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Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018 [HB-3053] [Energy ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Science ] [Native American Affairs ]
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018 This bill amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to direct the Department of Energy (DOE) to initiate a program to consolidate and temporarily store commercial spent nuclear fuel during the development, construction, and operation of a permanent nuclear waste repository. The bill addresses federal land withdrawal and related management issues, including the permanent withdrawal of specific federal land for repository use by DOE, updating the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing process and conditions (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 05/14/2018

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Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 [HB-2] [Agriculture ] [Food ] [Trade ] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Small Business ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Native American Affairs ]
Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 This bill (commonly known as the farm bill) reauthorizes through FY2023 and modifies Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that address: commodity support, conservation, trade and international food aid, nutrition assistance, farm credit, rural development, research and extension activities, forestry, energy, horticulture, and crop insurance. The bill modifies agriculture and nutrition policies to: require farmers to make a new election to obtain either Price Loss Coverage or Agricultural Risk Coverage for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. K. Michael Conaway Signed By President. on 12/20/2018

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Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act [HB-3] [Budget and Spending ] [Agriculture ] [Energy ] [Healthcare ] [Housing ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Funding ]
Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act This bill rescinds approximately $15 billion in budget authority over 2018-2028 that was proposed to be rescinded by the President under procedures included in the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. (A rescission is legislation enacted by Congress that cancels the availability of previously enacted budget authority before the authority would otherwise expire. Under current law, the President may propose rescissions to Congress, which must be enacted into law to take effect. Congress may rescind (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Motion To Discharge Senate Committees On Appropriations; The Budget Rejected By Yea-nay Vote. 48 - 50. Record Vote Number: 134. on 06/20/2018

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Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017 [HB-3009] [Water ] [Infrastructure ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ]
Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt tax-exempt facility bonds for sewage and water supply facilities from the state volume caps on private activity bonds.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer Introduced In House on 06/22/2017

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21st Century AIRR Act 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act [HB-2997] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Aerospace ] [Air Quality ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Drones ] [Consumer Protection ] [Infrastructure ] [National Security ]
21st Century AIRR Act 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act This bill reauthorizes and modifies Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs. It also establishes the American Air Navigation Services Corporation as a federally chartered, not-for-profit corporation to assume operational control of FAA air traffic services on October 1, 2020. The bill revises requirements for the pilot program for passenger facility charges at nonhub airports and the airport improvement program. The bill extends the authorization for airport (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs Reported (amended) By The Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-296. on 09/06/2017

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North American Development Bank Improvement Act of 2017 [S.1385] [Finance ] [Environmental ] [Infrastructure ] [Air Quality ] [Energy ] [Trade ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Water ] [Construction ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [International ]
North American Development Bank Improvement Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to subscribe to and make a payment for 150,000 additional shares of the capital stock of the North American Development Bank. Treasury shall direct the U.S. representatives to the Board of Directors of the bank to use the voice and vote of the United States to support the financing of projects related to: environmental infrastructure relating to water pollution, wastewater treatment, water conservation, municipal solid waste, and related matters; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. (text: Cr S3652) on 06/20/2017

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Gulf States Protection and Restoration Coordination Act [S.1373] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Energy ] [Economic Development ] [Public Safety ] [Disaster Relief ]
Gulf States Protection and Restoration Coordination Act

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Roger F. Wicker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 06/15/2017

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Gulf States Coordination Act [HB-2923] [Economic Development ]
Gulf States Coordination Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Cedric L. Richmond Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 05/22/2018

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Regulatory Certainty Act of 2017 [HB-2917] [Environmental ] [Water ]
Regulatory Certainty Act of 2017 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 of Engineers has completed all procedures for processing an application (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 06/16/2017

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Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017 [HB-2853] [Agriculture ] [Environmental ] [Energy ] [Taxes ] [Climate Change ] [Science ] [Food ]
Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow energy tax credits through 2021 for investments in: (1) qualified biogas property, or (2) qualified manure resource recovery property. The bill also permits new clean renewable energy bonds to be used for such properties. "Qualified biogas property" comprises a system that: (1) uses anaerobic digesters or other specified processes to convert biomass into a gas which is at least 52% methane, and (2) captures the gas for use as a fuel. The term includes (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David G. Valadao Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 05/22/2018

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American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act [HB-2809] [Aerospace ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Telecommunications ] [Trade ] [National Security ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Defense ] [International ] [Cybersecurity ]
American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act (Sec. 3) This bill grants the Office of Space Commerce of the Department of Commerce the authority to issue certifications to U.S. nationals and nongovernmental entities (U.S. entities) for the operation of human-made objects launched from Earth and the items carried on them (space objects). The office shall require only one certification for a U.S. entity to: conduct multiple operations using a single space object, operate multiple space objects that carry out substantially similar operations, or use (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Babin Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 04/25/2018

