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Clean Air and Water Investment Act of 2009 [HB-4243]
Clean Air and Water Investment Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include air and water pollution control facilities among the projects for which tax-exempt facility bonds may be issued. Defines such facilities as any property: (1) to be used to abate or control water or atmospheric pollution or contamination by removing, altering, disposing, or storing pollutants, contaminants, wastes, or heat; (2) which is either land or of a character subject to the allowance for depreciation; and (3) that a federal, state, or local agency has
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E2906) on 12/08/2009
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Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2009 [HB-4202]
Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2009 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make competitive grants to eligible higher education institutions and research institutions to establish and maintain between three and five centers of excellence for green infrastructure. Defines "green infrastructure" as a stormwater management technique that preserves, restores, enhances, or mimics natural hydrology. Establishes the duties of each center, including: (1) researching green infrastructure; (2) developing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Environment. on 12/24/2009
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Environmental Hormone Disruption Research Act of 2009 [HB-4160]
Environmental Hormone Disruption Research Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to establish a comprehensive program to: (1) research the health effects on women and children that may result through disruption of the hormone systems; (2) carry out research, development, and demonstrations on technologies to mitigate the occurrence of hormone-disrupting pollutants in the environment and their unintended effects on ecological and wildlife health, in cooperation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Environment. on 12/02/2009
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Property Assessed Clean Energy Tax Benefits Act of 2009 [HB-4155]
Property Assessed Clean Energy Tax Benefits Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the issuance of tax-exempt bonds to finance state and local government programs for clean energy improvements in buildings. Defines "clean energy improvements" as any distributed generation renewable energy sources, energy efficiency improvements, or water efficiency improvements which are permanently affixed to a building and result in a 20% savings in energy consumption.
Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore Deutch
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E2836) on 11/19/2009
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the investment tax credit for combined heat and power system property. [HB-4144]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the energy tax credit for investment in combined heat and power system property to: (1) increase the capacity limitations for such property; and (2) expand the definition of such property to include property which produces electrical or mechanical energy from recovered waste energy using back-pressure turbines, rankine, sterling, kalina, or other heat engines.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 11/19/2009
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Clean Renewable Water Supply Act of 2009 [HB-4132]
Clean Renewable Water Supply Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the issuance, until 2019, of tax-exempt clean renewable water supply bonds to finance certain water recycling, desalination, and groundwater remediation projects that comply with requirements for minimization of environmental impact. Establishes a national clean renewable water supply bond limitation for each of calendar years 2010-2018. Sets forth provsions governing the allocation of such limitation among qualified projects. Directs the Secretary of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alcee Hastings
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E2829) on 11/19/2009
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Green Affordable Housing Act of 2009 [HB-4106]
Green Affordable Housing Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a program of grants and loans to owners of specified eligible federally assisted housing projects for making eligible green retrofit improvements to such projects. Conditions such grants or loans on a HUD approved retrofit plan by the owners of such projects.
Sponsored by: Sen. Peter Welch
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 11/18/2009
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Puget Sound Recovery Act of 2009 [HB-4029]
Puget Sound Recovery Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) establish a Puget Sound Program Office, to be co-located with the Puget Sound Partnership in Washington; and (2) appoint a Director of the Office. Requires the Administrator, acting through the Director, to: (1) assist and support the implementation of the Puget Sound Action Agenda; (2) provide funding and make grants for implementation of the Agenda
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Reichert
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 11/06/2009
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Safe and Healthy Housing Act of 2009 [HB-3891]
Safe and Healthy Housing Act of 2009 - Directs the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate the health effects of housing-related health hazards for which limited research or understanding of causes or associations exists. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), acting through the Director of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control (Director), to implement studies of the assessment, prevention, and control of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Brady
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation, Credit, Energy, And Research. on 06/18/2010
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To authorize the Secretary of Energy to provide credit support to enhance the availability of private financing for clean energy technology deployment. [HB-3836]
Authorizes the Secretary of Energy, for the purpose of enhancing the availability of private financing for clean energy technology development, to provide credit support and facilitate financing transactions to enable owners and users of buildings and industrial facilities to increase energy efficiency and generate electricity from renewable energy resources. Defines "clean energy technology" to include technology that contributes to a stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentration and for which insufficient commercial lending is available
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Polis
