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Climate Security Act of 2019 [S.745]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[International ]
[National Security ]
[Science ]
[Water ]
Establishes various positions and duties related to climate change in the foreign policy context. The President shall appoint a Climate Security Envoy within the Department of State. The envoy shall develop, implement, and encourage other countries to support a climate security policy to (1) enhance resilience to the effects of climate change to reduce the risk of conflict and instability, (2) evaluate the risks to regions and countries that are vulnerable to climate change and are strategically significant to the United States, and (3) coordinate
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Petroleum Coke Transparency and Public Health Protection Act [HB-1675]
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[Public Health ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
[Science ]
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study and report on petroleum coke usage, including public-health and environmental impacts, best practices for storage and transport, and an analysis of current and projected production and utilization locations. The Environmental Protection Agency must issue rules for petroleum coke storage and transportation that protect public and ecological health, based on the HHS study.
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National Monument CAP Act National Monument Creation And Protection Act [HB-1664]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[National Security ]
Allows the President to declare by public proclamation an object or objects of antiquity (currently, historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest) that are situated on lands owned or controlled by the federal government to be national monuments. "Objects of antiquity" means relics, artifacts, human or animal skeletal remains, fossils, and certain buildings constructed before enactment of this bill. The bill prescribes limits on land that may be declared to be a national monument based
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Ending Duplicative Permitting Act [HB-1650]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Mining ]
To clarify that the Bureau of Land Management shall not require permits for oil and gas activities conducted on non-Federal surface estate to access subsurface mineral estate that is less than 50 percent federally owned, and for other purposes.
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Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization Act [HB-1620]
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[Water ]
Reauthorizes the Chesapeake Bay Program through FY2025.
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Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act [HB-1621]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Makes the Bureau of Reclamation the lead agency for the purpose of coordinating all permitting and related activities required to construct certain new surface-water storage projects. Additionally, the bureau is authorized to accept and expend funds contributed by a nonfederal public entity to expedite the evaluation of a permit for such a project.
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A bill to prohibit the use of funds to Federal agencies to establish a panel, task force, advisory committee, or other effort to challenge the scientific consensus on climate change, and for other purposes. [S.729]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Science ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Prohibits the use of funds made available to federal agencies (including the Executive Office of the President) to establish or operate a panel, task force, other advisory committee, or other effort intended to challenge the scientific consensus on climate change.
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Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act [HB-1606]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Climate Change ]
[Science ]
Prohibits conducting geological or geophysical activities in support of oil, gas, or methane hydrate exploration and development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. Geological and geophysical activities for oil and gas exploration generally include deep penetration seismic airgun surveys, electromagnetic surveys, deep stratigraphic and shallow test drilling, and various remote-sensing methods. The geological and geophysical activities are described in a final programmatic environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
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Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization Act [S.701]
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[Water ]
Reauthorizes the Chesapeake Bay Program through FY2024.
