Water Resources Development Act of 2016 [S.2848]
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[Infrastructure ]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Energy ]
[Economic Development ]
[Disaster Relief ]
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[Grants ]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Property Tax ]
Water Resources Development Act of 2016 TITLE I--PROGRAM REFORMS (Sec. 1001) This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (WRDA 1986) to allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide technical assistance to nonfederal interests for feasibility studies of proposed water resources development projects if the nonfederal interest contracts to pay the costs of such assistance. (Sec. 1002) The Corps of Engineers may receive and repay funds from states or political subdivisions for immediate use on authorized water resources development
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S.2848: Water Resources Development Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. James Inhofe
Held At The Desk. on 09/19/2016
S.2821: Testing, Removal, and Updated Evaluations of Lead Everywhere in America for Dramatic Enhancements that Restore Safety to Homes, Infrastructure, and Pipes Act of 2016 True LEADership Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/20/2016
You have voted S.2821: Testing, Removal, and Updated Evaluations of Lead Everywhere in America for Dramatic Enhancements that Restore Safety to Homes, Infrastructure, and Pipes Act of 2016 True LEADership Act of 2016.
RPM Act of 2016 Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2016 [S.2659]
[Air Quality ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
RPM Act of 2016 Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2016 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to allow the modification of a vehicle's air emission controls if the vehicle is used solely for competition.
S.2659: RPM Act of 2016 Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 03/09/2016
Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2016 [S.2631]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Construction ]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2016 This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to promulgate regulations to update the standards for lead-contaminated dust and lead-contaminated soil, in accordance with health-based standards. The Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 is amended to define elevated blood lead level as the lower of: 5 mg/dL (micrograms of lead per deciliter), or the most recent definition for elevated blood lead level or reference range level
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S.2631: Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 03/03/2016
CLEAR Act Copper and Lead Evaluation and Reporting Act of 2016 [S.2587]
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[Public Health ]
[Water ]
[Consumer Protection ]
CLEAR Act Copper and Lead Evaluation and Reporting Act of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate new lead and copper regulations that would set a health-based, household action level for lead and copper that triggers: (1) a consumer notification of drinking water contamination; (2) a report to the appropriate public health agency; and (3) an examination by the public water system of service line material and, if applicable, the removal of lead portions of the service line. That
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S.2587: CLEAR Act Copper and Lead Evaluation and Reporting Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Cardin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 02/25/2016
Drinking Water Safety and Infrastructure Act [S.2579]
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[Children and Youth ]
Drinking Water Safety and Infrastructure Act This bill provides additional assistance for a public health emergency related to a contaminated public drinking water supply system. Assistance may be provided through grants under the drinking water state revolving fund and loans under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program. Upon the request of a state or local health official, the National Center for Environmental Health's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry must conduct voluntary surveillance activities to evaluate any
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S.2579: Drinking Water Safety and Infrastructure Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 02/24/2016
Clean Water Compliance and Affordability Act [S.2358]
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[Infrastructure ]
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[Public Health ]
Clean Water Compliance and Affordability Act This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to carry out a pilot program to facilitate the efforts of eligible municipalities to develop and implement integrated plans to meet their wastewater and stormwater obligations under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) in a cost-effective and flexible manner and consistent with the Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Approach Framework issued by the EPA in May 2012. The pilot program must
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S.2358: Clean Water Compliance and Affordability Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 12/03/2015
Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015 [S.234]
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[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
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.234: Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 01/22/2015
S.2306: A bill to require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake remediation oversight of the West Lake Landfill located in Bridgeton, Missouri.
Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment And The Economy. on 02/05/2016
You have voted S.2306: A bill to require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake remediation oversight of the West Lake Landfill located in Bridgeton, Missouri..
Clean Cookstoves and Fuels Support Act [S.2194]
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[Public Health ]
[International ]
[Air Quality ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Clean Cookstoves and Fuels Support Act This bill directs the Department of State to work to advance the goals of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. For working with the Alliance appropriations are authorized for the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
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S.2194: Clean Cookstoves and Fuels Support Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S7472-7473) on 10/22/2015
A bill to address the liability of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the Animas and San Juan Rivers spill. [S.2135]
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A bill to address the liability of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the Animas and San Juan Rivers spill. This bill removes the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) immunity from claims relating to the August 2015 spill of hazardous waste from an abandoned gold mine in Colorado into the Animas River and the San Juan River. Civil actions relating to that spill must be commenced within 10 years after the cause of action accrues. The EPA must work with states and Indian tribes affected by the spill to develop, fund, and implement
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S.2135: A bill to address the liability of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the Animas and San Juan Rivers spill.
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Cotton
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 10/05/2015
An Act Making Appropriations to Stop Regulatory Excess and for Other Purposes, 2016 [S.2132]
[Finance ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
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[Children and Youth ]
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[Energy ]
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An Act Making Appropriations to Stop Regulatory Excess and for Other Purposes, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for financial services and general government; the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency; the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; and several related agencies. Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016 Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides appropriations to the Department of the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service. Executive
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S.2132: An Act Making Appropriations to Stop Regulatory Excess and for Other Purposes, 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 251. on 10/06/2015
Super Pollutants Act of 2015 [S.2076]
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[Energy ]
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[International ]
[Public Health ]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Trade ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Super Pollutants Act of 2015 This bill requires the President to establish the Interagency Task Force on Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Mitigation. The Task Force must report on federal agencies' plans for reducing those pollutants, including: (1) black carbon (soot emissions), (2) methane, and (3) hydrofluorocarbons with high global warming potential (high-GWP HFC). The Department of State must develop a comprehensive plan to reduce black carbon emissions from international shipping, which must include a roadmap toward helping countries reduce fine-particle
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S.2076: Super Pollutants Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 09/24/2015
S.2072: A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program under which the Administrator shall defer the designation of an area as a nonattainment area for purposes of the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard if the area achieves and maintains certain standards under a voluntary early action compact plan.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Committee On Environment And Public Works Subcommittee On Clean Air And Nuclear Safety. Hearings Held. on 06/22/2016
You have voted S.2072: A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program under which the Administrator shall defer the designation of an area as a nonattainment area for purposes of the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard if the area achieves and maintains certain standards under a voluntary early action compact plan..
Gold King Mine Spill Recovery Act of 2015 [S.2063]
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[Water ]
[Mining ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Health ]
Gold King Mine Spill Recovery Act of 2015 This bill entitles persons to compensation for allowable damages (i.e., property, business, or financial losses) under the Federal Tort Claims Act if they were injured by the spill into Cement Creek from the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado. The spill occurred on August 5, 2015. The bill establishes an Office of Gold King Mine Spill Claims within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to process and pay compensation claims. The EPA must work with affected states and Indian tribes to develop, fund,
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S.2063: Gold King Mine Spill Recovery Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 09/22/2015