Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Animals, Consent decrees, Department of the Interior, Endangered species, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Law, Marine resources, National seashores, Natural resources, North Carolina, Public lands, Transportation
Latest Action: 09/11/2008 - Subcommittee Hearings Held. Bill TextTo reinstate the Interim Management Strategy governing off-road vehicle use in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, pending the issuance of a final rule for off-road vehicle use by the National Park Service. 6/11/2008--Introduced. Requires that the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, be managed in accordance with the Interim Protected Species Management Strategy/Environmental Assessment issued by the National Park Service (NPS) until the NPS issues a special regulation and long-term off-road vehicle management plan for the use of that seashore by the public. Invalidates the consent decree filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina regarding off-road vehicle use at that seashore.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Animals, Consent decrees, Department of the Interior, Endangered species, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Law, Marine resources, National seashores, Natural resources, North Carolina, Public lands, Transportation
Latest Action: 07/30/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Bill TextA bill to reinstate the Interim Management Strategy governing off-road vehicle use in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, pending the issuance of a final rule for off-road vehicle use by the National Park Service. 6/11/2008--Introduced. Requires that the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, be managed in accordance with the Interim Protected Species Management Strategy/Environmental Assessment issued by the National Park Service (NPS) during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the date on which the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the NPS, issues a special regulation and long-term off-road vehicle management plan for the use of that seashore. Invalidates the consent decree filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina regarding off-road vehicle use at that seashore.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Grants-in-aid, Infrastructure, Land transfers, Land use, National forests, National parks, Natural areas, Natural resources, Public lands, Reservoirs, Restoration ecology, Right-of-way, Sports, Trails, Transportation, Travel, Utah, Water districts, Water resources, Wild rivers, Wilderness areas
Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Date of scheduled hearing. SD-366. 2:30 p.m. Bill TextA bill to establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, and improve public land in Washington County, Utah, and for other purposes. 4/9/2008--Introduced. Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2008 - Designates specified public lands in Utah as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Provides for the acquisition of land or interests in any such area designated as wilderness. Releases certain wilderness study areas in Washington County, Utah, from further study for designation as wilderness. Designates specified federal land in Zion National Park in Washington County as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which shall be known as the Zion Wilderness. Establishes the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area and the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area in Utah. Designates specified segments of the Virgin River and its tributaries across federal land within and adjacent to [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Animals, Commemorations, Cultural property, Environmental protection, Grazing, Habitat conservation, Historic sites, History, Horses, Humanities, Idaho, Indians, Land transfers, Minorities, Natural resources, Nature conservation, Outdoor recreation, Public lands, Range management, Research centers, Restoration ecology, Science policy, Sheep, Sports, Trails, Transportation, Transportation planning, Water resources, Wild rivers, Wilderness areas, Wildlife conservation
Latest Action: 06/16/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-374. Bill TextA bill to provide for the management of certain public land in Owyhee County, Idaho, and for other purposes. 4/9/2008--Introduced. Owyhee Public Land Management Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Owyhee Science Review and Conservation Center in Owyhee County, Idaho, to conduct research projects that address natural resources management issues affecting public and private rangeland in the county. Designates specified land in Idaho as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Designates specified creek and river segments within the county as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system. Bars acquisition by the Secretary of any private land within the exterior boundary of a wild and scenic river corridor without the owner's consent. Authorizes the Secretary to sell public land within the Boise District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that has been identified for [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Accident prevention, Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Authorization, Budgets, Business, Business insurance, Carbon monoxide, Child safety, Children, Cigarettes, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumer protection, Consumers, Cost effectiveness, Data banks, Death, Defective products, Electric appliances, Energy, Executive departments, Federal preemption, Finance, Gasoline, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Hazardous substances, Import restrictions, Imports, Independent regulatory commissions, Law, Manufacturing industries, Medical care, Medicine, Minorities, Minority health, Motor vehicle safety, Packaging, Parties to actions, Poisons, Product safety, Retail trade, Risk, State and local government, State laws, Technology, Test facilities, Toys, Trade, Transportation, Whistle blowing
Latest Action: 03/07/2008 - S.AMDT.4143 Amendment SA 4143, previously agreed to, was modified by Unanimous Consent. Bill TextA bill to reform the Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater protection for children's products, to improve the screening of noncompliant consumer products, to improve the effectiveness of consumer product recall programs, and for other purposes. 2/25/2008--Introduced. CPSC Reform Act - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Act and for other purposes. Creates or modifies provisions relating to personnel and Commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), public disclosure of information, and rulemaking procedures. Requires third party certification of, and provides for tracking and record keeping regarding, children's products. Modifies provisions relating reporting of substantial product hazards and corrective action plans. Requires manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and importers to identify each other. Modifies provisions relating to prohibited acts, penalties,[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 08/31/2008 - Cleared for White House. Bill TextTo establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission. 