bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
106-hr-5638,106,hr,5638,To amend section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide that States have the final authority to establish guidelines to determine which animal feeding operations are classified as concentrated animal feeding operations for purposes of the national pollutant discharge elimination system.,Environmental Protection,2000-12-04,2000-12-04,Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.,House,"Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]",MI,R,S000597,0,Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide that States have the final authority to establish guidelines for determining which animal feeding operations are classified as concentrated operations for purposes of provisions regarding the national pollutant discharge elimination system.,2025-01-02T17:15:40Z,
106-hr-5623,106,hr,5623,Chemical Security and Right to Know Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-11-02,2000-11-09,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]",NJ,D,H001032,0,"Chemical Security and Right to Know Act of 2000 - Amends provisions of the Clean Air Act regarding accidental releases of hazardous substances anticipated to cause death, injury, or serious health or environmental effects to require the Attorney General to: (1) determine whether owners or operators of stationary sources have taken adequate actions to detect, prevent, and minimize the consequences of criminal releases that may cause harm to public health and safety and the environment; and (2) promulgate requirements to ensure that such actions are taken, if they have not been taken.Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make risk management plans submitted by certain stationary source owners or operators publicly available.",2025-08-20T14:19:43Z,
106-hr-5617,106,hr,5617,Fishery and Aquaculture Oil Spill Assistance Act,Environmental Protection,2000-11-01,2000-11-01,Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.,House,"Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]",OR,D,D000191,0,"Fishery and Aquaculture Oil Spill Assistance Act - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to: (1) direct the President to establish a loan program to assist injured parties in an oil spill in meeting financial obligations during the claims procedure; and (2) allow the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to be used to make such loans.Directs the Secretary of Commerce to submit to Congress a study assessing the effectiveness of the claims procedures and emergency response programs under such Act with respect to fishermen and aquaculture producers, together with appropriate legislative or other recommendations to improve such procedures and programs.",2025-08-20T14:19:17Z,
106-s-3268,106,s,3268,Fishery and Aquaculture Oil Spill Assistance Act,Environmental Protection,2000-11-01,2000-11-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S11494),Senate,"Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]",OR,R,S001142,0,"Fishery and Aquaculture Oil Spill Assistance Act - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to: (1) direct the President to establish a loan program to assist injured parties in an oil spill in meeting financial obligations during the claims procedure; and (2) allow the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to be used to make such loans.Directs the Secretary of Commerce to submit to Congress a study assessing the effectiveness of the claims procedures and emergency response programs under such Act with respect to fishermen and aquaculture producers, together with appropriate legislative or other recommendations to improve such procedures and programs.",2025-08-20T14:18:56Z,
106-hr-5606,106,hr,5606,Clean Water Enforcement and Compliance Improvement Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-10-30,2000-10-30,Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.,House,"Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]",NJ,D,P000034,0,"Clean Water Enforcement and Compliance Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to set forth requirements for States to post information regarding water quality and environmental and health effects at waters that do not meet standards or have fish or shellfish contamination.Provides for the imposition of penalties for violations of pretreatment program requirements. Removes provisions that permit State enforcement actions to serve as a bar to Federal enforcement actions.Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) conduct inspections of facilities operated by significant noncompliers at which violations occurred; and (2) report annually to Congress and State Governors on significant noncompliers.Requires State pollutant discharge permit programs to include specified inspection, monitoring, and reporting requirements.Prohibits the issuance of permits to significant noncompliers until conditions giving rise to violations have been corrected.Requires discharge permit applicants to submit pollution prevention plans to the Administrator.Authorizes citizen suits for past violations of effluent standards or limitations if there is evidence that violations have been repeated.Amends employee protection provisions of the Act, to include a prohibition against harassment or prosecution of, or discrimination against,  persons for assisting in achieving compliance with, or refusing to violate, the Act.Establishes the Clean Water Trust Fund for mitigation projects.Makes Federal agencies subject to all Federal, State, and local water pollution control and abatement requirements in the same manner as any other person. Waives sovereign immunity of the United States with respect to such requirements.",2025-08-20T14:18:27Z,
106-hr-5589,106,hr,5589,Orphan Meth Lab Cleanup Act,Environmental Protection,2000-10-27,2000-11-08,Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-47]",CA,R,C000830,6,"Orphan Meth Lab Cleanup Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to make it unlawful for any person to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and related salts and isomers or 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine or its salts or isomers. Requires all civil and criminal penalties imposed with respect to methamphetamine to be deposited in the Orphan Meth Lab Cleanup Account and used to make grants to local governments for the costs of environmental remediation of orphan meth labs (methamphetamine production facilities for which no responsible party can be determined).",2025-08-20T14:17:17Z,
106-s-3237,106,s,3237,International Climate Change Science Commission Act,Environmental Protection,2000-10-25,2000-10-25,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.",Senate,"Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]",AZ,R,M000303,0,"International Climate Change Science Commission Act - Requests and authorizes the President to negotiate an international agreement to establish an international commission to conduct scientific assessments of global climate change, the factors involved in and the consequences of such change, and the potential effect of measures undertaken for affecting such change. Requires the President to appoint U.S. members from a list of individuals nominated by the National Science Board. Requires the National Science Foundation to provide support services.",2025-08-20T14:21:12Z,
106-s-3218,106,s,3218,A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to exclude beverage alcohol compounds emitted from aging warehouses from the definition of volatile organic compounds.,Environmental Protection,2000-10-18,2000-10-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]",KY,R,M000355,0,"Amends the Clean Air Act to exclude from the definition of ""volatile organic compound"" beverage alcohol compounds (ethanol) emitted from aging warehouses.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
106-hr-5422,106,hr,5422,Streamlined Environmental Reporting and Pollution Prevention Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-10-06,2000-10-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]",FL,R,S000303,3,"Streamlined Environmental Reporting and Pollution Prevention Act of 2000 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to integrate and streamline reporting requirements.Requires the Administrator, to ensure consistency and facilitate use of the integrated reporting program, to: (1) allow each person required to submit information to the Administrator to report to one point of contact using a single electronic system or paper form and, in the case of any person subject to more than one annual reporting requirement, at one time during the year; (2) identify environmental or occupational safety or health reporting requirements that are not administered by the Administrator; (3) implement data standards and a nomenclature understandable to persons without environmental expertise; (4) consolidate reporting of information that would be required to be reported at more than one point in the same data submission; (5) provide for data formats and submission protocols that conform with public-domain standards for electronic commerce, are accessible to a majority of reporting persons, and provide for data integrity and reliability; (6) publish a document that the Administrator shall use as the framework for databases in which reported data are kept and that the Administrator shall allow other Federal agencies and governments to use; (7) establish an electronic service center to assist reporting persons; (8) provide each reporting person access to scientifically sound, publicly available information on pollution prevention technologies and practices; (9) provide protection of confidential business information; and (10) promote development of software that helps reporting persons in assembling and submitting information and receiving information on pollution prevention technologies and practices .Provides that nothing in this Act requires a person to use the integrated reporting program instead of an existing reporting method.(Sec. 4) Requires the Administrator, at the request of any Federal, State, tribal, or local agency, to coordinate the integration of reporting required under this Act with similar efforts by the agency that are consistent with this Act.Authorizes the Administrator to develop a procedure under which a person that is required to report information under laws administered by the Administrator and laws administered by a State, tribal, or local agency to report all required information through one point of contact using a single electronic system or paper form and, in the case of persons subject to more than one annual reporting requirement, at one time during the year.Directs the Administrator, to facilitate reporting by persons with facilities in more than one State, tribal, or local jurisdiction, to encourage the use of a common data format by any State, tribal, or local agency coordinating with the Administrator.(Sec. 6) Requires the Administrator to report to Congress on provisions of law that explicitly prohibit or hinder the integration of reporting and other actions required under this Act.(Sec. 7) Provides that nothing in this Act: (1) changes any provision of Federal, State, tribal, or local law or the obligation of any person to comply with any provision of law; (2) alters any person's obligation to provide information required under any reporting requirement; or (3) authorizes the Administrator to require the reporting of additional information or to eliminate the reporting of information currently required to be reported.(Sec. 8) Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:20:11Z,
106-hr-5366,106,hr,5366,To abolish the Council on Environmental Quality.,Environmental Protection,2000-10-03,2000-10-03,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16]",MI,D,D000355,4,Abolishes the Council on Environmental Quality.,2025-01-02T17:15:15Z,
106-hr-5305,106,hr,5305,Community Assistance Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-09-26,2000-10-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]",NY,D,S000480,1,"Community Assistance Act of 2000 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a small community advisory committee or reconstitute an existing small community advisory committee.Directs the Administrator to develop and implement a plan to increase the involvement of small communities in the regulatory review processes conducted under the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, and title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995.Directs each EPA regional office to establish a Small Town Ombudsman Office to serve as an advocate for small communities and a facilitator for addressing small community concerns and programs. Requires the Offices to establish a regular, ongoing consultation process with small communities to involve them in the process of implementing, creating, and informing the public about environmental regulations, guidance, and policies and provide other appropriate assistance.Directs the Offices to survey small communities every five years to provide information for use in regulatory planning, development, and outreach.Requires the Administrator to distribute to small communities a guide to Federal environmental requirements for small communities.Directs the Administrator to implement a plan for periodically obtaining feedback from small communities on the effectiveness of EPA in involving such communities in regulatory development and implementation and reaching out to such communities to provide educational and other assistance.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:18:58Z,
