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W21 [HB-5363]
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Water in the 21st Century Act or W21 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services. Requires the EPA to identify other voluntary approaches to encourage recycling and reuse technologies to improve water efficiency or lower water use and to implement those approaches, if appropriate. Establishes a State Residential Water Efficiency and Conservation Incentives Program to provide financial incentives for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 09/12/2014
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Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2014 [HB-4901]
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Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2014 - Allows Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within federal conservation areas and to select, in exchange, unappropriated public land within the state. Defines "federal conservation areas" as lands within the outer boundaries of units of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape
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Sponsored by: Rep. Judy Chu
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 07/29/2014
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Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act [HB-4716]
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Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) or the Secretary of the Interior to give effect to a statewide conservation and management plan for the protection and recovery of the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and the Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) from either California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming. Requires the appropriate Secretary to: hold for at least 10 years actions to list the species as endangered
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Public Lands And Environmental Regulation. on 05/30/2014
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Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 [HB-3979]
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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before June 1, 2014. (Authority for payment of unemployment compensation expired on December 31, 2013. This amendment authorizes payment of compensation for the entire period between January 1, 2014, and June 1, 2014.) (Sec. 3) Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Signed By President. on 12/19/2014
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Listen to Americans First Act of 2013 [HB-3684]
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Listen to Americans First Act of 2013 - Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of federal funds for travel outside the United States or its territories by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) until: (1) EPA conducts public listening sessions on rulemaking targeting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants in each of the 15 states with the highest percentage of electricity generated by coal in 2012 (West Virginia, Kentucky, Wyoming, Indiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Utah, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Colorado,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation, Energy, And Forestry. on 01/07/2014
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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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River Paddling Protection Act [HB-3492]
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River Paddling Protection Act - Opens the rivers and streams of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming to hand-propelled vessels. Declares specified regulations to have no force or effect with regard to the closing of rivers and streams of such Parks to such vessels. Requires the Fish and Wildlife Service to coordinate any recreational use of hand-propelled vessels on the Gros Ventre River within the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming with Grand Teton National Park to ensure that use is consistent with the requirements of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rob Bishop
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-369. on 02/28/2014
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National Park Service Study Act of 2013 [HB-3131]
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National Park Service Study Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct special resource studies of: (1) the Kau coast, on the island of Hawaii; (2) the prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites on the island of Rota in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (3) sites in Alaska associated with the forced abandonment of the Aleut villages of Makushin, Kashega, and Biorka around Unalaska Island and Attu on Attu Island during World War II; (4) the five relocation sites in Alaska at Funter Bay, Burnett Inlet, Killisnoo,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Public Lands And Environmental Regulation. on 09/24/2013
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Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 [HB-3080]
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Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Esty
Signed By President. on 06/10/2014
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Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2013 [HB-2657]
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Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to offer for disposal by competitive sale certain federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal in the report submitted to Congress on May 27, 1997, pursuant to the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996. Requires the Secretary to offer such lands for at least fair market value as determined by an independent appraiser. Requires the net
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Chaffetz
Reported By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-412. on 04/10/2014
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National Mitigation Fisheries Coordination Act [HB-2261]
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National Mitigation Fisheries Coordination Act - Directs the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to impose a charge for conducting mitigation fishery activities in connection with federal water resources development projects carried out by water development agencies (Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, or the Tennessee Valley Authority [TVA]). Requires such agencies to pay the charge in accordance with a fishery mitigation plan developed and approved by the USFWS Director and the agency head. Defines "mitigation fishery activities"
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, And Insular Affairs. on 06/10/2013
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American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act [HB-2]
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American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 601. on 11/17/2014
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Ranch A Consolidation and Management Improvement Act [HB-1684]
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Ranch A Consolidation and Management Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), acting through the Forest Service, to convey to Wyoming, upon state request, without consideration and by quitclaim deed, all interest of the United States in approximately 10 acres of National Forest System land located in the Black Hills National Forest in Crook County, Wyoming. Repeals the requirement that Ranch A be used for: (1) fish and wildlife management and educational activities; and (2) maintenance and restoration of the museum-quality
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cynthia Lummis
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On Public Lands, Forests, And Mining. Hearings Held. on 07/30/2014
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2013 [HB-1645]
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2013 - Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund until 19 years after enactment of this Act. Prescribes additional periods of required presence in an affected area during atmospheric nuclear testing for individuals filing leukemia or specified disease claims. Increases the amount of compensation an individual filing a claim may receive to $150,000. Expands "affected area" to include Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and New Mexico, as well as
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 07/08/2013
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Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act [HB-1187]
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Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act - 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. Sets forth provisions for the management of the lands designated as wilderness by this Act, including regarding water rights, tribal rights, fish and wildlife, and grazing permits and leases. Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Public Lands And Environmental Regulation. on 03/26/2013
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A resolution relative to the death of the Honorable Malcolm Wallop, former Senator for the State of Wyoming. [SR-268]
Declares that the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Malcolm Wallop, a former Senator from Wyoming. Declares that when the Senate adjourns on September 15, 2011, it stand adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of Senator Wallop.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Resolution Agreed To In Senate Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S5669-5673; Text As Passed Senate: Cr S5669-5670; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S5689) on 09/15/2011
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2011 [S.791]
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2011 - Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund until 19 years after enactment of this Act. Prescribes additional periods of required presence in an affected area during atmospheric nuclear testing for individuals filing leukemia or specified disease claims. Increases the amount of compensation an individual filing a claim may receive to $150,000. Expands "affected area" to include Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and New Mexico, as well as
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2393-2394) on 04/12/2011
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Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2011 [S.666]
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Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center or Polytrauma Network Site for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in the northern Rockies or the Dakotas. Requires the Fort Harrison Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, to be evaluated as a potential location for such a Center or Site.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/08/2011
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Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2011 [S.635]
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Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to offer for disposal by competitive sale certain federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal in the report submitted to Congress on May 27, 1997, pursuant to the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 03/17/2011
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Implementation of National Consensus Appliance Agreements Act of 2011 [S.398]
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Implementation of National Consensus Appliance Agreements Act of 2011 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to expand the definition of "energy conservation standard" under such Act to mean one or more performance or design requirements relating to energy and water efficiency. Establishes energy conservation standards for: (1) central air conditioners and heat pumps; (2) through-the-wall central air conditioners; (3) through-the-wall central air conditiioning heat pumps; (4) small duct, high velocity systems; and (5) non-weatherized
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Bingaman With Amendments. With Written Report No. 112-18. on 05/18/2011