HB-6143: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish revised guidance for school officials seeking to reduce exposure to lead from drinking water in schools, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Fudge
Introduced In House on 09/22/2016
You have voted HB-6143: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish revised guidance for school officials seeking to reduce exposure to lead from drinking water in schools, and for other purposes..
HB-6140: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas
Introduced In House on 09/22/2016
You have voted HB-6140: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate, and for other purposes..
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the improvement of consumer confidence reports, and for other purposes. [HB-6127]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the improvement of consumer confidence reports, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to revise regulations about consumer confidence reports in order to increase their effectiveness and understandability. Currently, each community water system must mail their customers an annual consumer confidence report that provides information about local drinking water quality.
HB-6127: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the improvement of consumer confidence reports, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 09/22/2016
HB-6125: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perfluorinated compounds, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Meehan
Introduced In House on 09/22/2016
You have voted HB-6125: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perfluorinated compounds, and for other purposes..
Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2015 [HB-594]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Agriculture ]
Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2015 This bill prohibits the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from: developing, finalizing, adopting, implementing, applying, administering, or enforcing the proposed rule entitled, "Definition of 'Waters of the United States' Under the Clean Water Act," issued on April 21, 2014, or the proposed guidance entitled, "Guidance on Identifying Waters Protected By the Clean Water Act," dated February 17, 2012; or using the proposed rule or proposed
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HB-594: Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 01/29/2015
ADVISE Now Act Agriculture Delivering Vastly Improved Science at the EPA Now Act [HB-5829]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
ADVISE Now Act Agriculture Delivering Vastly Improved Science at the EPA Now Act This bill amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to require the Environmental Protection Agency and its Science Advisory Board to establish a standing agriculture-related committee (as the Act currently requires without a deadline) within 30 days of enactment of this bill. If an agriculture committee is not established by this deadline, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall establish and appoint members to such
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HB-5829: ADVISE Now Act Agriculture Delivering Vastly Improved Science at the EPA Now Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David Rouzer
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 09/21/2016
Creating Opportunities for America's Laid-off (COAL) Miners Act of 2016 [HB-5669]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Mining ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Creating Opportunities for America's Laid-off (COAL) Miners Act of 2016 This bill allows certain states in which the coal mining and related industries have been adversely impacted by regulations promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the Department of the Interior to enter into and participate in a specified agreement with the Department of Labor. These states shall include: Alabama; Illinois; Indiana; Kentucky; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Virginia; Wyoming; and any other state that has traditionally relied on coal mining
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HB-5669: Creating Opportunities for America's Laid-off (COAL) Miners Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Evan Jenkins
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 07/15/2016
End EPA Rogue Spending Act [HB-5551]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
End EPA Rogue Spending Act This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deposit any fees it collects into the general fund of the Treasury and prohibits the EPA from spending the fees unless the authority is provided in advance by an appropriations Act.
HB-5551: End EPA Rogue Spending Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Smith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 09/30/2016
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 [HB-5538]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Mining ]
[Air Quality ]
[Animals ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Science ]
[Recreation ]
[National Security ]
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 Provides FY2017 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies. TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Provides appropriations to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for: Management of Lands and Resources; Land Acquisition; Oregon and California Grant Lands; Range Improvements; Service Charges, Deposits, and Forfeitures; and Miscellaneous Trust Funds. Prohibits appropriations provided by this bill
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HB-5538: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Calvert
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 587. on 09/06/2016
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 [HB-5325]
[Defense ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Construction ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Health ]
[National Security ]
[Funding ]
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 (Sec. 3) Specifies that references to "this Act" included in any division refer only to the provisions of the division unless the bill expressly provides otherwise. (Sec. 4) Specifies that the sums in this bill are appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for FY2017. (Sec. 5) Specifies that each amount in this bill designated by Congress as an emergency requirement is contingent on the President also designating all of the emergency amounts and transmitting the designations
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Protecting Families from Lead Act of 2016 [HB-5110]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Water ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Children and Youth ]
Protecting Families from Lead Act of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to revise the national primary drinking water regulation by lowering the action level for lead in drinking water to no more than: (1) 10 parts per billion by December 31, 2020; and (2) 5 parts per billion by December 31, 2026. (An action level for lead is a certain contaminant level that triggers a requirement for the public water system to take additional actions to control corrosion from lead. The current action
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HB-5110: Protecting Families from Lead Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Kildee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment And The Economy. on 04/29/2016