106-hr-5261,106,hr,5261,School and Day-Care Lead-Based Paint Reduction Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-09-21,2000-10-28,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.",House,"Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-33]",CA,D,R000486,17,"School and Day-Care Lead-Based Paint Reduction Act of 2000 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make matching grants to States, local governments, and local educational agencies to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards at public elementary schools and licensed child day-care facilities. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:17:18Z,
106-hr-5206,106,hr,5206,To provide funding for MTBE contamination.,Environmental Protection,2000-09-19,2000-10-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-22]",CA,D,C001036,2,Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund for taking action to protect human health and the environment from releases of methyl tertiary butyl ether from underground storage tanks.,2025-01-02T17:15:02Z,
106-hr-5195,106,hr,5195,"To provide for the establishment of a position of Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,2000-09-18,2000-09-26,Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.,House,"Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3]",MI,R,E000092,0,"Requires the President to appoint a Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to have overall responsibility for the scientific and technical foundation of EPA decisions.Redesignates the EPA Deputy Administrator as the Deputy Administrator for Policy and Management.Designates one of the EPA Assistant Administrators as the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development and Chief Scientist.Expresses the sense of Congress concerning: (1) EPA Office of Research and Development flexibility and accountability, balance between types of research, application of research conducted by others, and documentation and transparency of decisionmaking; and (2) EPA research dissemination and application, expansion of a science inventory, and peer review policy.",2025-01-02T17:15:04Z,
106-hr-5175,106,hr,5175,Small Business Liability Relief Act,Environmental Protection,2000-09-14,2000-09-26,"On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 253 - 161 (Roll no. 494). (text: CR H8123-8125)",House,"Rep. Oxley, Michael G. [R-OH-4]",OH,R,O000163,34,"Small Business Liability Relief Act - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to provide that certain small businesses shall be liable for response costs as non-owners or operators only if the total of material containing a hazardous substance that the business arranged for disposal, transport, or treatment of, or accepted for transport, was greater than 110 pounds of liquid material or 200 pounds of solid material. Makes such exemption to liability inapplicable in cases where the substance could contribute significantly to response costs or where the business has failed to comply with an administrative subpoena or request for information or has impeded a response action. Applies this exemption only to activities taking place before this Act's enactment date.Makes a person liable for response costs for municipal solid waste (MSW) as a non-owner or operator only if the person is not an owner, operator, or lessee of residential property from which all of the person's MSW was generated, or a certain small business or tax-exempt organization that generated all its MSW, with respect to the facility concerned. Provides for liability if a person has failed to comply with an administrative subpoena or request for information or has impeded a response action.Makes persons that commence a contribution action liable to the defendant for all reasonable costs of defending the action if the defendant is not liable based on the above- described exemptions.Adds to the list of parties eligible for expedited final settlements certain persons and small businesses that demonstrate an inability or limited ability to pay response costs.Revises conditions of eligibility for such settlements for de minimis parties.Establishes a moratorium on litigation under CERCLA for recovery or contribution of response costs from any person eligible for an expedited settlement within a specified time frame.",2025-08-20T14:20:29Z,
106-hr-4990,106,hr,4990,"To make appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for the Federal share of certain construction costs of a sewage treatment facility in Waterbury, Connecticut.",Environmental Protection,2000-07-27,2000-07-27,Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.,House,"Rep. Maloney, James H. [D-CT-5]",CT,D,M000090,0,"Appropriates funds for FY 2001 for Environmental Protection Agency State and tribal assistance grants for a grant to the city of Waterbury, Connecticut, for payment of the Federal share of a balloon payment due by the city in July 2001 for the construction of a sewage treatment facility.",2025-01-02T17:14:48Z,
106-hr-5049,106,hr,5049,"To amend the Fderal Water Pollution Control Act to increase efforts to prevent and reduce contamination of navigable waters by methyl tertiary butyl ether, tetrachloroethylene, and trichloroethylene, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,2000-07-27,2000-07-28,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]",NY,R,K000078,0,"Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to engage in research and studies on the removal of methyl tertiary butyl ether from waters.Extends the authorization of appropriations to carry out water pollution prevention and control investigations, training, and information activities through FY 2004.Adds to the list of State programs that may receive priority for water quality management grants those that control problems resulting from storage tank petroleum releases and problems involving the presence of dry cleaning solvents in groundwater or surface water.Extends through FY 2004 the authorization of appropriations for grants for water quality protection programs and groundwater quality protection. Increases the maximum amount available for groundwater quality protection grants.",2025-01-02T17:14:52Z,
106-hr-5077,106,hr,5077,Increased Environmental Compliance Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-07-27,2000-08-31,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]",NJ,D,P000034,0,"Increased Environmental Compliance Act of 2000 - Prescribes additional penalties (with amounts based on the number of violations) for subsequent violations of the same environmental law or separate environmental laws at a site owned or operated by a repeat violator, or for violations for the same regulated activity under one or more environmental laws. Defines a ""repeat violator"" as a person who has violated the same environmental law at the same site or for the same regulated activity at least twice during the preceding five-year period or any environmental law at the same site or for the same activity at least twice during the preceding three-year period.Prescribes minimum additional penalties for catastrophic events of pollutant releases that result in serious human injury or death or serious environmental damage (or the potential for such injury, death, or damage) or in both serious human injury or death and in serious environmental damage. Bases penalties on the amounts of hazardous air pollutants, criteria air pollutants (as defined under the Clean Air Act), or ozone-depleting substances emitted, or hazardous substances released, in the course of the event, with the highest penalties for cases in which injury or death and environmental damage occur.Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with respect to any person responsible for creating a condition that may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to human health or the environment in violation of an environmental law, to issue an administrative order or bring a civil action seeking relief as necessary to protect human health or the environment. Limits the maximum relief to $10 million, to be paid into the EPA Health and Environmental Trust Fund. Makes the Trust Fund available to pay costs incurred by the Federal Government in addressing a health or environmental threat for which a fine was collected under this section and in accordance with the statutory authority under which the action seeking payment was initiated.",2025-08-20T14:19:35Z,
106-hr-5100,106,hr,5100,To clarify that certain penalties provided for in the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 are the exclusive criminal penalties for any action or activity that may arise or occur in connection with certain discharges of oil or a hazardous substance.,Environmental Protection,2000-07-27,2000-10-04,Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.,House,"Rep. Vitter, David [R-LA-1]",LA,R,V000127,2,"Declares that existing criminal penalties under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and its amendments provide the exclusive criminal penalties for any action or activity that may arise or occur in connection with a discharge of oil or a hazardous substance referred to by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit, or otherwise exempt any person from, liability for conspiracy to commit any offense against the United States, for fraud and false statements, or for the obstruction of justice.",2025-01-02T17:14:52Z,
106-s-2944,106,s,2944,A bill to clarify that certain penalties provided for in the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 are the exclusive criminal penalties for any action or activity that may arise or occur in connection with certain discharges of oil or a hazardous substance.,Environmental Protection,2000-07-27,2000-07-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7843),Senate,"Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA]",LA,D,B000780,0,"Declares that existing criminal penalties under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and its amendments provide the exclusive criminal penalties for any action or activity that may arise or occur in connection with a discharge of oil or a hazardous substance referred to by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit, or otherwise exempt any person from, liability for conspiracy to commit any offense against the United States, for fraud and false statements, or for the obstruction of justice.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
106-s-2948,106,s,2948,American Wetland Restoration Act,Environmental Protection,2000-07-27,2000-07-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]",OK,R,I000024,0,"American Wetland Restoration Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to declare that it is national policy to: (1) achieve, through regulatory means that take into account that 75 percent of the wetland in the contiguous United States is privately owned and that private property rights should not be unreasonably infringed and through nonregulatory opportunities involving all levels of government and supported by private initiatives, the conservation, creation, and restoration of wetland to increase the quantity and quality of, and meet the interim goal of no overall net loss for the remaining, wetland resource base of the contiguous United States, taking into account the status and trends of such base in particular regions and areas; and (2) foster wetland mitigation banking as a means to mitigate the unavoidable loss of wetland by providing a regulatory framework for the use of mitigation banking, making appropriate use of existing, successful programs, and taking into account regional variations in wetland conditions, functions, and values.Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to issue a mitigation bank charter to a person who, with respect to the project or projects to be included in the scope of the charter, meets specified criteria. Requires an applicant to submit an application signed by a responsible official which includes, at a minimum, information on such criteria.Sets forth provisions regarding reports, decision deadlines, and other procedural matters.Authorizes a mitigation bank, on receipt of a charter, to offer mitigation credits for sale, subject to specified requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to provide additional guidance on the size and use of the service area and to resolve interstate disagreements. Authorizes an approved mitigation bank to provide compensatory mitigation for activities requiring authorization under this Act or be used in satisfaction of injunctive relief ordered by the Secretary, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, or a court. States a preference for in-kind compensation of wetland impacts. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator to establish standards and criteria applicable to the use of on-site mitigation, in-lieu fees, and other off-site mitigation as compensatory mitigation that are similar to those standards applicable to a mitigation bank.Sets forth reporting requirements.Allows a State that operates an approved program regulating the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters to administer a wetland mitigation banking program in accordance with State procedures if such banking program is approved by the Administrator as part of the State's dredged or fill material program.",2025-08-20T14:20:21Z,
