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Latest Action: 01/31/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation. Bill TextTo provide for the establishment of a hazardous materials cooperative research program. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to obligate for each fiscal year certain hazardous materials transportation funds to develop and administer a hazardous materials cooperative research program. Directs the Secretary to establish an independent governing board to select cooperative research projects and studies of hazardous materials transportation to be carried out under the program that will yield results immediately applicable to risk analysis and mitigation or that will strengthen the ability of first responders to respond to accidents involving the transportation of hazardous materials.
Also tagged in: Affordable housing, Brownfields, Budgets, Business, Community development, Congressional reporting requirements, Depressed areas, Economic development, Economic policy, Environmental protection, Grants-in-aid, Housing, Infrastructure, Natural resources, Open space lands, Parks, Public lands, Real estate development, Rural affairs, Urban affairs
Latest Action: 03/16/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. Bill TextTo amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to provide financial assistance for the development and reuse of brownfields. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Brownfields Housing and Community Renewal Development Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a grants program for redevelopment activities for brownfield sites and abandoned, idled, and underused industrial, commercial, or housing structures located in brownfield sites.
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Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill TextA bill to authorize the United States Department of Energy to remediate the Western New York Nuclear Service Center in the Town of Ashford, New York, and to dispose of nuclear waste. 1/4/2007--Introduced. West Valley Remediation Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to remediate the Western New York Nuclear Service Center in West Valley, New York. Requires the Secretary to decontaminate and decommission: (1) Center facilities in which certain solidified high level radioactive waste was stored; (2) facilities used in waste solidification; and (3) material and hardware used in connection with the West Valley Demonstration Project. Makes the Secretary responsible for all remediation costs. Instructs the Secretary to: (1) transport high level radioactive waste at the Center to a federal repository for permanent disposal; (2) safeguard and ensure safe storage of such waste; and (3) dispose of low level radioactive waste and transuranic waste located [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Advice and consent of the Senate, Aggression, Armed forces, Arms control, Arms control agreements, Arms control negotiations, Ballistic missile defenses, Ballistic missiles, Building construction, Conferences, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congress and military policy, Congressional oversight, Congressional-executive relations, Defense policy, Energy, Federal installations, Foreign policy, International affairs, International cooperation, Laboratories, Military research, Nuclear nonproliferation, Nuclear weapons, Nuclear weapons plants, Nuclear weapons tests, Plutonium, President and foreign policy, Presidents, Research and development, Research centers, Russia, Science policy, Space activities, Space warfare, Tactical nuclear weapons, Tritium, United Nations, War, Weapons of mass destruction, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade. Bill TextRecognizing the dangers posed by nuclear weapons and calling on the President to engage in nonproliferation strategies designed to eliminate these weapons of mass destruction from United States and worldwide arsenals. 1/16/2007--Introduced. Requests the President to inform Congress and the Secretary General of the United Nations regarding U.S. efforts and measures taken with respect to implementation and observance of Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and certain U.N. resolutions calling for U.S. and world nuclear disarmament. Calls on the President to implement and observe all NPT obligations and commitments and to revise national policies on nuclear weapons accordingly. Urges the President, in the interests of protecting and advancing human, national, and global security, to: (1) declare that the United States will not use nuclear weapons first, and that pending their elimination, such weapons serve only to deter a [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Air routes, Aircraft engines, Aircraft noise, Airlines, Airports, Armed forces, Business, Commercial aircraft, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Defense policy, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Executive departments, Government information, Government paperwork, Governmental investigations, Hazardous wastes, Hydrocarbons, Interstate commerce, Law, Military aircraft, Military bases, Motor vehicle pollution control, Noise, Noise control, Ozone, Pollution measurement, Recycling of waste products, Refuse and refuse disposal, Solid wastes, Standards, Trade, Transportation, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Bill TextTo require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a feasibility study for applying airport bubbles as a method of identifying, assessing, and reducing the adverse environmental impacts of airport ground and flight operations and improving the overall quality of the environment, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Right to Know About Airport Pollution Act of 2005 [sic] - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study, and report to Congress on: (1) the feasibility of regulating air, noise, water, and solid waste pollution from all sources in and around airports using airport bubbles; and (2) the feasibility and desirability of strengthening EPA air pollutant emissions standards for airplane engines. Defines an "airport bubble" as an area: (1) in and around an airport (or other facility using aircraft) within which sources of pollution and levels of pollution from those sources are to be [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-286. Bill TextA bill to decrease the matching funds requirements and authorize additional appropriations for Keweenaw National Historical Park in the State of Michigan. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Decreases the matching funds requirement, and authorizes additional appropriations, for the Keweenaw National Historical Park in Michigan.
