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Latest Action: 11/01/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13687-13688) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines, and for other purposes. 11/1/2007--Introduced. Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the percentage depletion allowance for hardrock mines located on land currently subject to the general mining laws, or on land patented under such laws. Establishes in the Treasury the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Trust Fund. Appropriates to such Fund amounts equal to 25% of the additional revenues received due to the disallowance of the depletion allowance for hardrock mines proposed by this Act. Prescribes guidelines under which such Fund shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior for reclamation and restoration of lands and water resources adversely affected by mineral and mineral material mining (excluding coal and fluid minerals).
Also tagged in: Budgets, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Grants-in-aid, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste sites, Hazardous wastes, Infrastructure, Kansas, Land transfers, Medical care, Medicine, Natural resources, Oklahoma, Relocation, Solid wastes, Water resources, Water supply
Latest Action: 11/16/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14627) Bill TextA bill to authorize the voluntary purchase of certain properties in Treece, Kansas, endangered by the Cherokee County National Priorities List Site, and for other purposes. 11/16/2007--Introduced. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make specified funds available to Kansas in FY2009 to purchase (with the owners' consent), and to provide relocation assistance to the residents of: (1) properties in Treece, Kansas, that are in danger of being destroyed by subsidence relating to, and that may endanger the health of occupants as a result of risks posed by, the Cherokee County National Priorities List Site; and (2) residential properties of water customers of Picher, Oklahoma, residing in or near Treece, Kansas.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Grants-in-aid, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste sites, Hazardous wastes, Infrastructure, Kansas, Land transfers, Medical care, Medicine, Natural resources, Oklahoma, Relocation, Solid wastes, Water resources, Water supply
Latest Action: 11/16/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Bill TextTo authorize the voluntary purchase of certain properties in Treece, Kansas endangered by the Cherokee County National Priorities List Site, and for other purposes. 11/15/2007--Introduced. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide specified funds to Kansas in FY2009 to purchase (with the owners' consent), and to provide relocation assistance to the residents of: (1) properties in Treece, Kansas, that are in danger of being destroyed by subsidence relating to the Cherokee County National Priorities List Site that may endanger the health of occupants; and (2) residential properties of water customers of Picher, Oklahoma, residing in or near Treece, Kansas.
Also tagged in: Air pollution, Animals, Aquatic pests, Biological diversity, Budgets, Business, Climate change, Coastal zone, Emergency management, Environmental monitoring, Environmental protection, Fisheries, Floods, Grants-in-aid, Great Lakes, Habitat conservation, Hurricanes, Land use, Marine ecology, Marine resources, Marine resources conservation, Natural resources, Non-native species, Pest control, Planning, Sea level, Sediment control, Sedimentation, Shore protection, Storms, Tourism, Tsunamis, Water resources, Wildlife conservation
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Subcommittee Hearings Held. Bill TextTo amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize assistance to coastal states to develop coastal climate change adaptation plans pursuant to approved management programs approved under section 306, to minimize contributions to climate change, and for other purposes. 2/14/2008--Introduced. Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act of 2008 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program to provide assistance to coastal states to voluntarily develop coastal climate change adaptation plans and to provide financial and technical assistance and training to enable coastal states to implement those plans through coastal states' enforceable policies. Authorizes, subject to the availability of appropriations, grants to coastal states for developing the plans and grants for implementation.
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Also tagged in: Air pollution, Animals, Aquatic pests, Biological diversity, Budgets, Business, Climate change, Coastal zone, Emergency management, Environmental monitoring, Environmental protection, Fisheries, Floods, Grants-in-aid, Great Lakes, Habitat conservation, Hurricanes, Land use, Marine ecology, Marine resources, Marine resources conservation, Natural resources, Non-native species, Pest control, Planning, Sea level, Sediment control, Sedimentation, Shore protection, Storms, Tourism, Tsunamis, Water resources, Wildlife conservation
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Subcommittee Hearings Held. Bill TextTo amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize assistance to coastal states to develop coastal climate change adaptation plans pursuant to approved management programs approved under section 306, to minimize contributions to climate change, and for other purposes. 2/14/2008--Introduced. Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act of 2008 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program to provide assistance to coastal states to voluntarily develop coastal climate change adaptation plans and to provide financial and technical assistance and training to enable coastal states to implement those plans through coastal states' enforceable policies. Authorizes, subject to the availability of appropriations, grants to coastal states for developing the plans and grants for implementation.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Grants-in-aid, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste sites, Hazardous wastes, Infrastructure, Kansas, Land transfers, Medical care, Medicine, Natural resources, Oklahoma, Relocation, Solid wastes, Water resources, Water supply
Latest Action: 11/16/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14627) Bill TextA bill to authorize the voluntary purchase of certain properties in Treece, Kansas, endangered by the Cherokee County National Priorities List Site, and for other purposes. 11/16/2007--Introduced. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make specified funds available to Kansas in FY2009 to purchase (with the owners' consent), and to provide relocation assistance to the residents of: (1) properties in Treece, Kansas, that are in danger of being destroyed by subsidence relating to, and that may endanger the health of occupants as a result of risks posed by, the Cherokee County National Priorities List Site; and (2) residential properties of water customers of Picher, Oklahoma, residing in or near Treece, Kansas.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Grants-in-aid, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste sites, Hazardous wastes, Infrastructure, Kansas, Land transfers, Medical care, Medicine, Natural resources, Oklahoma, Relocation, Solid wastes, Water resources, Water supply
Latest Action: 11/16/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Bill TextTo authorize the voluntary purchase of certain properties in Treece, Kansas endangered by the Cherokee County National Priorities List Site, and for other purposes. 11/15/2007--Introduced. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide specified funds to Kansas in FY2009 to purchase (with the owners' consent), and to provide relocation assistance to the residents of: (1) properties in Treece, Kansas, that are in danger of being destroyed by subsidence relating to the Cherokee County National Priorities List Site that may endanger the health of occupants; and (2) residential properties of water customers of Picher, Oklahoma, residing in or near Treece, Kansas.
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Budgets, Business, Depletion allowances, Energy, Environmental protection, Government trust funds, Income tax, Mine wastes, Mines and mineral resources, Mining claims, Natural resources, Public lands, Reclamation of land, Revegetation, Sedimentation, Soil erosion, Solid wastes, Strip mining, Tax deductions, Taxation, Water pollution, Water pollution control
Latest Action: 11/01/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13687-13688) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines, and for other purposes. 11/1/2007--Introduced. Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the percentage depletion allowance for hardrock mines located on land currently subject to the general mining laws, or on land patented under such laws. Establishes in the Treasury the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Trust Fund. Appropriates to such Fund amounts equal to 25% of the additional revenues received due to the disallowance of the depletion allowance for hardrock mines proposed by this Act. Prescribes guidelines under which such Fund shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior for reclamation and restoration of lands and water resources adversely affected by mineral and mineral material mining (excluding coal and fluid minerals).
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