106-s-2962,106,s,2962,Federal Reformulated Fuels Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-07-27,2000-09-28,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 845.,Senate,"Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH]",NH,R,S000606,1,"Federal Reformulated Fuels Act of 2000 - Amends the Clean Air Act (CAA) to authorize a State Governor, upon notification to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the 90-day period beginning on this Act's enactment date, or during the 90-day period beginning on the date an area in the State becomes a covered area as a result of reclassification as a Severe ozone nonattainment area, to waive oxygen content requirements for reformulated gasoline sold or dispensed in the State. Considers gasoline that complies with all other requirements for reformulated gasoline other than those regarding oxygen content to be reformulated gasoline.Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations to ensure that reductions of toxic air pollutant emissions and aromatic hydrocarbon content achieved under the reformulated gasoline program before this Act's enactment are maintained in States for which the oxygenate requirement is waived or to apply a specified alternative performance standard to reformulated gasoline sold in such States.(Sec. 3) Authorizes the Administrator to control the sale or introduction into commerce of any fuel or fuel additive that causes or contributes to air or water pollution that may be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Permits States not subject to a prohibition on enforcement of certain State emission control standards to prescribe such control on fuel or fuel additives for water quality protection purposes.Requires the Administrator to ban the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in gasoline. Authorizes the Administrator to establish a schedule to phase out the use of MTBE preceding such ban.(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Administrator to approve a revision of a State implementation plan that excludes an area from a waiver from Reid vapor pressure requirements provided for ethanol if: (1) the State demonstrates that increases in volatile organic compound emissions resulting from the waiver significantly interfere with attainment or maintenance of the national ambient air quality standard for ozone; and (2) the Administrator determines the exclusion to be reasonable and practicable.(Sec. 5) Directs (currently, authorizes) the Administrator, for purposes of registration of fuels or fuel additives and on a regular basis, to require manufacturers of such fuels or additives to conduct tests to determine potential public health and environmental effects (currently, public health effects) of the fuel or additive and to meet other existing requirements.(Sec. 6) Requires motor vehicle fuel sold in the United States in 2008 and thereafter to be comprised (on a six-month average basis) of a specified percentage of clean alternative fuel. Phases in such percentage requirement, to require motor vehicle fuel to contain 1.5 percent clean alternative fuel in 2011 and thereafter.Requires all motor vehicle fuel sold in the United States during 2002 through 2007 to contain, on a six-month average basis, a specified percentage of renewable fuel. Phases in the percentage requirement, to require fuel to contain 1.1 percent renewable fuel by 2007.Authorizes credit trading programs to permit persons who refine, blend, or import motor vehicle fuel with more than the required clean alternative or renewable fuel content or who manufacture certain energy-efficient vehicles to use or transfer such credits to others for compliance purposes. Permits the use of the vehicle manufacturer credits to provide any portion of the non-Federal share required for an alternative fuel project under Federal-aid highway provisions regarding the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program or a voluntary supply commitment under the Energy Policy Act of 1992.Provides for a temporary waiver of this section's requirements upon State petition if: (1) implementation would severely harm the economy or environment of a State, region, or the United States; or (2) there is an inadequate domestic supply or distribution capacity to meet such requirements. Authorizes exemptions from such requirements for small refiners.Makes violators of this section subject to civil penalties under the CAA.(Sec. 7) Authorizes the Administrator to approve State implementation plan revisions that apply a prohibition on the sale of conventional gasoline in covered areas (areas requiring the use of reformulated gasoline) to a nonclassified area.(Sec. 8) Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the EPA Administrator and States to use funds from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund to: (1) carry out corrective actions with respect to a release of MTBE that presents a risk to human health or welfare or the environment; and (2) conduct inspections, issue orders, or bring actions under the underground storage tank regulation program. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 9) Directs the Administrator to publish analyses of: (1) the changes in emissions of air pollutants and air quality due to the use of motor vehicle fuel and fuel additives resulting from the implementation of this Act; and (2) the effects of motor vehicle fuel and fuel additives on public health and the environment.Requires the Administrator to publish regulations establishing performance requirements to ensure that, as compared with emissions due to the use of motor vehicle fuel and fuel additives during the period of 1998 through 2000, emissions due to the use of such fuel and additives will not be significantly greater on a per-gallon average basis in any region or cause air quality to be significantly worse in any region.Directs the Administrator to publish regulations establishing performance requirements for such fuel and additives, the use of such fuel and additives, and motor vehicles that are necessary to ensure adequate public health and environmental protection and to achieve specific reductions in the use of compounds or associated emission products that pose the greatest human health risk.Requires the Administrator to finalize an emissions model that reflects the effects of fuel characteristics or components on emissions from vehicles in the motor vehicle fleet during 2005.",2025-04-07T13:42:17Z,
106-s-2971,106,s,2971,Clean and Renewable Fuels Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-07-27,2000-07-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]",IA,D,H000206,0,"Clean and Renewable Fuels Act of 2000 - Amends the Clean Air Act (CAA) to prohibit, effective January 1, 2001, a person from selling or dispensing to ultimate consumers any fuel or fuel additive containing methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in the United States other than in specified nonattainment areas required to meet the oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline and in which MTBE was used to meet such requirement before January 1, 2000. Provides for phased reductions in the use of MTBE in fuel or fuel additives and for a trading program to allow persons to sell and purchase authorizations to sell or dispense MTBE. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations to require persons selling or dispensing gasoline that contains MTBE to label gasoline dispensing systems with a notice stating that the gasoline contains MTBE and that provides information concerning health and environmental risks.Prohibits, effective three years after this Act's enactment date, the manufacture, introduction into commerce, sale, or dispensing of a fuel or fuel additive containing MTBE or any other ether compound. Permits the Administrator to waive such prohibition with respect to an ether compound other than MTBE if the use of the compound will not pose a significant risk to human health or the environment.Authorizes the Administrator, if MTBE is contaminating or posing a substantial risk of contamination of soil, groundwater, or surface water in an area, to take necessary action to protect human health and the environment, including requiring a more rapid reduction (or immediate termination) of the quantity of MTBE sold or dispensed in a fuel or fuel additive in the area. Permits States to impose restrictions or prohibitions on the sale or use of MTBE as appropriate to protect human health and the environment.Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the EPA Administrator to develop technical guidelines to assist in the investigation and cleanup of MTBE in soil or groundwater. Authorizes the Administrator to enter into cooperative agreements with interested parties to establish voluntary pilot projects for the cleanup of MTBE and the protection of private wells from MTBE and provide technical assistance in carrying out such projects.Requires the Administrator to amend certain guidance to require State source water assessment programs to be revised to give high priority to groundwater areas and aquifers that have been contaminated, or are most vulnerable to contamination, by MTBE.(Sec. 3) Amends the CAA to require the Administrator to promulgate regulations that establish a procedure for submission of petitions for: (1) a waiver for an area of any per-gallon oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline; and (2) averaging of such requirement over a period of time of up to one year. Directs the Administrator to grant such a petition if necessary to: (1) avoid a shortage or disruption in supply of reformulated gasoline; (2) avoid the payment by consumers of excessive prices for such gasoline; or (3) facilitate the attainment by an area of a national primary ambient air quality standard. Requires the regulations to ensure that the human health and environmental benefits of reformulated gasoline are maintained during the period of any waiver.Permits the Administrator, if the Secretary of Energy finds that there is an insufficient domestic supply of oxygenates to meet the oxygen content requirement and upon State petition, to promulgate regulations temporarily reducing or waiving such requirement for an area to ensure an adequate supply of reformulated gasoline. Requires such regulations to ensure that the human health and environmental benefits of reformulated gasoline are maintained during the period of the temporary reduction in the oxygen content requirement.(Sec. 4) Limits the aromatic hydrocarbon content of reformulated gasoline to 22 (currently, 25) percent by volume. Prohibits the average aromatic hydrocarbon content of such gasoline from exceeding the average aromatic hydrocarbon content of such gasoline sold in covered areas (specified ozone nonattainment areas where the use of such gasoline is required) for use in baseline vehicles when using such gasoline during 1999 or 2000. Limits the maximum aromatic hydrocarbon content per gallon of reformulated gasoline to 30 percent.Limits the olefin content of reformulated gasoline to eight percent by volume. Bars the average olefin content of reformulated gasoline from exceeding the average olefin content of such gasoline sold in covered areas for use in baseline vehicles when using such gasoline during 1999 or 2000. Limits the maximum olefin content per gallon of reformulated gasoline to ten percent.(Sec. 5) Applies certain limitations on emissions of toxic air pollutants from baseline vehicles using reformulated gasoline to precursors of such pollutants as well.(Sec. 6) Requires the Administrator to revise performance standards regarding reformulated gasoline to ensure that: (1) the ozone-forming potential, taking into account all ozone precursors, of the aggregate emissions during the high ozone season from baseline vehicles when using reformulated gasoline does not exceed such potential of the emissions from such vehicles when using reformulated gasoline that complies with regulations that were in effect on January 1, 2000, and applicable to such gasoline sold in 2000 and subsequent calendar years; and (2) the aggregate emissions of specified pollutants or their precursors, including toxic air pollutants, from such vehicles when using such gasoline do not exceed such emissions from such vehicles when using reformulated gasoline that complies with the regulations described in (1).Provides for adjustments to the performance standard for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to account for emissions of carbon monoxide that are greater or less than a specified baseline for emissions achieved by reformulated gasoline containing two percent oxygen by weight and meeting other performance standards.Requires the Administrator to revise performance standards by redefining ""baseline vehicles"" to mean vehicles representative of vehicles (including off-road vehicles) in use as of January 1, 2000.(Sec. 8) Requires the Administrator, upon the application of a State Governor, to apply prohibitions on the sale of conventional gasoline in covered areas (areas requiring the use of reformulated gasoline), to any nonclassified areas (opt- in areas).(Sec. 9) Changes references to calendar year 1990 to 1999 or 2000 (whenever lower emissions occurred) in reformulated gasoline provisions concerning anti-dumping. Adds particulate matter, fine particulate matter, and precursor pollutants to the list of pollutants to which emissions limitations under such provisions apply. Updates the baseline from 1990 to 1999 or 2000 for purposes of such provisions.Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations applicable to gasoline refiners, blenders, or importers to ensure that gasoline sold or introduced into commerce (other than reformulated gasoline) does not have an aromatic hydrocarbon or olefin content exceeding the content of gasoline sold or introduced into commerce in 1999 or 2000, in whichever occurred the lower of such content.