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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: 09/26/2008 - 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.
Also tagged in: Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Foreign policy, Gulf of Mexico, International affairs, International environmental cooperation, Latin America, Marine ecology, Mexico, Restoration ecology, Solid wastes, State and local government, Waste disposal in the ocean, Water pollution, Water quality, Water resources, Watersheds
Latest Action: 09/24/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill Text
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Latest Action: 09/26/2008 - Introduced in the Senate, read twice. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S9660-9668) Bill TextA bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for economic recovery for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 9/26/2008--Introduced. Economic Recovery Act, 2008 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY2008 for infrastructure, energy, and economic recovery to: (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 Corps of Engineers; (7) the Department of the Interior; (8) the Department of Energy (DOE); (9) the Department of the Treasury, including the Office of Inspector General; (10) the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); (11) the General Services Administration (GSA); (12) the Small Business Administration (SBA); (13) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (14) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); (15) the Department [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 11/18/2008 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1124 under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/17/2008. Bill TextMaking 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. 9/26/2008--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008 - Title I: Infrastructure Investments - Chapter I: Transportation - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2009 for infrastructure investments to the Department of Transportation (DOT) for: (1) the Federal Aviation Administration, grants-in-aid for airports; (2) Federal Highway Administration, highway infrastructure investment; (3) Federal Railroad Administration, capital and debt service grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK); (4) Federal Transit Administration,[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 09/24/2008 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Boxer. With written report No. 110-499. Minority views filed. Bill Text
An original bill to restore the value of every American in environmental decisions, and for other purposes.
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Animals, Appropriations, Armed forces, Bonds, Budgets, Carbon cycle, Carbon dioxide, Cellulose, Coal, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Continental shelf, Defense economics, Defense procurement, Department of the Interior, Depreciation and amortization, Easements, Electric appliances, Electric batteries, Electric power production, Electric power transmission, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy efficiency, Energy facilities, Energy research, Environmental assessment, Environmental law enforcement, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Export controls, Fees, Finance, Fuel cells, Gas in submerged lands, Government information, Government publicity, Government trust funds, Home repair and improvement, Housing, Hydrogen, Impact aid, Income tax, Investment tax credit, Judicial review, Law, Licenses, Marine resources, Methane, Minimum tax, Natural resources, Nevada, Nuclear power plants, Oil and gas leases, Oil shales, Oil well drilling, Petroleum in submerged lands, Petroleum refineries, Petroleum reserves, Public contracts, Public lands, Radioactive wastes, Railroad engineering, Research and development, Revenue sharing, Right-of-way, Science policy, Service stations, Solar energy, Solid wastes, State and local government, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Taxation, Trade, Transportation, Waste disposal sites, Wildlife refuges
Latest Action: 09/18/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9034) Bill TextA bill to provide 8 steps for energy sufficiency, and for other purposes. 9/18/2008--Introduced. Eight Steps to Energy Sufficiency Act of 2008 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) take designated actions to promote advanced batteries research and development for (plug-in) electric drive vehicles, including a direct loan program for domestic production. Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to prescribe procedures for oil and natural gas preleasing and leasing activities in certain new producing areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Amends the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, to repeal the prohibition against final regulations for a commercial leasing program for oil shale resources on public land. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) enter into a streamlined refinery permitting process (upon request of a state governor or Indian [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Budgets, Employee training, Employment of the disadvantaged, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Government information, Government paperwork, Grants-in-aid, Hazardous substances, Home repair and improvement, Housing, Job training, Labor, Lead, Lead poisoning, Licenses, Medical care, Medicine, Residential rehabilitation, Risk, Soil pollution, Standards
Latest Action: 09/17/2008 - 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 revise regulations relating to lead-based paint hazards, lead-contaminated dust, and lead-contaminated soil, and for other purposes.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Child health, Children, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Epidemiology, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Hazardous substances, Law, Lead, Lead poisoning, Medical care, Medicine, Paints and varnishes, Pregnant women, Standards, Women, Women's health
Latest Action: 09/16/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill Text
A bill to protect pregnant women and children from dangerous lead exposures.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Decision making, Economic policy, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Finance, Government information, Government publicity, Government statistics, Income, Labor statistics, Law, Medical care, Medicine, Pollution, Risk, Valuation
Latest Action: 09/16/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill Text
A bill to restore the value of every American in environmental decisions, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 09/11/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill TextA bill to provide that the Clean Air Interstate Rule shall remain in full force and effect. 9/11/2008--Introduced. CAIR Reinstatement Act of 2008 - Directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and the rule establishing Federal Implementation Plans for CAIR. Declares that nothing in this Act shall change or modify the authority or obligations set forth in the Clean Air Act.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Air pollution, California, Congress, Congressional witnesses, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Federal officials, Law, Motor vehicle pollution control, Perjury, Prosecution, Resignation from office, Transportation
Latest Action: 07/29/2008 - Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7639-7640) Bill TextA resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Senate has lost confidence in the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Stephen L. Johnson, that the Administrator should resign his position immediately, and that the Department of Justice should open an investigation into the veracity of his congressional testimony regarding the California waiver decision and pursue any prosecutorial action the Department determines to be warranted. 7/29/2008--Introduced. Declares that the Senate has lost confidence in the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Stephen L. Johnson, and calls for his immediate resignation. Urges the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the veracity of his congressional testimony regarding the California waiver decision and to pursue any prosecutorial action warranted.
