Alan Reinstein and Trevor Schaefer Toxic Chemical Protection Act [S.725]
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Alan Reinstein and Trevor Schaefer Toxic Chemical Protection Act This bill amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to revise the regulation of chemicals. A safety standard is established to ensure with reasonable certainty that no harm to human health or the environment will result from exposure to a chemical under the intended or reasonable foreseeable conditions of use. The standard includes the protection of potentially exposed or susceptible populations. The standard does not take cost or other non-risk factors into consideration. The
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S.725: Alan Reinstein and Trevor Schaefer Toxic Chemical Protection Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 03/12/2015
Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015 [S.720]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Small Business ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Science ]
Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015 This bill revises a variety of programs to encourage energy efficiency in buildings, industry, the federal government, and certain appliances. TITLE I--BUILDINGS Subtitle A--Building Energy Codes (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act (ECPA) to require states and Indian tribes to measure and certify their compliance with certain residential and commercial building energy codes by a specified deadline. The Department of Energy (DOE) must: (1) provide technical
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S.720: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski With Amendments. With Written Report No. 114-130. on 09/09/2015
Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act [S.697]
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Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act This bill revises the standard under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) used to determine whether regulatory control of a certain chemical is warranted. If a chemical presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, the TSCA requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to initiate rulemaking to reduce risks to a reasonable level. The bill requires that standard to be based on exposure to a chemical under its conditions of use. The conditions of use are the
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S.697: Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
By Senator Inhofe From Committee On Environment And Public Works Filed Written Report. Report No. 114-67. Minority Views Filed. on 06/18/2015
A bill to prohibit any regulation regarding carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions reduction in the United States until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions. [S.66]
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[International ]
[Climate Change ]
[Trade ]
A bill to prohibit any regulation regarding carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions reduction in the United States until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions. This bill prohibits the head of any federal agency from implementing or enforcing any regulations, proposals, or actions establishing any carbon dioxide or greenhouse gas emissions reductions until the Environmental Protection Agency, the Energy Information Administration, and Department of Commerce certify in writing that China, India, and Russian have proposed,
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S.66: A bill to prohibit any regulation regarding carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions reduction in the United States until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Vitter
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 01/07/2015
You have voted S.66: A bill to prohibit any regulation regarding carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions reduction in the United States until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions..
ORDEAL Act of 2015 Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length Act of 2015 [S.640]
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[Science ]
ORDEAL Act of 2015 Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length Act of 2015 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to lengthen from 5 years to 10 years the intervals at which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to review and revise air quality criteria and primary and secondary national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). This bill eliminates the EPA's authority to review and revise criteria or promulgate new standards for ozone concentrations earlier or more frequently than required. The EPA may not review and revise
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S.640: ORDEAL Act of 2015 Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Committee On Environment And Public Works. Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 114-47. on 06/03/2015
Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act [S.639]
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[Climate Change ]
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[Air Quality ]
Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to include an offset in any proposed rule that limits greenhouse gas emissions and imposes increased costs on other agencies. The offset must be from funds available to the EPA and be for all projected increased costs imposed on other agencies. Agencies may not pass on the cost imposed by the rule on to any rate payer of the agencies.