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SOS Act of 2017 Save Our Seas Act of 2017 [HB-2748] [Environmental ] [Trade ] [Water ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [International ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
SOS Act of 2017 Save Our Seas Act of 2017 This bill amends the Marine Debris Act to revise the Marine Debris Program to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to work with: (1) other agencies to address both land- and sea-based sources of marine debris, and (2) the Department of State and other agencies to promote international action to reduce the incidence of marine debris. The bill also revises the program by allowing NOAA to make sums available for assisting in the cleanup and response required by severe marine debris (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 06/12/2017

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SWINE Act Swine Waste Infrastructure and Natural Environment Act [HB-2722] [Agriculture ] [Environmental ] [Taxes ] [Water ] [Food ] [Energy ] [Air Quality ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Budget and Spending ] [Grants ]
SWINE Act Swine Waste Infrastructure and Natural Environment Act This bill establishes a program to certify environmentally sustainable swine waste disposal technologies and authorizes related tax credits and grants. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must certify technologies that: eliminate animal discharge into surface waters and groundwater through direct discharge, seepage, or runoff; substantially eliminate atmospheric emissions of ammonia from swine waste; substantially eliminate the emission of odor from swine waste that is detectable (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David E. Price Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 06/26/2017

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Vehicle Innovation Act of 2017 [S.1225] [Energy ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Manufacturing ] [Science ] [Climate Change ] [Construction ] [Economic Development ]
Vehicle Innovation Act of 2017 This bill authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for research, development, engineering, demonstration, and commercial application of vehicles and related technologies for FY2018-FY2022. The bill requires DOE to: conduct a program of research, development, engineering, demonstration, and commercial application activities (R&D activities) on materials, technologies, and processes with the potential to substantially reduce or eliminate petroleum use and the emissions of U.S. passenger and commercial (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 05/24/2017

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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. [HB-2632] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Environmental ] [Public Safety ]
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. This bill directs the Department of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to act as the lead agency with respect to radioactive contamination remediation at the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton, Missouri. Nothing in this Act affects the site's designation as a Superfund site.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lacy Clay Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 05/26/2017

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Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2017 [HB-2510] [Water ] [Environmental ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Infrastructure ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ] [Community Development ] [Waste Management / Recycling ]
Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2017 The bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize through FY2022: programs for preventing and reducing pollution through research, investigations, and training; state and interstate water pollution control programs; wet weather watershed pilot projects; a grant program for implementing state management programs for controlling pollution added from nonpoint sources (e.g., pollution on the ground picked up by rain) to navigable waters; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 05/19/2017

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Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017 [HB-2518] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Technology and Innovation ] [National Security ] [Military ] [Public Safety ] [Drones ] [Healthcare ]
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017 This bill authorizes: (1) appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY2018-FY2019, and (2) a specified level of end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and military training student loads for such fiscal years. The bill addresses: (1) training for public safety personnel, (2) service member benefits for Coast Guard personnel, (3) unmanned aircraft systems, and (4) ports and waterways safety. The bill revises or sets forth policies relating to the Coast Guard, including Coast Guard health care professionals; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Peter A. DeFazio Reported (amended) By The Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-194. on 06/26/2017

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To direct the Secretary of Energy to review and update a report on the energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining of used lubricating oil. [HB-1733] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Science ]
To direct the Secretary of Energy to review and update a report on the energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining of used lubricating oil. (Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of Energy to update its report on the energy and environmental benefits of re-refining used lubricating oil and submit to Congress a strategic plan to increase the beneficial reuse of lubricating oil. The strategic plan shall address measures needed to: (1) increase the responsible collection of used oil; (2) disseminate public information concerning sustainable (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Kennedy Signed By President. on 12/21/2018

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Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2017 [HB-1673] [Water ] [Environmental ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Health ] [Taxes ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Education ] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ]
Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish a Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Trust Fund; (2) modify the definition of subpart F income (i.e., income of a controlled foreign corporation earned outside the United States that is not tax-deferred) to include income of a controlled foreign corporation derived from a foreign country; and (3) transfer to the fund revenues from the newly included subpart F income. The Environmental Protection (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 04/11/2017

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Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act [S.669] [Native American Affairs ] [Water ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Community Development ] [Environmental ] [Infrastructure ]
Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act (Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to assess sanitation and safety conditions on land set aside to provide Columbia River Treaty tribes access to traditional fishing grounds. The bill applies to land held by the United States for the benefit of the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. The (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Placed On The Union Calendar, Calendar No. 825. on 12/03/2018

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