(Sec. 10) Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations for gasoline renewable source content requirements applicable to refiners, blenders, or importers. Increases such requirement annually to require a content of 1.3 percent in 2000 and 4.2 percent by 2010 and thereafter. Provides for credits for persons who refine, blend, or import gasoline that contains a quantity of fuel derived from such sources that exceeds applicable requirements. Authorizes the use or transfer of such credits for compliance purposes. Allows the Administrator to promulgate regulations governing such credits to prevent excessive geographical concentration in the use of fuel derived from renewable sources that would tend unduly to: (1) affect its price, supply, or distribution; (2) impede the development of the renewable fuels industry; or (3) otherwise interfere with this section's purposes.Permits the Administrator to waive renewable source content requirements with respect to an area on petition by a State and upon determining that: (1) implementation of the requirements would severely harm the area's economy or environment or there is an inadequate domestic supply or distribution capacity to meet such requirements; and (2) use of the credit program would not alleviate circumstances on which the petition is based. Terminates waivers on the earlier of the date on which the reason for the waiver no longer exists or one year after it is granted but authorizes renewals.Directs the Administrator to report to Congress on reductions in emissions of criteria air pollutants listed under the Act and greenhouse gases that result from implementation of renewable source content requirements and on the impact of such requirements on demand for materials for producing renewable source fuels, adequacy of food and feed supplies, rural economic growth, and energy security.Requires the Administrator to promulgate renewable source content regulations applicable to diesel fuel and to establish a renewable source content program for diesel similar to the program for gasoline.Amends Federal highway provisions to provide that for purposes of determining the estimated tax payments attributable to highway users paid into the Highway Trust Fund, the amount paid into the Fund with respect to the sale of gasohol or other fuels containing alcohol by reason of taxes imposed on special fuels or gasoline shall be treated as equal to the amount that would have been imposed without regard to the reduction in revenues resulting from renewable source content regulations under the Clean Air Act, certain other regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act, and specified Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning alcohol fuels.",2025-08-20T14:19:13Z,
106-s-2982,106,s,2982,International Carbon Sequestration Incentive Act,Environmental Protection,2000-07-27,2000-07-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]",KS,R,B000953,6,"International Carbon Sequestration Incentive Act - Title I: Investment Tax Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a limited tax carbon sequestration investment credit in the case of an eligible taxpayer who is subject to the terms and conditions of a carbon sequestration project contract with respect to a sponsored carbon sequestration project outside the United States.Title II: Loan Guarantees and Equity Investment Insurance - Permits an owner or operator of property that is located outside of the United States to enter into a carbon sequestration project contract under specified terms and conditions to be eligible for: (1)  an extension of credit from the Export-Import Bank of the United States of up to 75 percent of the cost of carrying out the carbon sequestration practices specified in the contract to the extent that the Export-Import Bank determines that the cost sharing is appropriate, in the public interest, and otherwise meets requirements of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945; and (2) investment insurance issued by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation pursuant to provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 if the Corporation determines that issuance of the insurance is consistent with such provisions.",2025-08-20T14:17:03Z,
106-s-2934,106,s,2934,Zero Tolerance for Repeat Polluters Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-07-26,2000-07-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,T000317,0,"Zero Tolerance for Repeat Polluters Act of 2000 - Prescribes additional penalties (with amounts based on the number of violations) for subsequent violations of the same environmental law or separate environmental laws at a site owned or operated by a repeat violator, or for violations for the same regulated activity under one or more environmental laws. Defines a ""repeat violator"" as a person who has violated the same environmental law at the same site or for the same regulated activity at least twice during the preceding five-year period or any environmental law at the same site or for the same activity at least twice during the preceding three-year period.Prescribes minimum additional penalties for catastrophic events of pollutant releases that result in serious human injury or death or serious environmental damage (or the potential for such injury, death, or damage) or in both serious human injury or death and in serious environmental damage. Bases penalties on the amounts of hazardous air pollutants, criteria air pollutants (as defined under the Clean Air Act), or ozone-depleting substances emitted, or hazardous substances released, in the course of the event, with the highest penalties for cases in which injury or death and environmental damage occur.Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with respect to any person responsible for creating a condition that may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to human health or the environment in violation of an environmental law, to issue an administrative order or bring a civil action seeking relief as necessary to protect human health or the environment. Limits the maximum relief to $10 million, to be paid into the EPA Health and Environmental Trust Fund. Makes the Trust Fund available to pay costs incurred by the Federal Government in addressing a health or environmental threat for which a fine was collected under this section and in accordance with the statutory authority under which the action seeking payment was initiated.",2025-08-20T14:19:52Z,
106-hr-4922,106,hr,4922,TMDL Regulatory Accountability Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-07-24,2000-07-25,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17]",TX,D,S000851,59,"TMDL Regulatory Accountability Act of 2000 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) solicit public comment on revisions to regulations pertaining to the national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) program and the water quality planning and management program published in the Federal Register on July 13, 2000; (2) solicit State comments on the impact of such revisions on implementation and effectiveness of State programs; and (3) maintain a record of public comments and publish a response in the Federal Register.Directs the Administrator to transmit to Congress an analysis of the monitoring data needed for development and implementation of total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) which shall address data gaps identified by the Comptroller General in a March 2000 report entitled ""Water Quality, Key EPA and State Decisions Limited By Inconsistent and Incomplete Data.""Requires the Administrator to make arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences to study and report on the scientific bases underlying the development of TDMLs. Authorizes appropriations.Directs the Administrator, with respect to the economic analysis performed on regulatory changes identified by the Comptroller General in the June 2000 report entitled ""Clean Water Act: Proposed Revisions to EPA Regulations to Clean Up Polluted Waters,"" to prepare certain statements and analyses required under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 with respect to: (1) significant regulatory actions that may result in expenditures by State, local, and tribal governments or the private sector of $100 million or more annually; and (2) selection of a least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative.Requires the Administrator to conduct analyses of the effects of the revisions to the regulations pertaining to the NPDES and water quality planning and management on small entities.Directs the Administrator to review the information provided or developed under this Act and consider whether the revisions to such regulations should be changed. Requires an explanation to Congress of the decision to change or not to change such revisions.",2025-08-20T14:21:25Z,
106-hr-4917,106,hr,4917,Recreational Waters Protection Act,Environmental Protection,2000-07-20,2000-07-21,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]",NJ,R,S000097,0,Recreational Waters Protection Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to review the capabilities of existing marine sanitation technology and publish revised standards for marine sanitation devices pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.Provides that such standards shall require a baseline effluent water quality of not more than ten fecal coliform per 100 milliliters and a reduction in biological oxygen demand of at least35 percent.Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make State authority to prohibit the discharge of sewage (whether treated or not) inapplicable to vessels that operate a type I or II marine sanitation device that meets the revised standards pursuant to the Recreational Waters Protection Act.,2025-08-20T14:20:51Z,
106-hjres-105,106,hjres,105,"To disapprove the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency on July 13, 2000, relating to total maximum daily loads under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.",Environmental Protection,2000-07-18,2000-07-19,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]",AR,D,B000420,23,"Disapproves the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency on July 13, 2000, relating to total maximum daily loads under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Declares that such rule shall have no effect.",2025-01-02T17:08:42Z,
106-hjres-106,106,hjres,106,To disapprove a final rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency concerning water pollution.,Environmental Protection,2000-07-18,2000-07-19,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Dickey, Jay [R-AR-4]",AR,R,D000312,0,Disapproves a specified rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to water pollution under the total maximum daily load program. Declares that such rule shall have no effect.,2025-01-02T17:08:42Z,
106-sjres-50,106,sjres,50,A joint resolution to disapprove a final rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency concerning water pollution.,Environmental Protection,2000-07-17,2000-07-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]",ID,R,C000880,18,Disapproves a specified rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to water pollution under the total maximum daily load program. Declares that such rule shall have no effect.,2025-04-07T13:43:24Z,
106-hjres-104,106,hjres,104,To disapprove a rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to proposed revisions to the national pollutant discharge elimination system program and Federal antidegradation policy and the proposed revisions to the water quality planning and management regulations concerning total maximum daily load.,Environmental Protection,2000-07-13,2000-07-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]",TX,R,P000583,0,"Disapproves the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency and published in the Federal Register on July 13, 2000, relating to proposed revisions to the national pollutant discharge elimination system program and Federal antidegradation policy and proposed revisions to the water quality planning and management regulations concerning total maximum daily load. Declares that such rule shall have no effect.",2025-01-02T17:08:42Z,
106-hr-4859,106,hr,4859,Great Smoky Mountain Clean Air Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-07-13,2000-08-02,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Taylor, Charles H. [R-NC-11]",NC,R,T000067,7,Great Smoky Mountains Clean Air Act of 2000 - Amends the Clean Air Act to identify aggregate emission reduction objectives in connection with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) powerplants.Sets a modernization deadline for outdated TVA powerplants.Prohibits TVA from increasing hydroelectric energy generation in order to achieve such mandated objectives if the increase would require a drawdown of any contiguous lake or reservoir between Memorial Day and August 1.,2025-08-20T14:19:20Z,