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Latest Action: 07/17/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6939-6940) Bill TextA bill to improve air quality by expanding the use of low-emission natural gas as a transportation fuel. 7/17/2008--Introduced. Drive America on Natural Gas Act of 2008 - Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) redefine renewable fuel to include renewable and nonrenewable natural gas (NG), including compressed natural (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG); and (2) require fuel credit program regulations to provide for generation of credits for renewable and nonrenewable natural gas. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a new qualified alternative fuel motor vehicle credit for dual fueled automobiles. Directs the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to conduct a program of natural gas vehicle research, development, and demonstration, with a particular emphasis on streamlining the certification of NG conversion systems. Directs the EPA Administrator to: (1) establish a demonstration program [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alaska, Bacterial diseases, Budgets, Business, Business records, Chlorine, Coast guard, Commercialization, Energy, Environmental health, Environmental law enforcement, Environmental monitoring, Environmental protection, Environmental technology, Executive departments, Fines (Penalties), Foreign policy, Fuel consumption, Government information, Government paperwork, Government trust funds, Great Lakes, Hazardous substances, Hazardous wastes, Incineration, International affairs, International environmental cooperation, Law, Marine engines, Marine pollution, Marine resources, Medical care, Medicine, Passenger ships, Sewage disposal, Sewage sludge, Solid wastes, Standards, State and local government, State laws, Technological innovations, Technology, Transportation, Waste disposal in the ocean, Waste disposal sites, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water quality, Whistle blowing
Latest Action: 07/09/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1414-1415) Bill TextTo establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into the waters of the United States, and for other purposes. 7/8/2008--Introduced. Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2008 - Prohibits cruise vessels calling on U.S. ports from discharging sewage, graywater, or bilge water into U.S. waters unless: (1) the treated effluent meets specified effluent limits and management standards; (2) the vessel is proceeding at not less than six knots; (3) the vessel is not less than 12 nautical miles from shore; and (4) the vessel is not in a no discharge zone. Prohibits the discharge of sewage sludge, incinerator ash, or hazardous waste into U.S. waters and requires it to be off-loaded at appropriate land-based facilities. Prescribes exceptions for: (1) discharges solely to secure the safety of a vessel or to save a life at sea; and (2) Alaskan vessels until 10 years after enactment.Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate such effluent [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/25/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill TextA bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide assistance for programs and activities to protect the water quality of Puget Sound, and for other purposes. 6/25/2008--Introduced. Puget Sound Recovery Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a Puget Sound Program Office, to be located in the state of Washington and headed by a Director who shall assist the management conference convened for Puget Sound in carrying out its goals.Requires the Director to: (1) assist and support the implementation of the comprehensive conservation and management plan developed by the conference ("Comprehensive Plan"); (2) coordinate the major functions of the federal government related to the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan; (3) carry out studies and research necessary for strengthened implementation of the [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agricultural pollution, Agriculture, Air pollution, Animals, Budgets, Canada, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Dredging, Endangered species, Environmental monitoring, Environmental protection, Environmental research, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal aid to water pollution control, Fisheries, Floodplains, Foreign policy, Forestry, Government information, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Hazardous substances, International affairs, International environmental cooperation, Law, Licenses, Marine resources, Marine resources conservation, Natural resources, Nonpoint source pollution, Population, Restoration ecology, Riparian ecology, Sedimentation, Sewage treatment, Solid wastes, Storm drains, Washington State, Waste water, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water quality, Water resources, Water treatment plants, Water use, Watersheds, Wetlands, Wildlife conservation
Latest Action: 06/26/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Bill TextTo amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide assistance for programs and activities to protect the water quality of Puget Sound, and for other purposes. 6/25/2008--Introduced. Puget Sound Recovery Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a Puget Sound Program Office, to be located in the state of Washington and headed by a Director who shall assist the management conference convened for Puget Sound in carrying out its goals.Requires the Director to: (1) assist and support the implementation of the comprehensive conservation and management plan developed by the conference ("Comprehensive Plan"); (2) coordinate the major functions of the federal government related to the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan; (3) carry out studies and research necessary for strengthened implementation of the Comprehensive [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 11/19/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Bill TextTo reduce global greenhouse gas emissions through the creation of a domestic carbon market and international trade measures, and to direct the revenue therefrom to public interests. 6/19/2008--Introduced. Climate Market, Auction, Trust & Trade Emissions Reduction System Act of 2008, or the Climate MATTERS Act of 2008 - Declares the purpose of this Act to establish a federal pro |
