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Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2014 [HB-5271]
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Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 08/01/2014
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Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2014 [HB-5060]
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Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act Of 2014 - Applies this Act to any mining claim, millsite claim, or tunnel site claim located under the general mining laws. Subjects to the requirements of this Act, except in specified circumstances, any unpatented mining claim or millsite claim located under the general mining laws before the enactment of this Act for which a plan of operation has not been approved or a notice filed before the date of enactment. Prohibits the issuance of a patent for any mining or millsite claims whose application was filed
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 07/18/2014
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To clarify the effect of State statutes of repose on the required commencement date for actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. [HB-4993]
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Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to preempt a state statute of repose for actions brought under state law for personal injury or property damages caused from or contributed to by exposure to any hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant, if the state statute provides a commencement date that is earlier than the federally required commencement date. (Currently, CERCLA preempts state statutes of limitations, which limit the amount of time a lawsuit can commence from the time the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Tonko
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 07/21/2014
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow a deduction for amounts paid or incurred by a responsible party relating to a discharge of oil. [HB-480]
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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for business-related expenses paid or incurred by a responsible party relating to an incident resulting in the discharge of oil into the navigable waters, other than an incident caused by an act of God or an act of war.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alcee Hastings
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E85) on 02/04/2013
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Managed Carbon Price Act of 2014 [HB-4754]
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Managed Carbon Price Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require covered persons (i.e., U.S. coal producers, oil refinery operators, first sellers of natural gas, and producers of other greenhouse gas [GHG] emission substances and importers of any GHG emission substance) to purchase a federal emission permit from the Secretary of the Treasury for the sale, combustion, or other use of such a substance. Exempts from such requirement use of a GHG emission substance: (1) as material in the production of another article by such person,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jim McDermott
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 05/30/2014
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Impaired Waters Improvement Act [HB-4739]
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Impaired Waters Improvement Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to reduce the discharges of nitrogen, phosphorus, or sediment (pollutants) in an area that is subject to a total maximum daily load (TMDL) for those pollutants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act). Makes eligible for grants the owners and operators of: (1) publicly owned treatment works or storm water management practices serving areas subject to the TMDLs, or (2) privately owned
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 05/23/2014
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Help Hire our Heroes Act [HB-4149]
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Help Hire our Heroes Act - Amends the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to extend through September 30, 2014, the veterans retraining assistance program. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to transfer funds for such program from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Opportunity. on 03/18/2014
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Ensuring Access to Clean Water Act of 2014 [HB-4024]
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Ensuring Access to Clean Water Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state exercising primary enforcement responsibility for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit programs to carry out a state chemical storage facility source water protection program. Requires such a program to provide for oversight and inspection of each covered chemical storage facility in accordance with minimum requirements,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 02/11/2014
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Superfund Reinvestment Act [HB-3870]
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Superfund Reinvestment Act - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to authorize the use of amounts in the Hazardous Substance Superfund for environmental cleanup costs authorized by such Act. Provides that receipts and disbursements of the Hazardous Substance Superfund: (1) shall not be counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus, for purposes of the President's budget, the congressional budget, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment And The Economy. on 01/17/2014
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Fort Wingate Land Division Act of 2014 [HB-3822]
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Fort Wingate Land Division Act of 2014 - Declares that all interest of the United States in and to certain lands of the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity in McKinley County, New Mexico, and transferred to the Secretary of the Interior are to be held in trust for the Zuni Tribe as part of the Zuni Reservation, unless the Tribe elects to have specified parcels of those lands conveyed to it in restricted fee status. Declares that all interest of the United States in and to specified lands of the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity and transferred
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ben Lujan
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 03/27/2014
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End Polluter Welfare Act of 2013 [HB-3574]
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End Polluter Welfare Act of 2013 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to reduce or eliminate royalty payments for oil and natural gas leases in the Outer Continental Shelf. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to increase minimum royalty payments for coal, oil, and natural gas leases. Repeals the program for ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resource exploration and production. Amends the Oil Pollution Act to eliminate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation, Energy, And Forestry. on 12/16/2013
