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US Congress 113th Congress

Make it in America: Create Clean Energy Manufacturing Jobs in America Act [HB-1524] [Energy ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Manufacturing ] [Trade ] [Small Business ] [Climate Change ] [Economic Development ]
Make it in America: Create Clean Energy Manufacturing Jobs in America Act - Authorizes federal acquisition of, or the provision of federal funds to states for purchase of, only green technologies that are 85% manufactured in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies that are 85% grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States. Provides that such percentage shall be 50% in the first fiscal year after enactment and 60% in the second fiscal year. Defines "green technologies" to mean renewable energy and energy efficiency products (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, And In Addition To The Committee On Ways And Means, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 04/12/2013

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Small Business Clean Energy Financing Act of 2013 [HB-1138] [Energy ] [Small Business ] [Manufacturing ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Finance ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Environmental ] [Climate Change ] [Economic Development ]
Small Business Clean Energy Financing Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a program to guarantee loans of small businesses that manufacture a clean energy technology in the United States. Requires the Administrator, to the extent practicable, to carry out the program in a manner similar to the SBA 7(a) general business loan program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The House Committee On Small Business. on 03/13/2013

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Tax Reform Act of 2014 [HB-1] [Taxes ]
Tax Reform Act of 2014

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Camp Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E1800-1801) on 12/12/2014

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21st Century Jobs Act [HB-8693] [Technology and Innovation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Economic Development ] [Science ] [Education ]
Establishes an independent agency to be known as the Federal Institute of Technology in the executive branch of the federal government. The bill provides for a Board of Directors for the institute, which shall establish a minimum of 10 local boards. The Board of Directors shall develop requirements for each local board based on the comprehensive strategy of the local board. Each local board shall establish a research hub and oversee the activities of such hub.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Pramila Jayapal Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 10/28/2020

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CTF Act China Task Force Act [HB-12] [International ] [Human Rights ] [Trade ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Environmental ] [Climate Change ] [Manufacturing ]
Enacts specified legislation related to China and other issues, including legislation (1) authorizing activities to counter the global malign influence of the Chinese Communist Party, (2) prohibiting certain imports from China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region and imposing sanctions on those responsible for human rights violations there, (3) authorizing the Department of State to make publicly available certain records relating to a visa denial based on an alien's involvement in human rights violations, (4) authorizing the State Department and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Darin LaHood Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings, And Emergency Management. on 10/21/2020

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Tradeable Performance Standard Act [HB-8582] [Air Quality ] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Trade ]
To amend the Clean Air Act to establish a tradeable performance standard covering emissions from the electricity generation and industrial sectors, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu Introduced In House on 10/13/2020

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A resolution recognizing past, present, and future public health and economic benefits of cleaner air due to the successful implementation of the Clean Air Act. [SR-119] [Air Quality ] [Public Health ] [Environmental ] [Energy ] [Children and Youth ] [National Security ] [Economic Development ]
Recognizes: (1) the health, economic, and national security benefits of the Clean Air Act; and (2) that Clean Air Act programs have a record of providing health and economic benefits that significantly exceed the initial investments made in pollution reduction technology. Expresses support for the protection of children and families from harmful pollution through continued implementation of that Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S2052-2053) on 03/31/2011

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Small System Safe Drinking Water Act of 2011 [S.999] [Water ] [Environmental ] [Public Health ] [Science ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Small System Safe Drinking Water Act of 2011 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) to convene a working group to study barriers to using specified treatments; (2) to develop model guidance to assist states in regulating and promoting such treatment options; and (3) when establishing affordability criteria for variance technology, to consider specified cost factors, to give extra weight to households below the poverty level and to communities that meet state affordability (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. James Inhofe Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2993-2994) on 05/16/2011

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Clean Construction Act of 2011 [S.972] [Air Quality ] [Construction ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Infrastructure ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Clean Construction Act of 2011 - Requires all off-road diesel equipment and on-road diesel equipment operating for at least 80 hours over the life of a federal-aid highway construction project or public transportation construction project within a PM2.5 nonattainment or maintenance area to have diesel emission control technology installed. Applies the same requirement to all covered equipment used on a covered public transportation construction project within a PM2.5 nonattainment or maintenance area. Defines: (1) "off-road diesel equipment" as (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 05/12/2011

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Offshore Production and Safety Act of 2011 [S.953] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Water ] [Disaster Relief ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [National Security ]
Offshore Production and Safety Act of 2011 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to require an exploration plan to incorporate a third-party reviewed response plan which describes the means and timeline to contain and terminate an ongoing discharge of oil. Requires the Secretary to certify, as a prerequisite to plan approval, the technological feasibility of methods proposed to be used under a response plan, as demonstrated by the potential lessee through simulation, demonstration, or (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander Motion To Proceed To Measure Considered In Senate. (consideration: Cr S3069-3086) on 05/18/2011

