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Latest Action: 10/16/2007 - Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Bill TextExpressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber. 10/15/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that not later than January 1, 2025, U.S. agricultural, forestry, and working land should provide from renewable resources not less than 25% of total U.S. energy consumption and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber.
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Latest Action: 01/17/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S706) Bill TextA concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber. 1/17/2007--Introduced. Expresses the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that not later than January 1, 2025, U.S. agricultural, forestry, and working land should provide from renewable resources not less than 25% of total U.S. energy consumption and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber.
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Latest Action: 10/05/2007 - Message on Senate action sent to the House. Bill TextAn act to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing materials and products having asbestos-containing material, and for other purposes. 10/4/2007--Passed Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to include within the meaning of the term "asbestos" asbestiform varieties of: (1) any material formerly classified as tremolite, including winchite asbestos and richterite asbestos; and (2) any asbestiform amphibole mineral. Requires the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to conduct a study that: (1) describes the science concerning the disease mechanisms and health effects of exposure to non-asbestiform minerals and elongated mineral particles and methods for measuring and analyzing such minerals; and (2) recommends future research relating to diseases caused by exposure [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/23/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight. Bill TextTo prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from procuring certain items directly related to the national security unless the items are grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States. 2/8/2007--Introduced. Berry Amendment Extension Act - Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from procuring specified covered items directly related to national security interests (including clothing, tents, or natural fiber products) that are not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States, except to the extent satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of any such product cannot be procured as and when needed. Makes additional exceptions for: (1) procurements by vessels in foreign waters; (2) emergency procurements; and (3) purchases for amounts not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold ($100,000). Directs the Secretary to ensure that: (1) each member of DHS's acquisition workforce who regularly participates in textile [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Bill TextTo amend title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities, and for other purposes. 2/8/2007--Introduced. Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to prescribe requirements for a Federal Renewable Portfolio Standard for calendar years 2010 through 2039. Specifies a schedule of graduated annual percentages of a supplier's base amount that shall be generated from renewable energy resources, from 1% in 2010 up to 20 % in 2020 and thereafter. Authorizes a retail electric supplier to satisfy such requirements through submission of renewable energy credits to the Secretary of Energy. Provides for energy credit trading or borrowing among suppliers. Directs the Secretary to: (1) encourage federally-owned utilities, municipally-owned utilities, and rural electric cooperatives that sell electric energy to electric consumers for purposes other [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Armed forces, Asbestos, Budgets, Business, Cancer, Clinical trials, Consumer education, Consumers, Data banks, Defense policy, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental research, Executive departments, Federal aid to health facilities, Federal aid to research, Government information, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Hazardous substances, Hazardous wastes, Health education, Health information systems, Import restrictions, Labeling, Labor, Law, Lung cancer, Lung diseases, Manufacturing industries, Medical care, Medical research, Medical screening, Medical tests, Medicine, Military medicine, Minerals, Occupational health and safety, Pain, Preventive medicine, Product safety, Refuse and refuse disposal, Research centers, Research grants, Science policy, Solid wastes, Technology, Trade, Veterans, Veterans' hospitals, Veterans' medical care
Latest Action: 08/01/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bill TextTo amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products, and for other purposes. 8/1/2007--Introduced. Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to conduct a study that: (1) describes the science concerning the disease mechanisms and health effects of exposure to asbestos and other biopersistent durable fibers and methods for measuring and analyzing asbestos; (2) describes labeling practices relating to asbestos-containing material; and (3) recommends future asbestos-related disease research and exposure assessment practice needs. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations that prohibit the importing, manufacturing, processing, or distributing of asbestos-containing products, subject to limited exemption upon petition and specified exemptions sought by the Department [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo require the Secretary of Labor to issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust, and for other purposes. 4/30/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Requires the Secretary of Labor, within 90 days, to promulgate an interim final standard regulating combustible dusts, which shall apply to manufacturing, processing, blending, conveying, repackaging, and handling of combustible particulate solids and their dusts (including organic dusts, plastics, sulfur, wood, rubber, furniture, textiles, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, fibers, dyes, coal, metals, and fossil fuels), but shall not apply to processes already covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) standard on grain facilities.Requires such standard to provide requirements for: (1) a hazard assessment [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo require the Secretary of Labor to issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust, and for other purposes. 4/30/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Requires the Secretary of Labor, within 90 days, to promulgate an interim final standard regulating combustible dusts, which shall apply to manufacturing, processing, blending, conveying, repackaging, and handling of combustible particulate solids and their dusts (including organic dusts, plastics, sulfur, wood, rubber, furniture, textiles, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, fibers, dyes, coal, metals, and fossil fuels), but shall not apply to processes already covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) standard on grain facilities.Requires such standard to provide requirements for: (1) a hazard assessment [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Armed forces, Asbestos, Budgets, Business, Cancer, Clinical trials, Consumer education, Consumers, Data banks, Defense policy, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental research, Executive departments, Federal aid to health facilities, Federal aid to research, Government information, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Hazardous substances, Hazardous wastes, Health education, Health information systems, Import restrictions, Labeling, Labor, Law, Lung cancer, Lung diseases, Manufacturing industries, Medical care, Medical research, Medical screening, Medical tests, Medicine, Military medicine, Minerals, Occupational health and safety, Pain, Preventive medicine, Product safety, Refuse and refuse disposal, Research centers, Research grants, Science policy, Solid wastes, Technology, Trade, Veterans, Veterans' hospitals, Veterans' medical care
