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Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act [HB-1630]
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Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act 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 BIA may
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 03/27/2017
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TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking [HB-1625]
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TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking (Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of State's rewards program is a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international crime and that the State Department and federal law enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that target human traffickers who prey on the most vulnerable people around the world. (Sec. 3) The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended to include severe forms of trafficking in persons involving
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Became Public Law No: 115-141. on 03/23/2018
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Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act [S.593]
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Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4)
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
By Senator Barrasso From Committee On Environment And Public Works Filed Written Report. Report No. 115-372. Additional Views Filed. on 11/15/2018
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Nogales Wastewater Fairness Act [HB-1410]
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Nogales Wastewater Fairness Act This bill directs the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to charge Nogales, Arizona, an equitable proportion of the costs for operating and maintaining the Nogales sanitation project, which should be based on the average daily volume of wastewater originating from Nogales. The sanitation project includes: (1) the International Outfall Interceptor and the trunkline, which is a sewer line that carries wastewater along the U.S. and Mexico border; and (2) the Nogales International Wastewater
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 03/08/2017
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Nogales Wastewater Fairness Act [S.551]
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Nogales Wastewater Fairness Act This bill directs the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to charge Nogales, Arizona, an equitable proportion of the costs for operating and maintaining the Nogales sanitation project, which should be based on the average daily volume of wastewater originating from Nogales. The sanitation project includes: (1) the International Outfall Interceptor and the trunkline, which is a sewer line that carries wastewater along the U.S. and Mexico border; and (2) the Nogales International Wastewater
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 03/07/2017
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SENSE Act Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment Act [HB-1119]
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SENSE Act Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment Act (Sec. 2) This bill eases emission limits for hazardous air pollutants from electric utility steam generating units (electric power plants) that convert coal refuse into energy. The Environmental Protection Agency must allow utilities to select a standard for either hydrogen chloride or sulfur dioxide with which to comply from a list of specified standards.
Sponsored by: Rep. David McKinley
Considered Under The Provisions Of Rule H. Res. 762. (consideration: Cr H1480-1489) on 03/08/2018
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Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act [HB-1179]
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Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to revise requirements concerning citizen suits. Litigation costs (including reasonable attorney and expert witness fees) must be awarded to the prevailing party, thus the bill removes a court's discretion to award the fees. A prevailing party is defined as the party that prevails on more than half of the claims at issue. The bill repeals the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny or restrict
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 02/17/2017
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Zero Waste Development and Expansion Act of 2017 [HB-1034]
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Zero Waste Development and Expansion Act of 2017 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to award grants to local governments for developing solid waste prevention, reuse, and recycling tactics and operations. Applicants must set specific waste prevention, reuse, recycling, composting, or public education goals that will bring communities closer to zero waste. Zero waste is a goal to guide people towards emulating sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are designed to become resources for others to use. The
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 02/17/2017
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Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2017 [HB-993]
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Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states to develop a peer review process to identify and investigate questionable or inappropriate prescribing and dispensing patterns of drugs classified as schedule II or III under the Controlled Substances Act, which are drugs with an accepted medical use that have the potential to be abused and addictive. This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require HHS to establish grant programs to: (1) facilitate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/10/2017
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Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act [HB-917]
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[Consumer Protection ]
Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act This bill prohibits any person from exporting or reexporting electronic waste (specified items containing electronic components or fragments, including computers, televisions, video display devices, and consumer electronics) or exempted electronic waste items (tested, working used electronics, low-risk counterfeit electronics, or recalled electronics), except as specified. "Low-risk counterfeit electronics" means electronic components or items that: (1) have been subjected to destruction processes that render
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 02/07/2017
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Farm Regulatory Certainty Act [HB-848]
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Farm Regulatory Certainty Act This bill amends the Resources Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 to specify that animal waste, manure, and fertilizer are excluded from the Act's requirements if the waste, manure, or fertilizer originates from or is utilized by an agricultural operation. Citizen suits may not be brought under the Act against an agricultural operation if federal or state legal and enforcement actions are already underway.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 02/10/2017