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Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2011 [S.917] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Water ] [Climate Change ] [Science ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ] [Mining ]
Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prescribe a program of structural reform for management of the Outer Continental Shelf, including establishing two bureaus to carry out leasing, permitting, and safety and environmental regulatory functions. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish: (1) an office to carry out the royalty and revenue management functions, and (2) an Outer Continental Shelf Safety and Environmental Advisory Board. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) recruit and directly (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Bingaman Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 112-51. on 05/17/2011

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Carbon Dioxide Capture Technology Prize Act of 2011 [S.757] [Energy ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Science ] [Climate Change ] [Environmental ]
Carbon Dioxide Capture Technology Prize Act of 2011 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish and award competitive technology financial awards for the development and implementation of technology to capture carbon dioxide from media in which the concentration of carbon dioxide is dilute. Conditions receipt of such a financial award on an applicant agreeing to vest the intellectual property derived from the technology in one or more entities that are incorporated in the United States. Establishes (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Enzi Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Bingaman With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 112-33. on 07/11/2011

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Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2011 [S.699] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Science ] [Climate Change ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2011 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to carry out a demonstration program for the commercial application of integrated systems for the capture, injection, monitoring, and long-term geological storage of carbon dioxide from industrial sources. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements to provide financial and technical assistance to up to 10 large-scale demonstration projects (involving the injection (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Bingaman With Amendments. With Written Report No. 112-32. on 07/11/2011

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Energy Security Act of 2011 [S.689] [Energy ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Trade ] [National Security ]
Energy Security Act of 2011 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the national energy security program to coordinate federal government activities and policies to ensure that the United States meets goals for reducing oil dependence, oil imports, and oil consumption as well as other energy policy goals. Declares it is the goal of the United States to reduce oil consumption by 2030 by an amount equal to or greater than the quantity of oil imported from outside of North America. Directs the President, in coordination with the National (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Merkley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 03/30/2011

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Critical Minerals and Materials Promotion Act of 2011 [S.383] [Energy ] [Mining ] [National Security ] [Science ] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Environmental ] [Trade ] [Manufacturing ] [Economic Development ]
Critical Minerals and Materials Promotion Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to establish a research and development program to: (1) provide data and scientific analyses for research on, and assessments of the potential for, undiscovered and discovered resources of critical minerals and materials in the United States and other countries; (2) analyze and assess current and future critical minerals and materials supply chains; and (3) cooperate with international partners (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On Energy. Hearings Held. With Printed Hearing: S.hrg. 112-117. on 06/09/2011

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Vessel Incidental Discharge Act [S.3570] [Environmental ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Water ] [Science ]
Vessel Incidental Discharge Act - Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating: (1) within 180 days, to establish and implement enforceable uniform national standards for the regulation of discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel into navigable waters; (2) within 180 days, to issue a final rule for the regulation of ballast water discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel; (3) within two years, to issue a rule establishing best management practices for discharges incidental to the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 09/19/2012

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Building a Stronger America Act of 2012 [S.3479] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ] [Trade ] [Manufacturing ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Unemployment ]
Building a Stronger America Act of 2012 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to direct the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to award renewable three-year competitive industry or sector partnership grants to eligible entities to develop strategies that: (1) encourage growth and competitiveness through work with employers within a targeted industry cluster; (2) help workers move toward economic self-sufficiency and ensure that they have access to supportive services; (3) address the needs of firms with limited human resources (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 08/01/2012

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Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act [S.3388] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Public Health ] [Infrastructure ] [Waste Management / Recycling ]
Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require owners or operators of publicly owned treatment works to: (1) institute monitoring systems to provide timely alerts of sewer overflows, (2) notify the public not later than 24 hours after receiving knowledge of such overflows in areas where human health is potentially affected, (3) notify public health authorities and other affected entities immediately of an overflow that may imminently and substantially (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 07/16/2012

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Vessel Incidental Discharge Act [S.3332] [Environmental ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Water ]
Vessel Incidental Discharge Act - Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating: (1) within 180 days, to establish and implement enforceable uniform national standards for the regulation of discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel into navigable waters; (2) within 180 days, to issue a final rule for the regulation of ballast water discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel; (3) within two years, to issue a rule establishing best management practices for discharges incidental to the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 06/21/2012

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Oil Spill Technology and Research Act of 2012 [S.3298] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Water ] [Science ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Public Safety ]
Oil Spill Technology and Research Act of 2012 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to replace provisions establishing the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research with provisions establishing a Federal Oil Spill Research Committee for the same purpose. Requires the Committee to: (1) submit to Congress within 180 days and update every five years a report on the state of oil discharge prevention and response capabilities; (2) establish an oil pollution research and development program that provides for research, development, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Maria Cantwell Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 06/14/2012

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