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Impeaching Regina McCarthy, Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, for high crimes and misdemeanors. [HR-417]
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Impeaching Regina McCarthy, Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Impeaches Regina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for high crimes and misdemeanors regarding testimony on the EPA's Clean Water Rule defining "waters of the United States." Sets forth the articles of impeachment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Introduced In House on 09/11/2015
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Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes. [HJR-99]
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Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Introduced In House on 09/28/2016
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone". [HJR-74]
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone". Nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule published on October 26, 2015, that revises the primary and secondary national ambient air quality standards for ozone.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 11/20/2015
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units". [HJR-72]
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units". Nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule published on October 23, 2015, that requires states to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units (EGUs). (Those EGUs convert fossil fuel energy to electric energy.)
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Reported By The Committee On Energy And Commerce. H. Rept. 114-349. on 11/19/2015
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units". [HJR-71]
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units". Nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule published on October 23, 2015, that establishes new source performance standards under the Clean Air Act for carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Reported By The Committee On Energy And Commerce. H. Rept. 114-348. on 11/19/2015
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Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units". [HJR-68]
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Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units". Nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule published on October 23, 2015, that establishes new source performance standards under the Clean Air Act for carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (EGUs) if the EGUs are newly constructed, modified, or reconstructed. (Those
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Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Messer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 10/02/2015
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Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units". [HJR-67]
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Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units". Nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule published on October 23, 2015, that requires states to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units (EGUs). (Those EGUs convert fossil fuel energy to electric energy.)
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Messer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 10/02/2015
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the definition of "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act. [HJR-59]
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the definition of "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act. Nullifies the rule submitted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the definition of "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act and published on June 29, 2015.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 07/08/2015
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To reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes. [HB-944]
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To reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to revise the National Estuary Program by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to make competitive awards to address urgent and challenging issues that threaten the economic and ecological well-being of coastal areas, including: extensive seagrass habitat losses resulting in significant impacts on fisheries and water quality, recurring harmful algae blooms, unusual marine mammal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Castor
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 06/02/2015
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Zika Vector Control Act [HB-897]
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Zika Vector Control Act This bill amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency or a state from requiring a permit under the Clean Water Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under FIFRA, or a residue resulting from the application of the pesticide. Point source pollution is waste discharged from a distinct place,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 570. on 07/14/2016
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Regulatory Certainty Act of 2015 [HB-896]
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Regulatory Certainty Act of 2015 Regulatory Certainty Act of 2015 - This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to limit the period during which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may prohibit the specification, or restrict the use, of an area as a disposal site for discharges of dredged or fill materials into waters of the United States to the period that: begins on the date that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provides notice to the EPA that the Corps has completed all procedures for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bob Gibbs
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 02/12/2015
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Better Buildings Act of 2015 Energy Efficient Government Technology Act Official Titles: Official Titles - House of Representatives Official Title as Introduced: To promote energy efficiency, and for other purposes. [HB-873]
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Better Buildings Act of 2015 Energy Efficient Government Technology Act Official Titles: Official Titles - House of Representatives Official Title as Introduced: To promote energy efficiency, and for other purposes. Better Buildings Act of 2015 This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to: (1) develop and publish model leasing provisions to encourage building owners and tenants to use greater cost-effective energy efficiency and water efficiency measures in commercial buildings, and (2) develop policies and best practices
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Sponsored by: Rep. David McKinley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 02/13/2015
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North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 [HB-8]
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North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 TITLE I--MODERNIZING AND PROTECTING INFRASTRUCTURE Subtitle A--Energy Delivery, Reliability, and Security (Sec. 1101) This bill amends the Natural Gas Act to revise procedures for consideration by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) of applications for federal authorization of the exportation or importation of natural gas, including a deadline for a final decision on a federal authorization within 90 days after FERC issues its final environmental document. The bill repeals
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Sponsored by: Rep. Fred Upton
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 12/07/2015
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RFS Reform Act of 2015 [HB-704]
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RFS Reform Act of 2015 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to revise the renewable fuel standard program. Beginning on January 1, 2015, the renewable fuel that is required to be blended into gasoline must be advanced biofuel, which cannot be ethanol derived from corn starch. This bill revises the renewable fuel standards by decreasing the total volume of renewable fuel that must be contained in gasoline sold or introduced into commerce for years 2015 through 2022. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must determine the target amount of cellulosic
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 02/06/2015
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Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act [HB-703]
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Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act This bill amends the Clean Air Act to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency's renewable fuel program, which requires transportation fuel to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 02/06/2015
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National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2016 [HB-6311]
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National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Kildee
Introduced In House on 11/14/2016
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CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act [HB-6295]
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CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David McKinley
Introduced In House on 09/28/2016
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Clean Water Healthy Communities Act [HB-6201]
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Clean Water Healthy Communities Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 09/28/2016
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To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to the consolidation of public water systems, and for other purposes. [HB-6170]
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To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to the consolidation of public water systems, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Garamendi
Introduced In House on 09/26/2016
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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 microcystin toxin, and for other purposes. [HB-6148]
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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 microcystin toxin, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for microcystin toxin, which is a toxin produced by a blue-green algae called cyanobacteria.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Introduced In House on 09/22/2016