S.639: Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 03/03/2015
Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015 [S.638]
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[Environmental ]
Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to revise the requirements for regulations that govern the review and handling of air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events. (The Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] may exclude monitored exceedances of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards from consideration when designating an area as nonattainment, redesignating an area as nonattainment, or reclassifying an existing nonattainment area to a higher classification if a state
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S.638: Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Committee On Environment And Public Works. Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 114-47. on 06/03/2015
Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act [S.611]
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[Infrastructure ]
[Public Health ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Small Business ]
Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act (Sec. 4) This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize through FY2020 the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) program providing technical assistance to small public water systems in complying with national primary drinking water regulations. The EPA may use the funds to provide grants or cooperative agreements to nonprofit organizations that provide onsite technical assistance; circuit-rider technical assistance programs; multistate, regional technical assistance
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S.611: Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Became Public Law No: 114-98. (txt | Pdf) on 12/11/2015
Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 [S.544]
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[Budget and Spending ]
Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating a covered action unless all scientific and technical information relied on to support such action is the best available science, specifically identified, and publicly available in a manner sufficient for independent analysis and substantial reproduction of research results. A "covered action" includes a risk,
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S.544: Secret Science Reform Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Committee On Environment And Public Works. Reported By Senator Inhofe With An Amendment. With Written Report No. 114-69. Minority Views Filed. on 06/22/2015
EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 [S.543]
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[Science ]
[Air Quality ]
[Public Health ]
[Ethics ]
EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 This bill amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to revise the process of selecting members of the Science Advisory Board, guidelines for participation in Board advisory activities, and terms of office. The Board provides scientific advice to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This bill requires the Board to independently provide that advice. Federally registered lobbyists may not be appointed to the Board. The EPA must provide draft risk or
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S.543: EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Committee On Environment And Public Works Subcommittee On Superfund, Waste Management, And Regulatory Oversight. Hearings Held. With Printed Hearing: S.hrg. 114-38. on 05/20/2015
Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015 [S.54]
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[Water ]
Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to define the period of time in which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is authorized to restrict or deny a permit for the discharge of dredged or fill materials into navigable waters as the period that: begins on the date that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers publishes a notice for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters at specified disposal sites, and ends on the date that the Army Corps
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S.54: Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. David Vitter
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 01/07/2015
Great Lakes Ecological and Economic Protection Act of 2015 [S.504]
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Great Lakes Ecological and Economic Protection Act of 2015 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to expand the purpose of the Act to include achieving the goals established in the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan and the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy. This bill reauthorizes through FY2020 the Great Lakes Legacy Act for the remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Great Lakes National Program Office,
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S.504: Great Lakes Ecological and Economic Protection Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 02/12/2015
Safe and Secure Drinking Water Protection Act of 2015 [S.462]
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Safe and Secure Drinking Water Protection Act of 2015 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and publish within 180 days a health advisory with recommendations on: (1) the level of microcystins (toxins produced by freshwater cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae) in drinking water that is safe for human consumption; (2) feasible treatment techniques and other means for achieving a safe level; and (3) standardized procedures for testing for microcystins in drinking water. The EPA must report annually on: (1)
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S.462: Safe and Secure Drinking Water Protection Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 02/11/2015
S.3459: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance the requirements for secure geological storage of carbon dioxide for purposes of the carbon dioxide sequestration credit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Wicker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/28/2016
You have voted S.3459: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance the requirements for secure geological storage of carbon dioxide for purposes of the carbon dioxide sequestration credit..
American Innovation and Competitiveness Act [S.3084]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
American Innovation and Competitiveness Act This bill calls on the National Science Foundation (NSF) to maintain the intellectual merit and broader impacts criteria as the basis for evaluating grant proposals in the merit review process. The NSF shall issue and periodically update policy guidance for both NSF staff and other NSF merit review process participants, emphasizing the importance of transparency and accountability of the outcomes made through such process. The bill renames the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research as the
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S.3084: American Innovation and Competitiveness Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Nelson
Presented To President. on 12/28/2016
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 [S.3068]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Finance ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Funding ]
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[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Animals ]
[Science ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Veterans ]
[Agriculture ]
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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S.3068: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Murkowski. With Written Report No. 114-281. on 06/16/2016
EPA Accountability in Flint Act [S.2884]
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[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
EPA Accountability in Flint Act This bill makes the Federal Tort Claims Act exemption inapplicable to any claim brought against the federal government relating to an act or omission of, exercise or performance of, or failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty by, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) relating to the lead contamination of the drinking water of the city of Flint, Michigan, between April 1, 2014, and the date on which the EPA determines that the drinking water of the city complies with federal standards. A
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S.2884: EPA Accountability in Flint Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Cotton
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 04/28/2016