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Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Bill TextExpressing the sense of Congress that the fatal radiation poisoning of Russian dissident and writer Alexander Litvinenko raises significant concerns about the potential involvement of elements of the Russian Government in Mr. Litvinenko's death and about the security and proliferation of radioactive materials. 4/1/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the fatal radiation poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko raises significant concerns about the potential involvement of elements of the Russian government in Mr. Litvinenko's death, and about the security and proliferation of radioactive materials; (2) the use of such radioactive materials demonstrates a threat to the safety and security of the people of the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, the United States, and other countries; and (3) the President of the United States and the Secretary of State should urge Russian President Vladimir Putin [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/26/2007 - Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill TextExpressing the sense of Congress regarding the dumping of industrial waste into the Great Lakes. 7/25/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses disapproval of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's issuance of a permit allowing BP to increase their daily dumping of ammonia and total suspended solids into Lake Michigan. Urges Indiana to reconsider issuance of such permit. Calls for Congress to take action to protect and restore the Great Lakes. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) actions in the Great Lakes basin should be consistent with the goal of preserving and restoring the Great Lakes; and (2) EPA should not allow increased dumping of chemicals and pollutants into the Great Lakes.
Latest Action: 03/29/2007 - Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4223-4224) Bill TextA resolution designating the first week of April 2007 as "National Asbestos Awareness Week". 3/29/2007--Passed Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the first week of April 2007 as National Asbestos Awareness Week. Urges the Surgeon General to warn and educate people that asbestos exposure may be hazardous to their health.
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Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Bill TextTo provide for the implementation of the recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. 8/3/2007--Public Law. (There are 2 other summaries) Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 - Provides for implementation of recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission).Title I: Homeland Security Grants - (Sec. 101) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) to establish Homeland Security Grant Programs (consisting of an Urban Area Security Initiative and a State Homeland Security Grant Program). Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (the Secretary) to award Program grants through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Provides that none of the provisions regarding grants to states and high-risk urban areas shall be construed to affect programs authorized under the Federal Fire Prevention [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 11/19/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10607) Bill TextA bill making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. 11/17/2008--Introduced. Economic Recovery Act of 2008 - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2009 for infrastructure, energy, and economic recovery for: (1) the Department of Agriculture; (2) the Department of Commerce; (3) the Department of Justice (DOJ); (4) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); (5) the Legal Services Corporation; (6) the Department of Defense (DOD) - Civil for the Department of the Army Corps of Engineer; (7) the Department of Energy (DOE); (8) the Department of the Treasury, including the Office of Inspector General; (9) the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); (10) the General Services Administration (GSA); (11) the Small Business Administration (SBA); (12) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (13) the Department [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 09/29/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10074-10075) Bill Text
A bill to improve research on health hazards in housing, to enhance the capacity of programs to reduce such hazards, to require outreach, and for other purposes.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Apartment houses, Blood, Child safety, Children, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Housing, Housing subsidies, Law, Lead, Lead poisoning, Medical care, Medicine, Paints and varnishes, Residential rehabilitation
Latest Action: 09/26/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextA bill to amend the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 to define environmental intervention blood lead level, and for other purposes. 9/26/2008--Introduced. Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2008 - Amends the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, with respect to lead-based paint hazards in housing, to set the environmental intervention blood lead level as equal to the lower of: (1) ten micrograms of lead per deciliter; or (2) the elevated blood lead level of concern for a child under six years of age recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to amend related regulations to comply with this Act within 90 days. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the status of the Department of Housing and Urban Development "Big Buy" program, and any other voluntary programs the Secretary has implemented or has planned to implement, through [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 09/25/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill Text
A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to hospitals and nonprofit health care institutions for use in improving building and maintenance operations to engage in environmentally sustainable practices.
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Latest Action: 09/26/2008 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Boxer. With written report No. 110-515. Additional views filed. Bill Text
An original bill to protect pregnant women and children from dangerous lead exposures.
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Latest Action: 09/23/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the financing of the Superfund. 9/23/2008--Introduced. Superfund Polluter Pays Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code by reinstating until January 1, 2017, the Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate and the corporate environmental income tax.
Latest Action: 09/24/2008 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9435; text as passed Senate: CR S9435; text of measure as introduced: CR S9425) Bill TextA resolution designating the week of October 19 through October 25, 2008, as "National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week". 9/24/2008--Passed Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the week of October 19-October 25, 2008, as National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week.
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