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Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act [HB-788]
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Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the construction and expansion of public target ranges by: (1) authorizing a state to pay up to 90% of the costs of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range; (2) authorizing a state to elect to allocate 10% of a specified amount apportioned to it from the federal aid to wildlife restoration fund for those costs; (3) limiting the federal share of those costs under such Act to 90%; and (4)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Reported By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-707, Part I. on 05/29/2018
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Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act [S.257]
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Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act This bill confirms that the boundary of Acadia National Park in Maine includes approximately 1,441 acres of land and interests in the Schoodic Peninsula. The bill ratifies and approves: the acquisition by the United States of such land and interests, effective as of September 26, 2013, and any alteration of such land or interests held or claimed by the United States that occurred after such date. The Department of the Interior may only acquire land or interests in land within or outside of the boundaries
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On National Parks. Hearings Held. on 07/19/2017
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Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act [HB-763]
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Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act This bill confirms that the boundary of Acadia National Park in Maine includes approximately 1,441 acres of land and interests in the Schoodic Peninsula. The bill ratifies and approves: the acquisition by the United States of such land and interests, effective as of September 26, 2013; and any alteration of such land or interests held or claimed by the United Statethat occurred after such date. The Department of the Interior may only acquire land or interests in land within or outside of the boundaries
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Sponsored by: Rep. Chellie Pingree
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 02/10/2017
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Protecting the Dignity of Unborn Children Act of 2017 [HB-718]
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Protecting the Dignity of Unborn Children Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to recklessly dispose of or abandon fetal remains in a landfill or in any navigable waters of the United States. The term "fetal remains" means any part (except a cremated part) of a deceased human fetus following an abortion. A violator is subject to a fine, up to three years in prison, or both.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/14/2017
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Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2017 [HB-637]
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[Energy ]
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[Climate Change ]
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Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2017 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to exclude carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride pollution from the scope of that Act. The bill declares that current law does not authorize or require the regulation of climate change or global warming and nullifies certain final rules relating to: (1) greenhouse gas and volatile organic compounds emissions, including methane emissions, from the oil and natural gas sector; and (2) carbon pollution emissions
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 01/25/2017
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American Pipeline Jobs and Safety Act of 2017 [HB-683]
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American Pipeline Jobs and Safety Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to prescribe minimum safety standards to require gas or hazardous liquid pipelines constructed or replaced after enactment of this bill to be made of steel that: (1) is produced in the United States, and (2) originates from (or in the case of recycled steel is combined with) iron ore and taconite mined and processed in the United States. DOT may waive such requirement if certain conditions are met. The bill requires DOT inspection and testing of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Railroads, Pipelines, And Hazardous Materials. on 01/25/2017
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National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2017 [HB-547]
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National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2017 This bill establishes the National Infrastructure Development Bank as a wholly owned government corporation. The bank's board of directors shall be responsible for monitoring and overseeing energy, environmental, telecommunications, and transportation infrastructure projects. The board is authorized to: (1) make loans and loan guarantees to assist in the financing an infrastructure project, (2) issue public benefit bonds and provide financing to infrastructure projects, and (3) pay an interest
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Aviation. on 01/17/2017
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Water Quality Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-465]
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Water Quality Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an integrated planning and permitting process for municipal wastewater and stormwater management that: enables municipalities to identify the most cost-effective and protective approaches to comply with the Act's requirements; helps them prioritize their investments in addressing the requirements; and is comprehensive and flexible. The EPA must provide
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Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Grothman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 01/13/2017
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Recognizing the anniversary of the tragic earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, honoring those who lost their lives in the earthquake and in Hurricane Matthew in October 2016, and expressing continued solidarity with the Haitian people. [HR-49]
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Recognizing the anniversary of the tragic earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, honoring those who lost their lives in the earthquake and in Hurricane Matthew in October 2016, and expressing continued solidarity with the Haitian people. Honors: (1) those who lost their lives in Haiti due to the earthquake on January 12, 2010, and Hurricane Matthew in October 2016; and (2) the sacrifice of the men and women of the government of Haiti, the U.S. government, the United Nations (U.N.), and the international community for their response to those affected
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Western Hemisphere. on 02/16/2017