Also tagged in: Air pollution, Air pollution control, Aquifers, Budgets, Education, Emergency management, Energy conservation, Environmental protection, Environmental research, Environmental technology, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to research, Floodplains, Floods, Higher education, Indians, Infrastructure, Landforms, Minorities, Natural resources, Nature conservation, Research and development, Research centers, Restoration ecology, Revegetation, Road construction, Rural affairs, Science policy, Technological innovations, Technology, Technology transfer, Transportation, Transportation engineering, Transportation research, Water resources, Water storage, Water supply, Wetlands
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science and Technology. H. Rept. 110-576, Part I. Bill TextTo provide for the establishment of Green Transportation Infrastructure Research and Technology Transfer Centers, and for other purpose. 4/10/2008--Reported to House amended, Part I. (There is 1 other summary) Green Transportation Infrastructure Research and Technology Transfer Act - (Sec. 3) Amends federal transportation law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to existing university transportation centers, or to consortia consisting of such a center and one or more institutions of higher education, to carry out green transportation infrastructure research and development and technology transfer activities. Defines "green transportation infrastructure" as infrastructure that: (1) preserves and restores natural processes, landforms (such as floodplains), natural vegetated stream side buffers, wetlands, or other topographical features that can slow, filter, and naturally store stormwater runoff and floodwaters for [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Arsenic, Budgets, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental research, Environmental technology, Executive departments, Federal aid to water pollution control, Governmental investigations, Hazardous substances, Infrastructure, Law, Medical care, Medicine, Potable water, Research and development, Revolving funds, Science policy, Technology, Technology transfer, Waste water treatment, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water resources, Water treatment plants
Latest Action: 12/18/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill TextA bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to prevent the enforcement of certain national primary drinking water regulations unless sufficient funding is available or variance technology has been identified. 12/18/2007--Introduced. Small System Safe Drinking Water Act of 2007 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) to convene a working group to study barriers to using specified treatments; (2) to develop model guidance to assist states in regulating and promoting such treatment options; and (3) when establishing affordability criteria for variance technology, to consider specified cost factors, to give extra weight to households below the poverty level and to communities that meet state affordability criteria, and to ensure that the criteria are not more costly, on a per-capita basis, to a small public water system than the per capita cost to a large water system of acquiring feasible technology. [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Budgets, California, Central Valley Reclamation Project (California), Congressional reporting requirements, Federal aid to water resources development, Infrastructure, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Irrigation, Planning, Public contracts, Research centers, Rivers, Saline waters, Science policy, State and local government, Technological innovations, Technology, Waste water treatment, Water conservation, Water districts, Water resources, Water reuse, Water supply, Watersheds, Wetlands
Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. Bill TextA bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Prado Basin Natural Treatment System Project, to authorize the Secretary to participate in the Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination demonstration and reclamation project, and for other purposes. 10/30/2007--Introduced. Santa Ana River Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with: (1) the Orange County Water District (the District), to participate in the design, planning, and construction of natural treatment systems and wetlands for the flows of the Santa Ana River, California, and its tributaries into the Prado Basin; and (2) the Chino Basin Watermaster, the Inland Empire Utilities Agency, and the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Bonds, Capital investments, Environmental protection, Finance, Groundwater, Income tax, Infrastructure, Saline waters, Tax credits, Taxation, Waste water treatment, Water conservation, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water reuse, Water supply, Water treatment plants
Latest Action: 08/04/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit with respect to clean renewable water supply bonds. 8/4/2007--Introduced. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow holders of clean renewable water supply bonds a tax credit of 25% of the annual credit amount as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. Defines "clean renewable water supply bond" as any bond issued by a governmental body or an entity qualified to issue tax-exempt bonds that is used for capital expenditures for projects involving a qualified desalination facility, a recycled water facility, or a groundwater remediation facility. Sets forth rules for maturity limitations, arbitrage, and expenditures, including a requirement that 95% of the proceeds of a bond issue be spent on one or more clean renewable water supply projects within five years from the date of a bond issuance.
