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A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to provide for stewardship contracting projects, and for other purposes. [S.1033]
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A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to provide for stewardship contracting projects, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Forest Service to enter into stewardship contracting projects with private persons or other public entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for the National Forest System that meet local and rural community needs. The bill states that the land management goals of a project may include: (1) road and trail maintenance or
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Sponsored by: Sen. Pat Roberts
05/03/2017 Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 05/03/2017
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Low-Income Sewer and Water Assistance Program Act of 2017 [HB-2328]
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Low-Income Sewer and Water Assistance Program Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a pilot program that awards grants to at least 10 eligible entities for assisting low-income households maintain access to sanitation (water and sewer) services. In order to be eligible for grants, entities must be municipalities, or public entities that own or operate public water systems, that are affected by consent decrees related
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Sponsored by: Rep. James P. McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 05/04/2017
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Marine Oil Spill Prevention Act [HB-2261]
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Marine Oil Spill Prevention Act This bill address issues related to preventing and responding to oil spills. This bill amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to extend the moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico until June 30, 2027. This bill sets forth provisions concerning Coast Guard responsibilities, including designating areas that are at heightened risk of oil spills and implementing measures to ameliorate that risk. This bill amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to establish a Gulf Coast Regional
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 05/22/2018
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Empowering State Forestry to Improve Forest Health Act of 2017 [S.962]
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Empowering State Forestry to Improve Forest Health Act of 2017 This bill amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to direct the Forest Service to establish a landscape-scale restoration program to provide financial and technical assistance for landscape-scale restoration projects on state and private forest lands that maintain or improve benefits from trees and forests on such lands. The program shall: address the national private forest conservation priorities specified under the Act; and enhance public benefits from trees and forests,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 04/27/2017
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Federal Do No Harm Act of 2017 [HB-2137]
Federal Do No Harm Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian J. Mast
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings And Emergency Management. on 04/26/2017
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Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act [HB-2135]
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Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act This bill designates specified National Forest System lands, National Park System lands, and public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and as components or additions to existing components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The bill also designates specified federal lands as biological connecting corridors and as special corridor management areas. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is amended to designate segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 05/02/2017
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Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act [S.936]
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Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act This bill designates specified National Forest System lands, National Park System lands, and public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and as components or additions to existing components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The bill also designates specified federal lands as biological connecting corridors and as special corridor management areas. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is amended to designate segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward J. Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 04/25/2017
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Safe Drinking Water Assistance Act of 2017 [S.914]
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Safe Drinking Water Assistance Act of 2017 This bill addresses contaminants of emerging concern (emerging contaminants), which are not regulated under a national primary drinking water regulation and may have an adverse effect on human health. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must review federal efforts to: (1) identify, monitor, and assist in the development of treatment methods for emerging contaminants; and (2) assist states in responding to the human health challenges posed by those contaminants. In addition, the EPA must establish
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 04/24/2017
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Lead Free Schools Act of 2017 [HB-2094]
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Lead Free Schools Act of 2017 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper within nine months. The revised regulations must ensure that: corrosion controls are reevaluated anytime source water or treatment is changed; test results are valid by prohibiting techniques that artificially lower lead levels; monitoring includes school sites for all public water systems serving schools; notification of lead problems is clear and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Gottheimer
Introduced In House on 04/14/2017
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Water Infrastructure Flexibility Act [HB-1971]
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Water Infrastructure Flexibility Act This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow municipalities to develop a plan that integrates wastewater and stormwater management. A permit for a municipal discharge under the national pollutant discharge elimination system that incorporates an integrated plan may integrate all requirements under the Act addressed in the plan. Those permits may include a schedule of compliance that allows actions for meeting water quality-based effluent limitations
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert E. Latta
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 04/07/2017
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FRAC Act Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act [S.865]
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FRAC Act Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act This bill repeals the exemption for hydraulic fracturing operations relating to oil and natural gas production activities under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation. The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to allow the Environmental
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 04/06/2017
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Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2017 [HB-2012]
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Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2017 This bill repeals the exemption for hydraulic fracturing operations related to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation. The chemicals intended for use in underground injections
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 04/07/2017
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FRESHER Act of 2017 Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation Act of 2017 [HB-2001]
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FRESHER Act of 2017 Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to eliminate a prohibition on the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring a permit under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for discharges of certain collected, uncontaminated stormwater runoff from mining operations or oil and gas operations. The Department of the Interior must study stormwater runoff
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 04/07/2017
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National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2017 [HB-1974]
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National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2017 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise the national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper. The rule must direct: public water systems (the systems) to meet certain reporting requirements; the EPA to develop a sampling protocol and develop instructions for compliance with the protocol; the EPA, or the state exercising primary enforcement responsibility, to require on-site investigations
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 04/07/2017
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Made in America Water Infrastructure Act [S.880]
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Made in America Water Infrastructure Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring all of the iron and steel products used in projects funded by the drinking water state revolving fund program to be produced in the United States, unless: (1) it would be inconsistent with the public interest, (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality, or (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the United States will increase the cost
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 04/06/2017
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Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2017 [HB-1969]
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Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 04/07/2017
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CLEANER Act of 2017 Closing Loopholes and Ending Arbitrary and Needless Evasion of Regulations Act of 2017 [HB-2000]
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CLEANER Act of 2017 Closing Loopholes and Ending Arbitrary and Needless Evasion of Regulations Act of 2017 This bill amends the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to eliminate the exemption for waste derived from the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy from regulations governing the disposal of hazardous waste. Within a year of this bill's enactment, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must: determine whether waste associated with oil, gas, or geothermal energy activities meet the criteria
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 04/07/2017
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CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act [HB-2010]
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CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for the secure geological storage of carbon dioxide for the purpose of the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration. The bill establishes a December 31, 2017, deadline and requirements for regulations that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is required, under current law, to establish for determining adequate security measures for the geological storage of the carbon dioxide such that carbon dioxide does not escape into the atmosphere. The IRS regulations
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Sponsored by: Rep. David B. McKinley
Introduced In House on 04/06/2017
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Great Lakes and Fresh Water Algal Bloom Information Act [HB-1893]
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Great Lakes and Fresh Water Algal Bloom Information Act This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to create an online database of research and information on the causes and corrective actions being taken with regard to algal blooms in the Great Lakes, their tributaries, and other surface fresh waters. NOAA must include relevant chemical, physical, and biological data that have been collected by an accredited university, association or organization, research group, federal agency, state, or local government in
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Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew A. Cartwright
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 04/25/2017