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Reducing Employer Burdens, Unleashing Innovation, and Labor Development Act of 2013 [HB-3355]
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Reducing Employer Burdens, Unleashing Innovation, and Labor Development Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that increasing the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers will strengthen the national economy. Title I: Investing in America's Workforce - Investing in America's Workforce Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require state or local workforce investment systems to use youth activities funds allocated to a local area for programs that provide training, which may include priority consideration for training programs
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Sponsored by: Rep. Brett Guthrie
Referred To The Subcommittee On Intelligence, Emerging Threats & Capabilities. on 01/24/2014
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Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2013 [HB-2970]
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Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2013 - Encourages the partial or complete remediation of inactive and abandoned mine sites for the public good by good samaritans (defined as individuals or entities who had no role in the creation of the historic mine residue or any resulting environmental pollution and are not legally responsible for the remediation of the historic mine residue). Defines "inactive or abandoned mine site" as a mine site located in the United States that is no longer actively mined and that was used for the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Tipton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 08/02/2013
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Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2013 [HB-2896]
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Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2013 or the BUILD Act - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to include among entities eligible for brownfields revitalization funding: (1) a tax-exempt charitable organization, (2) a limited liability corporation in which all managing members are tax-exempt charitable organizations or limited liability corporations whose sole members are such organizations, (3) a limited partnership in which all general partners are tax-exempt
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Tonko
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment And The Economy. on 08/02/2013
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Mayflower Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2013 [HB-2724]
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Mayflower Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2013 - Excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any compensation provided to or for the benefit of a victim of the pipeline rupture and oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas, on March 29, 2013.
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Cotton
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 07/18/2013
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Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013 [HB-271]
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Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to ensure that any emergency order issued under such Act for the interconnection of facilities for the generation, transmission, and sale of electric energy, that may result in a conflict with a requirement of any environmental law, shall: (1) require generation, delivery, interchange, or transmission of electric energy only during hours necessary to meet the emergency and serve the public interest;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Pete Olson
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 82. on 06/03/2013
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Job Creation Act of 2013 [HB-2674]
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Job Creation Act of 2013 - Title I: Trade - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Congress should continue to work with the Administration to expand trading markets, (2) the future growth of the U.S. economy requires this pro-growth strategy, (3) China's intellectual property rights violations are a problem for the U.S. economy. Title II: Tax Reform - Expresses the sense of Congress that reforming the federal tax code will benefit taxpayers and the U.S. economy. Title III: Balanced Budget Amendment - Expresses the sense of Congress that it needs
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vern Buchanan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 09/24/2013
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Abandoned Mine Lands Cleanup and Taxpayer Fairness Act [HB-2467]
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Abandoned Mine Lands Cleanup and Taxpayer Fairness Act - Mining Reform and Deficit Reduction Act of 2013 - Applies this Act to any mining claim, millsite claim, or tunnel site claim located under the general mining laws or used for beneficiation or mineral processing activities, regardless of whether legal and beneficial title to the mineral is held by the United States. Subjects production of locatable minerals to a royalty of 12.5% of the gross income from mining. Prescribes a hardrock mining claim maintenance fee for each unpatented mining claim,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 06/27/2013
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Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013 [HB-2279]
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Title I: Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations - Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2014 - (Sec. 102) Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to remove a requirement that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) review and revise regulations promulgated under such Act at least every three years. (Sec. 104) Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to prohibit the President from promulgating any financial responsibility requirement under such Act without first
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Gardner
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 01/13/2014
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Base Redevelopment and Indemnification Correction Act [HB-2258]
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Base Redevelopment and Indemnification Correction Act - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to expand the indemnification responsibilities of the Department of Defense (DOD) with respect to transferred property at former military installations to include all military installations closed since October 24, 1988, the date of enactment of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Pocan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 08/29/2013