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alternative energy sources, Biomass energy, Budgets, Building construction, Business, Carbon cycle, Carbon dioxide, Cellulose, Coal, Commercialization, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction costs, Curricula, Education, Electric power plants, Electric power production, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy conservation in buildings, Energy development, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Energy storage, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Graduate education, Groundwater, Higher education, Hydrology, International competitiveness, Irrigation, Research and development, Saline waters, Science policy, Scientific education, Subsidies, Technological innovations, Technology, Technology transfer, Trade, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water quality, Water resources, Water supply, Water use
Latest Action: 05/31/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. Bill TextTo provide for research, development, and demonstration on energy technologies to ensure the Nation's continued supply and efficient use of affordable, reliable, and clean energy, and for other purposes. 5/24/2007--Introduced. Energy for America Act - Produced Water Utilization Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to conduct a program of research, development, and demonstration of technologies for environmentally sustainable utilization of produced water for agriculture, irrigation, municipal, industrial uses, or other environmentally sustainable purposes Requires the program to address: (1) produced water recovery, including research for desalination and demineralization; (2) reinjection of produced water into subsurface geological formations; and (3) safety and environmental impacts of such activities. Biomass Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include specified advanced biofuel technologies [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Animals, Aquifers, Bats, Biological diversity, Biomass energy, Budgets, Building construction, Business, Buy American, California, Canals, Carbon dioxide, Cellulose, Civil liberties, Climate change, Coal, Coal mines and mining, Coastal zone, Concessions, Congressional reporting requirements, Conservation easements, Construction industries, Construction workers, Department of Commerce, Department of the Interior, Droughts, Ecological research, Ecosystem management, Electric power transmission, Emergency management, Endangered species, Energy, Energy supplies, Energy transportation, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Fishery management, Fishes, Floods, Forest management, Forest products, Geothermal resources, Government contractors, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Grants-in-aid, Great Lakes, Green products, Groundwater, Habitat conservation, Historic sites, History, Hydroelectric plants, Hydroelectric power, Hydrogen, Interest, Labor, Land use, Landowners, Landscape protection, Law, Liability (Law), Licenses, Local laws, Maps, Marine resources, Marine resources conservation, Meteorology, Migratory bird conservation, Minimum wages, Mining leases, Mining royalties, National forests, National parks, Natural areas, Natural gas, Natural resources, Ocean energy resources, Oceanography, Oil and gas leases, Oil and gas royalties, Oil shales, Oil well drilling, Oregon, Pest control, Petroleum, Pipelines, Planning, Prospecting, Public buildings, Public contracts, Public lands, Reclamation of land, Remote sensing, Revenue sharing, Right of property, Right-of-way, Saline waters, Science policy, Sea level, Shore protection, Solar energy, State and local government, State laws, Storage, Storms, Subpoena, Surety and fidelity, Technology, Tidal power, Tourism, Trade, Transportation, Wages, Washington State, Water conservation, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water quality, Water resources, Water reuse, Water supply, Watersheds, Wildlife conservation, Wind power
Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-296, Part I. Bill TextTo promote energy policy reforms and public accountability, alternative energy and efficiency, and carbon capture and climate change mitigation, and for other purposes. 8/3/2007--Reported to House amended, Part I. (There is 1 other summary) Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007 - Title I: Energy Policy Act of 2005 Reforms - (Sec. 101) Instructs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to establish a cost recovery fee for applications for a permit to drill for oil and gas on federal lands administered by the Secretary. Sets forth a temporary interim fee of $1,700. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to repeal the requirement that rentals received from leases be deposited in the Treasury (in the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund, thus repealing authority for the Fund). (Sec. 102) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to extend from 30 days to 90 days the deadline by which the Secretary must either issue or defer a decision [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Energy, Energy development, Energy research, Environmental protection, Environmental technology, Geology, Groundwater, Hydrology, Infrastructure, Irrigation, Laboratories, Natural gas, Natural resources, Petroleum, Prospecting, Research and development, Research and development facilities, Saline waters, Science policy, Secondary recovery of gas, Secondary recovery of oil, Technological innovations, Technology, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water quality, Water resources, Water resources development, Water supply
Latest Action: 07/31/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Bill TextTo encourage research, development, and demonstration of technologies to facilitate the utilization of water produced in connection with the development of domestic energy resources, and for other purposes. 7/30/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Produced Water Utilization Act of 2008 - Defines "produced water" to mean water from an underground source that is brought to the surface as part of the process of exploration for or development of coalbed methane, oil, natural gas, or any other substance to be used as an energy source.Requires the Secretary of Energy, in conjunction with an existing domestic petroleum production program of the Department of Energy, to conduct a program of research, development, and demonstration of technologies for environmentally sustainable utilization of produced water for agriculture, irrigation, municipal, or industrial uses or other environmentally sustainable purposes. Requires the [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Budgets, California, Central Valley Reclamation Project (California), Congressional reporting requirements, Federal aid to water resources development, Infrastructure, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Irrigation, Planning, Public contracts, Research centers, Rivers, Saline waters, Science policy, State and local government, Technological innovations, Technology, Waste water treatment, Water conservation, Water districts, Water resources, Water reuse, Water supply, Watersheds, Wetlands
Latest Action: 09/16/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Bill TextTo amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Prado Basin Natural Treatment System Project, to authorize the Secretary to carry out a program to assist agencies in projects to construct regional brine lines in California, to authorize the Secretary to participate in the Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination demonstration and reclamation project, and for other purposes. 9/16/2008--Reported to Senate amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Santa Ana River Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2008 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with: (1) the Orange County Water District (the District), to participate in the design, planning, and construction of natural treatment systems and wetlands for the flows of the Santa Ana River, California, and its tributaries into the Prado [...] show full description
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