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Prompt and Fast Action to Stop Damages Act of 2019 [HB-1567]
[Agriculture ]
[Defense ]
[Water ]
[Military ]
[Public Health ]
[Real Estate ]
[Environmental ]
Prompt and Fast Action to Stop Damages Act of 2019 authorizes military departments to provide water for agricultural purposes in areas in which activities on a military installation have contaminated a water source with perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, such as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) or perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). The military departments may provide uncontaminated water or provide treatment for contaminated water. The agricultural products produced must be destined for human consumption. The Department of the Air Force
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Prompt and Fast Action to Stop Damages Act of 2019 [S.675]
[Agriculture ]
[Defense ]
[Water ]
[Military ]
[Public Health ]
[Real Estate ]
[Environmental ]
Prompt and Fast Action to Stop Damages Act of 2019 authorizes military departments to provide water for agricultural purposes in areas in which activities on a military installation have contaminated a water source with perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, such as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) or perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). The military departments may provide uncontaminated water or provide treatment for contaminated water. The agricultural products produced must be destined for human consumption. The Department of the Air Force
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Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2019 [HB-1497]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Reauthorizes funding for several grants programs that address water pollution, such as wastewater and stormwater. Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2024 grants to states for water pollution control programs; grants to municipalities for watershed pilot projects, such as projects that manage wet weather discharges (e.g., sewer overflows and sanitary sewer overflows) or control pollutants from municipal separate storm sewer systems; grants to states, local governments, private utilities, and nonprofit entities for alternative water source
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Sites Reservoir Project Act [HB-1435]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Directs the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior to take certain actions related to federal support for the construction of water infrastructure in California. Specifically, with respect to the Sites Project (a water storage project in Glenn and Colusa Counties, California), Reclamation shall (1) be the lead federal agency for the purposes of all federal reviews, approvals, or decisions required under federal law to allow either Reclamation or the Sites Project Authority to construct the project; and (2) ensure that all such reviews,
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Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2019 [HB-1337]
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[Environmental ]
[Animals ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a Pollinator Protection Board to develop an independent review process for pesticides that pose a threat to pollinators and their habitats. The bill also requires the EPA to cancel the registrations of any pesticides containing imidacloprid, clothianidin, thiamethoxam, dinotefuran, acetamiprid, sulfoxaflor, flupyradifurone, or fipronil until the board has made a determination that such insecticide will not cause unreasonable adverse effects on pollinators based on findings that include
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Local Water Protection Act [HB-1331]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Reauthorizes through FY2024 grants to states for (1) programs that manage and control pollution added from nonpoint sources to navigable waters, and (2) groundwater quality protection activities to advance state implementation of such programs. Water pollution from nonpoint sources is caused by precipitation picking up pollution as it moves over or through the ground.
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ACCESS Act Authorizing Critical Conservation and Enabling Sportsmen and Sportswomen Act [HB-1326]
[Animals ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Sports ]
[Science ]
[Water ]
[Recreation ]
[Environmental ]
[Agriculture ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Film Production ]
Reauthorizes, authorizes, and establishes entities and activities for the conservation of fish and wildlife and opportunities for hunting and recreational shooting. The bill authorizes the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct critical monitoring, scientific assessments, and research in support of the binational fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin between the United States and Canada, facilitates the construction and expansion of public target ranges, and requires the Departments of Agriculture and of the Interior to establish a fee schedule for
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To require a report on the effects of climate change on the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. [HB-1322]
[Climate Change ]
[Defense ]
[Environmental ]
[Military ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requires the U.S. Coast Guard to submit a report on the vulnerabilities of Coast Guard installations as a result of climate change over the next 20 years, including an overview of mitigations that may be necessary to ensure the continued operational viability of the vulnerable installations.
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Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act Amendments of 2019 [HB-1314]
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[Science ]
[Water ]
Reauthorizes through FY2024 and revises the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009.
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Yurok Lands Act of 2019 [HB-1312]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Recreation ]
[Community Development ]
Addresses the management of Yurok Reservation lands. The Department of the Interior must enter into a cooperative agreement with the Yurok Tribe for protecting the natural resources of Redwood National Park. The bill confirms the 2006 Cooperative Agreement between the Department of the Interior and the Yurok Tribe for the Cooperative Management of Tribal and Federal Lands and Resources in the Klamath River Basin of California and authorizes Interior to implement the agreement. The Forest Service must transfer approximately 1,229 acres in the Yurok
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Albatross and Petrel Conservation Act [HB-1305]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[International ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Science ]
Authorizes the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to promulgate regulations to implement and enforce the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, done at Cape Town, South Africa, on February 2, 2001. Specifically, the FWS and the NMFS may take action to protect albatrosses and petrels and their habitats. The bill prohibits the taking of an albatross or petrel without a permit, authorization, or exemption.The FWS, in consultation with the NMFS, may authorize the taking of
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