Latest Action: 08/01/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bill TextTo amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products, and for other purposes. 8/1/2007--Introduced. Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to conduct a study that: (1) describes the science concerning the disease mechanisms and health effects of exposure to asbestos and other biopersistent durable fibers and methods for measuring and analyzing asbestos; (2) describes labeling practices relating to asbestos-containing material; and (3) recommends future asbestos-related disease research and exposure assessment practice needs. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations that prohibit the importing, manufacturing, processing, or distributing of asbestos-containing products, subject to limited exemption upon petition and specified exemptions sought by the Department [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Armed forces, Asbestos, Budgets, Business, Cancer, Clinical trials, Consumer education, Consumers, Data banks, Defense policy, Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental research, Executive departments, Federal aid to health facilities, Federal aid to research, Government information, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Hazardous substances, Hazardous wastes, Health education, Health information systems, Import restrictions, Labeling, Labor, Law, Lung cancer, Lung diseases, Manufacturing industries, Medical care, Medical centers, Medical research, Medical screening, Medical tests, Medicine, Military medicine, Minerals, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational health and safety, Pain, Preventive medicine, Product safety, Refuse and refuse disposal, Research centers, Research grants, Science policy, Solid wastes, Technology, Tissue banks, Trade, Veterans, Veterans' hospitals, Veterans' medical care
Latest Action: 10/05/2007 - Message on Senate action sent to the House. Bill TextAn act to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing materials and products having asbestos-containing material, and for other purposes. 10/4/2007--Passed Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to include within the meaning of the term "asbestos" asbestiform varieties of: (1) any material formerly classified as tremolite, including winchite asbestos and richterite asbestos; and (2) any asbestiform amphibole mineral. Requires the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to conduct a study that: (1) describes the science concerning the disease mechanisms and health effects of exposure to non-asbestiform minerals and elongated mineral particles and methods for measuring and analyzing such minerals; and (2) recommends future research relating to diseases caused by exposure [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Armed forces, Business, Buy American, Clothing, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Cotton, Defense policy, Department of Homeland Security, Emergency housing, Emergency management, Employee training, Executive departments, Federal employees, Foreign policy, Government employees, Government information, Government procurement, Government publicity, Housing, International affairs, Job training, National security, Natural resources, Public contracts, Subcontractors, Synthetic fabrics, Synthetic fibers, Textile fabrics, Trade, Trade agreements, Wool
Latest Action: 02/23/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight. Bill TextTo prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from procuring certain items directly related to the national security unless the items are grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States. 2/8/2007--Introduced. Berry Amendment Extension Act - Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from procuring specified covered items directly related to national security interests (including clothing, tents, or natural fiber products) that are not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States, except to the extent satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of any such product cannot be procured as and when needed. Makes additional exceptions for: (1) procurements by vessels in foreign waters; (2) emergency procurements; and (3) purchases for amounts not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold ($100,000). Directs the Secretary to ensure that: (1) each member of DHS's acquisition workforce who regularly participates in textile [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Alternative energy sources, Aquatic plants, Auditing, Biomass energy, Budgets, Business, Cellulose, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumers, Cooperative societies, Cost effectiveness, Economic impact statements, Economic policy, Electric power distribution, Electric power production, Electric utilities, Energy, Energy assistance for the poor, Energy conservation, Energy conservation in buildings, Energy crops, Energy demand, Energy development, Energy efficiency, Energy prices, Environmental protection, Farm manure, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Food, Geothermal resources, Government information, Government paperwork, Government trust funds, Governmental investigations, Grants-in-aid, Green marketing, Home repair and improvement, Housing, Hydroelectric plants, Hydroelectric power, Indexing (Economic policy), Indian lands, Landfills, Law, Licenses, Lumber trade, Marine resources, Methane, Minorities, National forests, Natural gas, Natural resources, Ocean energy resources, Oils and fats, Plants, Public lands, Public utilities, Refuse as fuel, Solid wastes, Sunset legislation, Technological innovations, Technology, Trees, Water resources, Welfare, Wind power, Wood
Latest Action: 02/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Bill TextTo amend title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities, and for other purposes. 2/8/2007--Introduced. Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to prescribe requirements for a Federal Renewable Portfolio Standard for calendar years 2010 through 2039. Specifies a schedule of graduated annual percentages of a supplier's base amount that shall be generated from renewable energy resources, from 1% in 2010 up to 20 % in 2020 and thereafter. Authorizes a retail electric supplier to satisfy such requirements through submission of renewable energy credits to the Secretary of Energy. Provides for energy credit trading or borrowing among suppliers. Directs the Secretary to: (1) encourage federally-owned utilities, municipally-owned utilities, and rural electric cooperatives that sell electric energy to electric consumers for purposes other [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/17/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S706) Bill TextA concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber. 1/17/2007--Introduced. Expresses the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that not later than January 1, 2025, U.S. agricultural, forestry, and working land should provide from renewable resources not less than 25% of total U.S. energy consumption and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber.
Also tagged in: Agricultural production, Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Alternative energy sources, Biomass energy, Cellulose, Energy, Energy crops, Energy development, Environmental protection, Farm lands, Feeds, Food, Forests, Natural resources, Refuse as fuel, Solid wastes, Wood
Latest Action: 10/16/2007 - Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Bill TextExpressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber. 10/15/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that not later than January 1, 2025, U.S. agricultural, forestry, and working land should provide from renewable resources not less than 25% of total U.S. energy consumption and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber.
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