106-s-2800,106,s,2800,Streamlined Environmental Reporting and Pollution Prevention Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-06-27,2000-09-26,Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-965.,Senate,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,L000123,7,"Streamlined Environmental Reporting and Pollution Prevention Act of 2000 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to integrate and streamline reporting requirements.Requires the Administrator, to ensure consistency and facilitate use of the integrated reporting system to be established, to: (1) allow each person required to submit information to the Administrator to report to one point of contact using a single electronic system or paper form and, in the case of an annual reporting requirement, at one time during the year; (2) identify environmental or occupational safety or health reporting requirements that are not administered by the Administrator; (3) implement data standards and a nomenclature understandable to persons without environmental expertise; (4) consolidate reporting of data that would be required to be reported at more than one point in the same data submission; (5) provide for data formats and submission protocols that conform with public-domain standards for electronic commerce, are accessible to a majority of reporting persons, and provide for data integrity and reliability; (6) establish a National Environmental Data Model that the Administrator shall use as the framework for databases on which reported information shall be kept and that the Administrator shall allow other Federal agencies and governments to use; (7) establish an electronic commerce service center to provide technical assistance to persons submitting electronic reports; (8) provide each reporting person access to scientifically sound, publicly available information on pollution prevention technologies and practices; (9) provide protection of confidential business information; and (10) provide free software to assist reporting persons in assembling information and receiving information on pollution prevention technologies and practices.Provides that nothing in this Act requires a person to use the integrated reporting system instead of an individual reporting system.(Sec. 4) Requires the Administrator, at the request of any Federal, State, tribal, or local agency, to coordinate the integration of reporting required under this Act with similar efforts by the agency that are consistent with this Act.Authorizes the Administrator to develop a procedure under which a person that is required to report information under laws administered by the Administrator and laws administered by a State, tribal, or local agency to report all required information through one point of contact using a single electronic system or paper form and, in the case of an annual reporting requirement, at one time each year.Directs the Administrator, to facilitate reporting by persons with facilities in more than one State, tribal, or local jurisdiction, to encourage the use of a common data format by any State, tribal, or local agency coordinating with the Administrator.(Sec. 6) Requires the Administrator to report to Congress on provisions of law that explicitly prohibit or hinder the integration of reporting and other actions required under this Act.(Sec. 7) Provides that nothing in this Act: (1) changes any provision of Federal or State law or the obligation of any person to comply with any provision of law; (2) shall alter any person's obligation to provide information required under any reporting requirement; or (3) authorizes the Administrator to require the reporting of additional information or to prohibit the reporting of information currently reported.",2025-08-20T14:21:00Z,
106-hr-4745,106,hr,4745,John H. Chafee Environmental Education Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-06-26,2000-08-14,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.",House,"Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]",DE,R,C000243,19,"John H. Chafee Environmental Education Act of 2000 - Amends the National Environmental Education Act to rename it the John H. Chafee Environmental Education Act (the Act).(Sec. 4) Requires the Office of Environmental Education (OEE), within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to: (1) develop and support balanced and scientifically sound programs; and (2) provide for implementation of the Act through the headquarters and regional offices of the EPA. Eliminates provisions for: (1) OEE administration of environmental internship and fellowship programs (internship programs are eliminated and fellowship program administration is transferred elsewhere later in this Act); (2) an OEE Director who is a member of the Senior Executive Service; and (3) a minimum of six full-time equivalent employees on the OEE headquarters staff (retains the maximum of ten).Authorizes the EPA Administrator to carry out OEE activities directly or through awards of grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts.(Sec. 5) Requires the environmental education and training program funded under the Act to be of sufficient intensity and duration to have a positive and lasting impact on program participants.(Sec. 6) Revises requirements for environmental education grants to authorize design, demonstration, or dissemination of: (1) education and training programs to support the development of more environmentally effective business practices and employees; and (2) employ the environment as an integrating context for education in science, mathematics, social studies and language arts. Requires that 25 percent of program funds be for grants of not more than $10,000 (currently $5,000). Prohibits environmental education grants from being used to support lobbying activities. Requires the EPA Science Advisory Board to review and approve the guidance before the EPA Administrator issues any guidance to grant applicants.(Sec. 7) Directs the EPA Administrator to establish and administer the John H. Chafee Memorial Fellowship Program for the award and administration of five annual one-year graduate education fellowships in environmental sciences. (Eliminates provisions for OEE-administered environmental internships and fellowships.)Provides that such Fellowships are to stimulate innovative graduate level study and the development of expertise in complex, relevant, and important environmental issues and effective approaches to addressing those issues through organized programs of guided independent study and environmental research. Requires each $25,000 Fellowship to be made available to individual candidates to attend a sponsoring institution of higher education through an annual competitive selection process. Requires each Fellowship to focus on: (1) resource management; (2) open space preservation; (3) international environmental issues such as global climate change and sustainable marine resources; or (4) any other environmental issue that a sponsoring institution determines to be appropriate.Directs the National Environmental Education Advisory Council to establish selection process criteria, receive and review applications, and select Fellowship recipients.(Sec. 8) Revises and renames certain national environmental education awards. (Eliminates awards named for Theodore Roosevelt, Henry David Thoreau, Rachel Carson, and Gifford Pinchot.)Changes from discretionary to mandatory the authority of the EPA Administrator to establish the (renamed) President's Environmental Education Youth Achievement Awards program, for young people in grades six through 12 (currently kindergarten through grade 12).Changes from discretionary to mandatory the authority of the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality to establish the (renamed) President's Environmental Education Teacher Achievement Awards program, for elementary and secondary school teachers and their local educational agencies (and continues to authorize cash awards under such program).Directs the EPA Administrator to establish a new program of President's Environmental Education Business Achievement Awards, to recognize outstanding achievements by a business or industry in improving business environmental performance through training and education programs.(Sec. 9) Revises requirements for the National Environmental Education Advisory Council and for the Federal Task Force on Environmental Education. Directs the EPA Administrator to appoint to the Advisory Council a representative of the National Environmental Learning Foundation, and up to ten additional members to represent specified sectors of education. Revises requirements for Advisory Council meetings and reports. Opens membership on the Task Force to representatives of any Federal agency actively engaged in environmental education.(Sec. 10) Renames the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation as the National Environmental Learning Foundation. Increases the number of directors on the Foundation's Board. Allows the Foundation to acknowledge receipt of donations by listing the names of donors (including a logo, letterhead, or other commercial symbol) in materials it distributes; but prohibits such acknowledgment from appearing in educational material presented to students.(Sec. 11) Establishes accountability requirements. Directs the EPA Administrator to establish indicators of program quality, meeting specified minimum requirements, for programs and activities funded under the Act (other than fellowship awards). Requires entities that receive grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements under the Act (other than fellowship awards) to establish benchmarks of performance on such indicators of program quality and report annually to the EPA Administrator.(Sec. 12) Extends through FY 2006 the authorization of appropriations to EPA to carry out the Act.Allows funds under the Act to be made available to the National Environmental Learning Foundation to match contributions made by private persons and State and local governments.",2025-08-20T14:18:06Z,
106-hr-4757,106,hr,4757,Streamlined Environmental Reporting and Pollution Prevention Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-06-26,2000-07-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]",FL,R,S000303,4,"Streamlined Environmental Reporting and Pollution Prevention Act of 2000 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to integrate and streamline reporting requirements.Requires the Administrator, to ensure consistency and facilitate use of the integrated reporting system to be established, to: (1) allow each person required to submit information to the Administrator to report to one point of contact using a single electronic system or paper form and, in the case of an annual reporting requirement, at one time during the year; (2) identify environmental or occupational safety or health reporting requirements that are not administered by the Administrator; (3) implement data standards and a nomenclature understandable to persons without environmental expertise; (4) consolidate reporting of data that would be required to be reported at more than one point in the same data submission; (5) provide for data formats and submission protocols that conform with public-domain standards for electronic commerce, are accessible to a majority of reporting persons, and provide for data integrity and reliability; (6) establish a National Environmental Data Model that the Administrator shall use as the framework for databases on which reported information shall be kept and that the Administrator shall allow other Federal agencies and governments to use; (7) establish an electronic commerce service center to provide technical assistance to persons submitting electronic reports; (8) provide each reporting person access to scientifically sound, publicly available information on pollution prevention technologies and practices; (9) provide protection of confidential business information; and (10) provide free software to assist reporting persons in assembling information and receiving information on pollution prevention technologies and practices.Provides that nothing in this Act requires a person to use the integrated reporting system instead of an individual reporting system.(Sec. 4) Requires the Administrator, at the request of any Federal, State, tribal, or local agency, to coordinate the integration of reporting required under this Act with similar efforts by the agency that are consistent with this Act.Authorizes the Administrator to develop a procedure under which a person that is required to report information under laws administered by the Administrator and laws administered by a State, tribal, or local agency to report all required information through one point of contact using a single electronic system or paper form and, in the case of an annual reporting requirement, at one time each year.Directs the Administrator, to facilitate reporting by persons with facilities in more than one State, tribal, or local jurisdiction, to encourage the use of a common data format by any State, tribal, or local agency coordinating with the Administrator.(Sec. 6) Requires the Administrator to report to Congress on provisions of law that explicitly prohibit or hinder the integration of reporting and other actions required under this Act.(Sec. 7) Provides that nothing in this Act: (1) changes any provision of Federal or State law or the obligation of any person to comply with any provision of law; (2) shall alter any person's obligation to provide information required under any reporting requirement; or (3) authorizes the Administrator to require the reporting of additional information or to prohibit the reporting of information currently reported.",2025-08-20T14:18:28Z,
106-hr-4739,106,hr,4739,Lower Gasoline Prices through Technology Access Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-06-23,2000-07-07,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]",OH,D,K000336,6,Lower Gasoline Prices through Technology Access Act of 2000 - Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize the licensing of patents in cases where a right to a patent is necessary to comply with provisions regarding the regulation of fuels.,2025-08-20T14:18:52Z,
106-s-2756,106,s,2756,National Clean Water Trust Fund Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-06-20,2000-06-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5463-5464),Senate,"Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA]",VA,D,R000295,0,"National Clean Water Trust Fund Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a National Clean Water Trust Fund to be composed of amounts obtained through enforcement actions. Makes the Fund available for projects to restore waters from damages resulting from violations of such Act or from the discharge of pollutants. Permits the use of Fund amounts only for projects conducted in the watershed, or in an adjacent watershed, in which a violation results in the institution of an enforcement action.Authorizes the use of civil penalties obtained under such Act for mitigation or restoration projects or other projects that enhance public health or the environment.",2025-08-20T14:19:05Z,