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Environment. on 10/16/2009
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Water Efficiency via Carbon Harvesting and Restoration (WECHAR) Act of 2009 [HB-3748]
Water Efficiency via Carbon Harvesting and Restoration (WECHAR) Act of 2009 - Requires the Director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to conduct resources assessments that collect and synthesize interagency and state data to quantify: (1) invasive plant species and excess biomass (plant matter targeted for removal from public land to promote ecosystem health) in the form of dangerous fuel loads on public land that can be used for feedstock (plant matter or materials that serve as the raw material for the production of biochar and bioenergy);
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation, Credit, Energy, And Research. on 06/15/2010
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Water Efficiency, Conservation, and Adaptation Act of 2009 [HB-3747]
Water Efficiency, Conservation, and Adaptation Act of 2009 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services (products, facilities, and services) so as to: (1) reduce water use and the strain on water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure; (2) conserve energy used to pump, heat, transport, and treat water; and (3) preserve water resources through voluntary labeling of, or other forms of communications
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water And Power. on 10/09/2009
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Small Business Early-Stage Investment Act of 2009 [HB-3738]
Small Business Early-Stage Investment Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish and carry out a program to provide equity investment financing to support early-stage small businesses in the following targeted industries: (1) agricultural technology; (2) energy technology; (3) environmental technology; (4) life science; (5) information technology; (6) digital media; (7) clean technology; (8) defense technology; and (9) photonics technology. Directs
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Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Nye
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. on 11/19/2009
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Community College Energy Training Act of 2009 [HB-3731]
Community College Energy Training Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, to create a program awarding grants to community colleges to provide workforce training and education in sustainable energy industries and practices, such as: (1) alternative energy; (2) energy efficient construction, retrofitting, and design; (3) sustainable energy technologies; (4) water and energy conservation; (5) recycling and waste reduction; and (6) sustainable agriculture and farming. Requires at least one-half of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, And Competitiveness. on 11/16/2009
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Drinking Water Adaptation, Technology, Education, and Research (WATER) Act [HB-3727]
Drinking Water Adaptation, Technology, Education, and Research (WATER) Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and provide funding for a program of directed and applied research, to be conducted through a nonprofit water research foundation and sponsored by drinking water utilities, to assist the utilities in adapting to the effects of climate change. Requires research areas to include: (1) water quality impacts and solutions; (2) impacts on groundwater supplies from carbon sequestration; (3) water
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Environment. on 10/08/2009
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Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2010 [HB-3650]
Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2010 - (Sec. 4) Amends the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, through the Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia, to establish and maintain a National Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Program. Directs the Under Secretary, through the Program, to coordinate the efforts of the Task Force to: (1) develop and promote a national strategy to address and respond to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 318. on 03/15/2010
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Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 [HB-3619]
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010- Title I: Authorization - (Sec. 101) Authorizes FY2011 appropriations for the Coast Guard, including for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; (3) research, development, test, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors relating to the Coast Guard's mission in search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws
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Sponsored by: Rep. Elijah Cummings
Became Public Law No: 111-281. on 10/15/2010
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Energy and Water Research Integration Act [HB-3598]
Energy and Water Research Integration Act - (Sec. 2) Directs the Secretary of Energy to identify each of the Department of Energy's (DOE's) energy research, development, and demonstration programs and projects into which it is appropriate to integrate water considerations. Requires the Secretary to: (1) seek to advance energy and energy efficiency technologies and practices that would minimize freshwater withdrawal and consumption, increase water use efficiency, and utilize nontraditional water sources with efforts to improve water quality; and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 12/02/2009
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Solar Technology Roadmap Act [HB-3585]
Solar Technology Roadmap Act - Title I: Solar Technology Research, Development, and Demonstration - (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a program of research, development, and demonstration for solar technology, including: (1) photovoltaics and related electronic components; (2) solar hot water and solar space heating and cooling; (3) concentrating solar power; (4) lighting systems that integrate sunlight and electrical lighting in complement to each other in common lighting fixtures for the purpose of improving energy efficiency;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Davis
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On Energy. Hearings Held. on 12/08/2009
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Greener Gardens Act of 2009 [HB-3530]
Greener Gardens Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 25%, up to $1,000, of the cost of qualified nonroad equipment. Defines "qualified nonroad equipment" as equipment that is primarily used for lawn, garden, or forestry purposes and is powered by certain alternative and renewable power sources.
Sponsored by: Sen. Peter Welch
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 07/31/2009