the completion of any outstanding environmental impact statements for an additional missile defense site on the east coast or in the midwest regions of
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Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 05/22/2017
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Quiet Communities Act of 2017 [HB-2539]
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Quiet Communities Act of 2017 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reestablish an Office of Noise Abatement and Control and reauthorizes the office's activities through FY2022. The responsibilities of the office must include: (1) promoting the development of effective state and local noise control programs, (2) carrying out a national noise control research program, (3) carrying out a national noise environmental assessment program, (4) establishing regional technical assistance centers to assist state and local noise
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Aviation. on 05/19/2017
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Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act [HB-1674]
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Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act This bill reauthorizes the Management Conference of the Long Island Sound Study, the Long Island Sound Stewardship Act of 2006, the Long Island Sound Grants, and Long Island Sound Stewardship Grants through FY2023. The bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to direct the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of the Management Conference of the Long Island Sound Study to include in studies on strengthening the implementation of the Comprehensive
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Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Esty
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 03/29/2017
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Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2017 [HB-1673]
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[Infrastructure ]
[Public Health ]
[Taxes ]
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[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish a Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Trust Fund; (2) modify the definition of subpart F income (i.e., income of a controlled foreign corporation earned outside the United States that is not tax-deferred) to include income of a controlled foreign corporation derived from a foreign country; and (3) transfer to the fund revenues from the newly included subpart F income. The Environmental Protection
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 04/11/2017