106-s-2723,106,s,2723,"A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to permit the Governor of a State to waive oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline, to encourage development of voluntary standards to prevent and control releases of methyl tertiary butyl ether from underground storage tanks, to establish a program to phase out the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,2000-06-13,2000-06-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]",OK,R,I000024,2,"Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize a State Governor, upon notification of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to waive oxygen content requirements for reformulated gasoline sold or dispensed in the State. Considers gasoline that complies with all other requirements for reformulated gasoline other than those regarding oxygen content to be reformulated gasoline. Makes oxygen content requirements inapplicable to gasoline sold or dispensed in States not subject to a prohibition on enforcement of certain State emission control standards.Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations to ensure that the benefits of toxic air pollutant reductions under the reformulated gasoline program are maintained in States for which the oxygenate requirement is waived. Directs the Administrator, in promulgating such regulations, to: (1) develop designations for regions based on the extent and location of the U.S. gasoline distribution and supply network; and (2) use such designations to establish annual average performance standards for each region based on the existing phase II reformulated gasoline complex model and the annual reductions in toxic air pollutant emissions achieved in the region under the reformulated gasoline program during 1998 and 1999. Applies such standards to the manufacture of such gasoline sold in States for which the oxygenate requirement is waived, to the extent they are more stringent than those under existing law.(Sec. 2) Directs the Administrator to study and report to Congress on whether additional standards to prevent and control releases of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) from underground storage tanks are necessary.(Sec. 3) Authorizes the Administrator to control or prohibit the introduction into commerce or sale of any oxygenated fuel additive if it causes or contributes to air or water pollution that may be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.(Sec. 4) Prohibits, for the fourth calendar year after this Act's enactment date and thereafter, the quantity of gasoline sold or introduced into commerce by a gasoline refiner, blender, or importer from containing on average more than one percent by volume MTBE and bars such individuals from selling or introducing into commerce any gasoline that contains more than an historical level by volume of MTBE as determined by the Administrator. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate regulations to permit such individuals to sell and purchase authorizations to sell or introduce into commerce gasoline containing MTBE in excess of the one percent limitation. Requires the Administrator to ensure that the total quantity of gasoline sold or introduced into commerce during any calendar year by all such individuals contains on average not more than one percent MTBE.Permits States to submit State implementation plan revisions to the Administrator that provide for the reduction or elimination of the use of MTBE in gasoline in the State if the State Governor demonstrates that: (1) the reduction or elimination would not cause any significant disruption in the availability, supply, or price of gasoline in the State; (2) the reduction or elimination is necessary to protect public health or the environment; and (3) any alternative additive used will not present an equivalent or greater problem than that posed by the use of MTBE.Provides for technical assistance to States with facilities that produce MTBE to assist them in applying for, or modifying, permits as a result of provisions of this Act.(Sec. 5) Requires, in order to ensure an adequate fuel supply for all States, any regulation or modification of fuel properties promulgated or approved by the Administrator under this Act to take into consideration the need for reasonable schedules for carrying out necessary refinery investment projects and making modifications to fuel distribution systems. Directs the Administrator, in implementing and enforcing such regulations and modifications, to provide the fuel industry with the flexibility inherent in existing fuel regulations.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
106-s-2711,106,s,2711,Florida Keys Water Quality Improvements Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-06-12,2000-06-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4953-4954),Senate,"Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]",FL,D,G000352,1,"Florida Keys Water Quality Improvements Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority, agencies of municipalities of Monroe County, Florida, and other public agencies of the State of Florida or Monroe County for the planning and construction of treatment works to improve water quality in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Sets forth project requirements. Limits the Federal share of project costs to 75 percent.Expresses the sense of Congress, in the case of equipment or products authorized to be purchased with financial assistance provided under this Act, that agencies receiving such assistance should, in expending such assistance, purchase only equipment and products produced in the United States. Requires such agencies to report any expenditures on foreign-produced items to Congress.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:19:51Z,
106-s-2700,106,s,2700,Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-06-08,2000-06-29,"Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, Risk, and Waste Management. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 106-957.",Senate,"Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI]",RI,R,C001040,66,"Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2000 - Title I: Brownfields Revitalization Funding - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish programs to provide grants to eligible entities (including local government units, redevelopment agencies, States, and Indian tribes) for: (1) inventorying, characterizing, assessing, and conducting planning related to brownfield sites; and (2) remediating brownfield sites through loans. Defines a ""brownfield site,"" with exceptions, as real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which is complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance or pollutant. Includes within such definition a site contaminated by a controlled substance or mine-scarred land.Authorizes appropriations.Title II: Brownfields Liability Clarifications - Exempts from liability under CERCLA certain owners of real property contiguous to property on which there has been a hazardous substance release or threatened release that is not owned by such persons.(Sec. 202) Absolves from liability for response actions bona fide prospective purchasers to the extent liability at a facility for a release or threat thereof is based solely on ownership or operation of a facility. Gives a lien upon a facility to the United States for unrecovered response costs in any casefor which the owner is not liable by reason of this section and the facility's fair market value has increased above that which existed before the action was taken.(Sec. 203) Deems a person, with respect to defenses to liability of an owner of after-acquired property, to have undertaken appropriate inquiry into the property's previous ownership and uses if the person demonstrates that inquiries were undertaken in accordance with specified requirements (for property purchased after May 31, 1997, compliance with an American Society for Testing and Materials standard until standards are issued by the Administrator). Deems the appropriate inquiry requirements to be satisfied by a facility inspection and title search that reveal no basis for further investigation in the case of property for residential or similar use purchased by a nongovernmental or noncommercial entity.Title III: State Response Programs - Adds CERCLA provisions authorizing the Administrator to provide grants to States or Indian tribes to establish or enhance response programs comprised of elements including survey and inventory of brownfield sites, public participation opportunities, oversight and enforcement authorities, and certification mechanisms. Authorizes appropriations.Restricts authority to take enforcement actions under CERCLA in cases of hazardous substance releases addressed by a State response plan. Authorizes the President to bring enforcement actions in certain instances, including cases where a State requests assistance, there is migration of contamination across State lines or onto Federal property, or there is an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health or welfare or the environment and additional response actions are likely to be necessary.Makes restrictions on the President's authority to take such actions applicable only at sites in States that maintain, update at least annually, and make publicly available a record of sites at which response actions have been completed in the previous year and are planned to be addressed under the State response program in the upcoming year. Applies enforcement action requirements only to response actions conducted after June 8, 2000.(Sec. 302) Requires the President to defer final listing of an eligible response site on the National Priorities List if the State is conducting a response action in compliance with a State response program that will provide long-term health and environmental protection or is actively pursuing an agreement to perform such an action with a capable person. Requires reasonable progress toward completion of actions for deferral of listing. Permits the President to decline to defer, or discontinue a deferral if: (1) deferral would be inappropriate because the State, as an owner, operator, or significant contributor is a potentially responsible party; (2) the criteria under the National Contingency Plan for issuance of a health advisory have been met; or (3) the other conditions under this section for deferral are no longer being met.",2025-12-19T17:38:43Z,
106-hr-4589,106,hr,4589,"To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an eleventh region of the Environmental Protection Agency, comprised solely of the State of Alaska.",Environmental Protection,2000-06-06,2000-06-06,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,0,"Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish: (1) an eleventh region of the EPA, comprised solely of the State of Alaska; and (2) a regional office for the region located in the State.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-01-02T17:14:16Z,
106-hr-4566,106,hr,4566,Steel and Metal Consumers Radioactivity Protection Act,Environmental Protection,2000-05-25,2000-06-07,Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.,House,"Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4]",PA,D,K000270,35,"Steel and Metal Consumers Radioactivity Protection Act - Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to establish a standard that controls the free release of radioactively contaminated scrap metal from the Department of Energy or nuclear fuel cycle facilities.Prohibits the NRC and agreement States from taking any action to facilitate, implement, promulgate, or issue any administrative guidance that would allow the free release into commerce of radioactively contaminated scrap metal until such standard has been established.Mandates that: (1) radioactively contaminated equipment, devices, commodities, and other materials approved for release to persons exempt from NRC licensing requirements be released only pursuant to regulations governing the release of byproduct and source material under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; and (2) the Departments of Defense and of Energy and all other agencies that oversee or control the release of radioactively contaminated metals adopt standards no less stringent than those established by the NRC.Directs the U.S. Customs Service to monitor and enforce such standards at U.S. borders. Instructs the Secretary of State to work with international standard-writing bodies to adopt standards consistent with those of the NRC. Sets forth interim certification guidelines governing scrap metal imported into the United States.Sets forth civil penalties for violations of this Act. Instructs the Secretary of Commerce to present an annual violations list to Congress.",2025-08-20T14:19:51Z,