8/14/2008--Public Law. (There are 4 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on July 29, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 - Title I: Children's Product Safety - (Sec. 101) Treats as a banned hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) any children's product (a consumer product designed or intended primarily for children 12 years of age or younger) containing more than specified amounts of lead. Allows alternate limits if the specified limits are not technologically feasible. Requires periodic review and, when technologically feasible, more stringent limits. Makes the limits inapplicable to any component that [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Accident prevention, Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Advertising, Air pollution, Authorization, Budgets, Business, Business records, Carbon monoxide, Child health, Child safety, Children, Cigarettes, Communications, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Congressional witnesses, Consumer education, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumer protection, Consumers, Cost effectiveness, Criminal justice, Customs administration, Death, Defective products, Electric batteries, Electronics, Energy, Engines, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Export controls, Federal employees, Federal preemption, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Flammable materials, Forfeiture, Furniture industry, Gasoline, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Hazardous substances, Home repair and improvement, Housing, Import restrictions, Independent regulatory commissions, Inspectors general, Internet, Labeling, Laboratories, Law, Lead, Legislation, Manufacturing industries, Minorities, Minority health, Motor vehicle safety, Nanotechnology, Northwestern States, Packaging, Paints and varnishes, Parties to actions, Poisons, Politics and government, Presidential appointments, Presidents, Preventive medicine, Product safety, Professional education, Recidivists, Retail trade, Science policy, Standards, State and local government, State laws, Storms, Surety and fidelity, Technology, Telecommunication, Test facilities, Textile fabrics, Toys, Trade, Traffic accidents and safety, Transportation, Waste in government spending, Web sites, Whistle blowing
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - By Senator Inouye from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 110-265. Bill TextA bill to reform the Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater protection for children's products, to improve the screening of noncompliant consumer products, to improve the effectiveness of consumer product recall programs, and for other purposes. 12/5/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) CPSC Reform Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to authorize appropriations: (1) to carry out the Act; (2) for the office of Inspector General; (3) to make capital improvements to the research, development, and testing facility of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); and (4) for research into safety issues related to the use of nanotechnology in consumer products.(Sec. 4) Requires the CPSC, subject to the availability of appropriations, to increase by at least 500 the number of its full time employees and by at least 50 the number of its port of entry and overseas production facility inspectors.[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Air pollution, Alcohol as fuel, Energy, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Executive departments, Fuel consumption, Fuel storage, Gasoline, Governmental investigations, Law, Marine engines, Motor vehicle pollution control, Transportation
Latest Action: 09/24/2008 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment. With written report No. 110-494. Bill TextA bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study of the feasibility of increasing the consumption in the United States of certain ethanol-blended gasoline. 7/19/2007--Introduced. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study the feasibility of increasing consumption in the United States of ethanol-blended gasoline with levels of ethanol of not less than 10% and not more than 40%.Requires the study to evaluate: (1) production and infrastructure constraints on increasing consumption; (2) the economic, market, and energy impacts of state and regional differences in ethanol blends and of separate and distinctly-labeled fuel storage facilities and dispensers; (3) the environmental impacts of mid-level ethanol blends on evaporative and exhaust emissions from, and on the operation, durability and performance of, on-road, off-road, and marine engines, recreational boats, vehicles, and equipment [...] show full description
Latest Action: 07/18/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Bill TextA bill to assure compliance with basic standards for all-terrain vehicles in the United States, and for other purposes. 7/18/2007--Introduced. All-Terrain Vehicle Standards and Compliance Act of 2007 - Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to issue a consumer product safety standard for all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) that is, subject to exception, identical to a specified publication by the American National Standards Institute/Specialty Vehicle Institute of America. Makes specified provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Act and other federal law inapplicable to that issuance. Applies the standard to ATVs manufactured or imported after the standard is published. Allows ATVs that comply with the standard to incorporate characteristics or components not covered by the standard. Requires each ATV manufacturer or importer to submit an action plan to the CPSC for approval and to comply with an approved plan. Prohibits the importation or distribution [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Air routes, Airports, Airspace (Law), Animals, Architecture and the disabled, Bears, Bicycles, Bikeways, Budgets, Business, Camping, Compensation (Law), Congressional reporting requirements, Conservation easements, Construction costs, Deer, Disabled, Economic policy, Elk, Emergency management, Eminent domain, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Federal-Indian relations, Fire prevention, Fishing, Forest conservation, Forest fires, Forest health, Forest management, Forest roads, Goats, Government aircraft, Government information, Grants-in-aid, Grazing, Habitat conservation, Horses, Hunting, Idaho, Indians, Infrastructure, Insect control, Land transfers, Land use, Law, Licenses, Logging, Lumber trade, Maintenance and repair, Maps, Military aviation, Mining claims, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Motorcycles, National forests, National recreation areas, Natural resources, Nature conservation, Outdoor recreation, Parking facilities, Pedestrians, Planning, Plant protection, Public lands, Recreation areas, Relocation, Restoration ecology, Right-of-way, Risk, Road construction, Science policy, Sheep, Snowmobiles, Sports, State and local government, State laws, State parks, Sustainable development, Tourism, Trails, Transportation, Trapping, Tree diseases, User charges, Water conservation, Water resources, Water resources development, Water rights, Wilderness areas, Wildlife conservation, Wildlife management, Wolves
Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Bill TextTo promote the economic development and recreational use of National Forest System lands and other public lands in central Idaho, to designate the Boulder-White Cloud Management Area to ensure the continued management of certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands for recreational and grazing use and conservation and resource protection, to add certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands in central Idaho to the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to convey specified parcels of federal land to certain counties and cities in central Idaho. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey, to the state of Idaho a specified [...] show full description
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