106-s-2634,106,s,2634,Small Business Relief Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-05-25,2000-05-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]",MO,R,B000611,0,"Small Business Relief Act of 2000 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to exempt from liability for response costs at a facility listed on the National Priorities List under provisions governing the arrangement for treatment, disposal, or transport, or acceptance for transport, of hazardous substances any person who: (1) is a business that, for the taxable year preceding notification that the business is a potentially responsible party (PRP), employed employees the aggregate time worked by whom was equivalent to that worked by no more than 100 full-time employees; and (2) is not affiliated through any familial or corporate relationship with any PRP responsible for response costs at the facility.Makes such exemption inapplicable if: (1) the hazardous substance concerned contributed, or could contribute, significantly to the cost of the response action; (2) liability arises as a result of the person's gross negligence or intentional misconduct; or (3) the person failed to comply with any request for information or administrative subpoena issued by the President under CERCLA or impeded the performance of a response action with respect to the facility.",2025-08-20T14:18:38Z,
106-hr-4501,106,hr,4501,Gridlock Mitigation and Commuter Flexibility Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-05-19,2000-05-29,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-49]",CA,R,B000461,3,"Gridlock Mitigation and Commuter Flexibility Act of 2000 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require States, in order to reduce weekly employment-related automobile miles traveled by persons employed in moderate carbon monoxide nonattainment areas, to submit revisions to applicable implementation plans that include a provision insuring that no State or local provision of law, regulation, or ordinance has the effect of prohibiting or restricting employers in such areas from offering employees the opportunity to work on flexible weekly schedules. Defines ""flexible weekly schedules"" as schedules that reduce the number of work days employees are required to travel to and from the workplace during the week without reducing the number of hours of work or modifying employee compensation.",2025-08-20T14:18:17Z,
106-hr-4502,106,hr,4502,Water Pollution Program Improvement Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-05-19,2000-06-28,Hearings Held by Committee on Agriculture.,House,"Rep. Combest, Larry [R-TX-19]",TX,R,C000653,97,"Water Pollution Program Improvement Act of 2000 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to conduct a study on the: (1) scientific basis underlying the development and implementation of total maximum daily loads for pollutants in waters for which effluent limitations under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act are not stringent enough to implement applicable water quality standards; (2) costs of implementing measures to comply with such loads; and (3) availability of alternative programs or mechanisms to reduce the discharge of pollutants from point sources and nonpoint source pollution to achieve water quality standards. Requires the NAS to report on the study to the Administrator and specified congressional committees. Provides for Federal, State, and private sector comments on such report. Authorizes appropriations.Requires the Administrator, before making a final determination with respect to the Proposed Revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program and Federal Antidegradation Policy and the Proposed Revisions to the Water Quality Planning and Management Regulations Concerning Total Maximum Daily Loads of August 1999, to: (1) review the NAS report and incorporate recommendations into the proposed revisions; and (2) publish in the Federal Register and receive public comment on incorporated recommendations and those that weren't incorporated, with an explanation why they were not incorporated. Bars the Administrator from making such final determination until the conclusion of the public notice and comment period.Prohibits the Administrator, for purposes of ensuring that States continue to have exclusive authority to regulate nonpoint sources of pollution, from: (1) taking any action to affect any definition of, or distinction made between, point and nonpoint sources of pollution contained in an EPA rule in effect on June 1, 2000; and (2) requiring approval of any measures set forth by a State to control nonpoint sources of pollution pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, except as authorized under specified provisions regarding nonpoint source management programs.",2025-08-20T14:19:04Z,
106-s-2590,106,s,2590,Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-05-18,2000-05-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4195-4199),Senate,"Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]",OH,R,V000126,0,"Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2000 - Title I: Brownfields Revitalization - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish programs to provide grants to eligible entities (including local government units, redevelopment agencies, States, and Indian tribes) for site characterization and assessment of, and performance of response actions at, brownfields facilities. Defines a ""brownfield facility,"" with exceptions, as real property, the expansion or redevelopment of which is complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance.Title II: State Response Programs - Adds CERCLA provisions requiring the Administrator to provide grants to States to establish and expand qualifying State response programs, comprised of elements including public participation opportunities, oversight and enforcement authorities, and certification mechanisms.Restricts authority to take enforcement actions under CERCLA in cases of hazardous substance releases subject to a State response plan. Authorizes the President to bring enforcement actions in certain instances, including cases where a State requests assistance or is unable to conduct a response action and there is a public health or environmental emergency or there is migration of contamination across State lines.(Sec. 202) Revises conditions for State financial and other assurances with respect to remedial actions to prohibit the Administrator from providing any funding for such actions unless the State enters into an agreement that provides assurances for State payment of ten percent of the costs of the action and operation and maintenance costs.Title III: Property Considerations - Adds CERCLA provisions governing owner-operator status of persons owning or operating property contiguous to a release site. Absolves such persons of liability as owners or operators, subject to certain conditions.(Sec. 302) Absolves from liability for response actions bona fide prospective purchasers to the extent liability at a facility for a release or threat thereof is based solely on ownership or operation of a facility. Gives a lien upon a facility to the United States for unrecovered response costs in any case in which there are such unrecovered costs for which the owner is not liable by reason of provisions limiting liability of fiduciaries and the facility's fair market value has increased above that which existed 180 days before the action was taken.(Sec. 303) Deems a person, with respect to defenses to liability of an owner of after-acquired property, to have undertaken appropriate inquiry into the property's previous ownership and uses if the person establishes that inquiries were undertaken in accordance with specified requirements (compliance with an American Society for Testing and Materials standard or with standards issued by the Administrator). Deems the appropriate inquiry requirements to be satisfied by a site inspection and title search that reveal no basis for further investigation in the case of property for residential or similar use purchased by a nongovernmental or noncommercial entity.Title IV: Federal Entities and Facilities - Revises provisions regarding the applicability of CERCLA to the U.S. Government. Makes Federal agencies subject to all Federal, State, interstate, and local requirements regarding response or restoration actions or management of, hazardous wastes, pollutants, or contaminants in the same manner as any nongovernmental entity.Waives immunity of the United States with respect to the enforcement of injunctive relief. Makes Federal employees subject to criminal sanctions under State or Federal response or hazardous waste management laws.Authorizes the Administrator to issue an abatement order to a Federal agency and requires initiation of an administrative enforcement action in the same manner as such action would be initiated against any other person.Requires all funds collected by a State from the Federal Government from penalties imposed for violations of response or hazardous waste management laws to be used only for projects to improve or protect the environment or to defray costs of environmental protection or enforcement unless a State law requires such funds to be used differently.",2025-08-20T14:17:44Z,
106-hr-4480,106,hr,4480,Streamlined Pollution Reporting and Technical Assistance Act,Environmental Protection,2000-05-17,2000-06-05,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]",CO,D,D000197,3,"Streamlined Pollution Reporting and Technical Assistance Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish procedures for the streamlining and integration of requirements under Federal law for routine and emergency pollution related reporting to EPA. Requires the procedures to: (1) designate an office to serve as a single point of contact for all pollution related reporting to EPA; (2) permit such reporting in paper form or through electronic media for the first five years after this Act's enactment and thereafter require such electronic reporting; (3) ensure the security of electronic reporting procedures; (4) require the use of consistent and easily understood methods of description, units of measurement, and terminology under all environmental laws and regulations; (5) minimize duplicative reporting requirements; and (6) include procedure variations for different classes of reporting persons.Directs the designated office to: (1) provide education, training, and technical assistance to persons required to report; (2) inform potential reporting persons of related reporting requirements administered by other Federal agencies; (3) provide information useful for identifying potential pollution; (4) provide information on pollution prevention technologies and practices; (5) develop and disseminate software to assist reporting persons in assembling required data, reporting, and receiving information; (6) develop a strategy to provide timely assistance to small businesses; (7) provide information on models and best practices for life cycle analysis of manufacturing processes and products; and (8) provide technical and financial assistance to State, tribal, and local governments to assist them in developing reporting requirements consistent with procedures established under this Act.Requires the Administrator to establish an advisory committee to advise Congress on industrial ecology or life cycle analysis. Directs the committee to report to Congress.Directs the Administrator and the Comptroller General to prepare and transmit to Congress a report that: (1) identifies provisions of law that prohibit or hinder implementation of this Act; and (2) makes recommendations for improvements to the program established by this Act.",2025-08-20T14:20:03Z,
106-s-2546,106,s,2546,Clean Air and Water Preservation Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-05-11,2000-05-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]",MO,R,B000611,6,"Clean Air and Water Preservation Act of 2000 - Amends the Clean Air Act (the Act) to prohibit the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) or any other ether compound as a fuel additive. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive such prohibition with respect to an ether compound other than MTBE if the use of such compound as a fuel additive will not pose a significant human health or environmental risk. Makes such prohibition effective three years after this Act's enactment date.Requires the Administrator to require, during the period beginning on this Act's enactment and ending three years after such date, persons selling gasoline that contains MTBE at retail to label the fuel dispensing system with a notice that the gasoline contains MTBE.(Sec. 4) Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator to develop technical guidelines to assist States in the investigation and cleanup of MTBE in groundwater.(Sec. 5) Revises the oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline under the Act to require the oxygen content to equal or exceed two percent oxygen by weight averaged on an annual basis. (Current law requires such percentage without averaging.) Prohibits the regulations for the use of reformulated gasoline from specifying a minimum oxygen content.(Sec. 6) Requires the Administrator to revise performance standards regarding reformulated gasoline to ensure that the ozone-forming potential, taking into account all ozone precursors, of the aggregate emissions during the high ozone season from baseline vehicles when using reformulated gasoline does not exceed such potential of the emissions from such vehicles when using reformulated gasoline that complies with regulations that were in effect on September 1, 1999, and applicable to such gasoline sold in 2000 and subsequent calendar years.Provides for adjustments to the performance standard for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to account for emissions of carbon monoxide that are greater or less than a specified baseline for emissions achieved by reformulated gasoline containing two percent oxygen by weight and meeting other performance standards.Requires the Administrator to revise performance standards by redefining ""baseline vehicles"" to mean vehicles representative of vehicles (including off-road vehicles) in use as of January 1, 2000.Directs the Administrator to revise performance standards to ensure that the aggregate emissions of precursors of toxic air pollutants, particulate matter (PM)-10, and fine particulate matter from baseline vehicles when using reformulated gasoline do not exceed such emissions from such vehicles when using reformulated gasoline that complies with regulations that were in effect on January 1, 2000, and applicable to such gasoline sold in 2000 and subsequent calendar years.Prohibits the average aromatic hydrocarbon content of such gasoline from exceeding the average aromatic hydrocarbon content of such gasoline sold in covered areas (specified ozone nonattainment areas where the use of such gasoline is required) for use in baseline vehicles when using such gasoline sold during 2000. Sets the maximum aromatic hydrocarbon content of such gasoline at 30 percent.Bars the average olefin content of reformulated gasoline from exceeding the average olefin content of such gasoline sold in covered areas for use in baseline vehicles when using such gasoline during 2000. Limits the olefin content of such gasoline to ten percent.(Sec. 7) Removes a provision which allows the Administrator to waive the oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline for any ozone nonattainment area if the requirement would interfere with the attainment of any national primary ambient air quality standard. Permits the Administrator, if the Secretary of Energy finds that there is an insufficient domestic supply of oxygenates to meet the oxygen content requirement, to promulgate regulations temporarily reducing such requirement to ensure an adequate supply of oxygenates. Requires such regulations to ensure that the environmental benefits of reformulated gasoline are maintained during the period of the temporary reduction in the oxygen content requirement.(Sec. 8) Requires the Administrator, upon the application of a State Governor, to apply prohibitions on the sale of conventional gasoline in covered areas (areas requiring the use of reformulated gasoline), to any nonclassified areas (opt-in areas).(Sec. 9) Directs the Administrator to revise anti-dumping regulations with respect to the sale of gasoline to ensure that this Act and its amendments do not result in any increased emissions in areas that are not covered areas.(Sec. 10) Amends provisions regarding State reasonable progress demonstrations with respect to VOC emissions to authorize States, in making such demonstrations, to claim as a credit toward the requirement for VOC emission reductions an amount equivalent to the ozone-forming potential of carbon monoxide emission reductions attributable to any amount by which the average oxygen content of reformulated gasoline sold in the State exceeds two percent.(Sec. 11) Amends Federal highway provisions to provide that for purposes of determining the estimated tax payments attributable to highway users paid into the Highway Trust Fund, the amount paid into the Fund with respect to the sale or gasohol or other fuels containing alcohol by reason of taxes imposed on special fuels or gasoline shall be treated as equal to the amount that would have been imposed without regard to the reduction in revenues resulting from regulations prohibiting the use of MTBE or other ether compounds as fuel additives under the Clean Air Act and specified Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning alcohol fuels.",2025-08-20T14:17:26Z,
106-s-2503,106,s,2503,Renewable Fuels Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-05-04,2000-05-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3515-3519),Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,1,"Renewable Fuels Act of 2000 - Amends provisions of the Clean Air Act regarding motor vehicle emission and fuel standards to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to control or prohibit the introduction into commerce, manufacture, or sale of fuels or fuel additives if such a fuel or additive or its emission product causes or contributes to air, water, or soil pollution that may be anticipated to endanger the public health or welfare or the environment (currently, if any emission product causes or contributes to air pollution that may be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare).Prohibits States or political subdivisions, except as otherwise provided, from prescribing or enforcing any control or prohibition on methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) as a fuel additive in a motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine for purposes of motor vehicle emission control or water or soil quality protection. Adds water or soil quality protection to the list of purposes for which States may prescribe or enforce controls or prohibitions on fuel or fuel additives in certain circumstances. Requires States seeking to prescribe or enforce such controls or prohibitions for water or soil quality protection (in cases where the State implementation plan for attainment of national ambient air quality standards so provides) to petition the Administrator for authority to take such action. Sets forth criteria for granting such petitions, including that the authority is necessary to protect the environment or public health or welfare or is not likely to have an adverse effect on fuel availability or price that outweighs any benefits associated with the control or prohibition.Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations applicable to gasoline refiners, blenders, or importers to ensure that gasoline sold or introduced into commerce in an area after January 1, 2004, has an MTBE content at a level that: (1) may not be reasonably anticipated to endanger natural resources and the public health; and (2) does not exceed the annual average volume of MTBE per gallon of gasoline used in the area before 1995.(Sec. 3) Authorizes the Administrator to adjust the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) performance standard with respect to the use of reformulated gasoline in specified nonattainment areas in the case of a fuel formulation that achieves reductions in the quantity of mass emissions of carbon monoxide that are greater than or less than the reductions associated with such a gasoline that contains 2.0 percent oxygen by weight and meets other applicable requirements. Bases the adjustment amount on the effect on ozone concentrations of the combined reductions in VOC and carbon monoxide emissions.Permits the Administrator to waive the oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline for any ozone nonattainment area if a State Governor submits an application that: (1) demonstrates that the State is in full compliance with Federal regulations concerning the control and prevention of leaking underground storage tanks (USTs); or (2) provides a plan that outlines the measures the State will take to fully comply with the UST regulations by no later than two years after such application is received.Limits the aromatic hydrocarbon content of reformulated gasoline to 22 (currently, 25) percent by volume.Requires the Administrator to revise performance standards regarding reformulated gasoline to ensure that: (1) the ozone-forming potential, taking into account all ozone precursors, of the aggregate emissions during the high ozone season from baseline vehicles when using reformulated gasoline does not exceed such potential of the emissions from such vehicles when using reformulated gasoline that complies with regulations that were in effect on January 1, 2000, and applicable to such gasoline sold in 2000 and subsequent calendar years; and (2) the aggregate emissions of specified pollutants, including toxics, from such vehicles when using such gasoline do not exceed such emissions from such vehicles when using reformulated gasoline that complies with the regulations described in (1).(Sec. 4) Requires the Administrator, upon the application of a State Governor, to apply prohibitions on the sale of conventional gasoline in covered areas (areas requiring the use of reformulated gasoline), to any nonclassified areas (opt- in areas).(Sec. 5) Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations for gasoline renewable source (including biomass ethanol) content requirements applicable to refiners, blenders, or importers. Increases such requirement annually to require a content of 1.3 percent in 2000 and 3.3 percent by 2010 and thereafter. Provides for credits for persons who refine, blend, or import gasoline that contains a quantity of fuel derived from such sources or a quantity of biomass ethanol that exceeds applicable requirements. Authorizes the use or transfer of such credits for compliance purposes.Permits the Administrator to waive renewable source content requirements on petition by a State and upon determining that: (1) implementation of the requirements would severely harm the U.S. or a State or regional economy or environment; or (2) there is an inadequate domestic supply or distribution capacity to meet such requirements. Terminates waivers after one year but authorizes renewals. Permits renewable source content regulations to provide exemptions for small refiners.Directs the Administrator to report to Congress on reductions in emissions of criteria air pollutants listed under the Act and greenhouse gases that result from implementation of renewable source content requirements.Requires the Administrator to promulgate renewable source content regulations applicable to diesel fuel.Amends Federal highway provisions to provide that for purposes of determining the estimated tax payments attributable to highway users paid into the Highway Trust Fund, the amount paid into the Fund with respect to the sale or gasohol or other fuels containing alcohol by reason of taxes imposed on special fuels or gasoline shall be treated as equal to the amount that would have been imposed without regard to the reduction in revenues resulting from renewable source content regulations under the Clean Air Act and specified Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning alcohol fuels.(Sec. 6) Changes references to calendar year 1990 to 1999 in reformulated gasoline provisions concerning anti-dumping. Updates the baseline from 1990 to 1999 for purposes of such provisions.(Sec. 7) Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the EPA Administrator to distribute to States at least 85 percent of the funds appropriated to EPA from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund for paying reasonable costs incurred under cooperative agreements with States of: (1) certain corrective actions and compensation programs; (2) administrative expenses directly related to such programs; or (3) enforcement of State or local requirements regulating USTs.Directs the Administrator to: (1) implement a strategy to take corrective action in response to releases from leaking USTs located within the exterior boundaries of an Indian reservation or another area within tribal jurisdiction; and (2) enforce requirements regulating such USTs.Requires the Administrator to conduct studies to: (1) determine the corrosive effects of MTBE and other widely used fuels and fuel additives on USTs; and (2) assess the potential public health and environmental risks associated with the use of aboveground storage tanks and the effectiveness of State and Federal regulations or voluntary standards to provide adequate public health and environmental protection.(Sec. 8) Authorizes the Administrator to enter into cooperative agreements with the U.S. Geological Survey, the Department of Agriculture, States, local governments, private landowners, and other interested parties to establish voluntary pilot projects to protect the water quality of private wells and provide technical assistance to users of water from such wells.",2026-02-10T13:38:48Z,
106-s-2504,106,s,2504,Methyl Bromide Fairness Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-05-04,2000-05-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]",ID,R,C000858,3,"Methyl Bromide Fairness Act of 2000 - Amends provisions of the Clean Air Act that prohibit the production of certain substances to provide an exemption for the production, importation, and consumption of methyl bromide to fumigate commodities or articles or facilities where such commodities or articles may be processed or stored for purposes of compliance with Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service requirements or with any international, Federal, State, or local sanitation or food protection standard. (Current law provides for the use of methyl bromide to fumigate commodities entering or leaving the United States to the extent consistent with the Montreal Protocol.)Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from terminating production of methyl bromide prior to January 1, 2015 (currently, January 1, 2005). Requires the Administrator to promulgate rules for reductions in, and terminate the production, importation, and consumption of, methyl bromide under a schedule that is in accordance with, but not more stringent than, the Montreal Protocol phaseout schedule for developing countries (currently, the Montreal Protocol phaseout schedule in effect on October 21, 1998).",2025-08-20T14:19:44Z,
106-hr-4278,106,hr,4278,Fishable Waters Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-04-13,2000-04-26,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8]",TN,D,T000038,15,"Fishable Waters Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (the Act) to require States, in order to be eligible for assistance under the Fishable Waters Act of 2000, to establish programs for the protection and restoration of fresh water, estuarine, and marine fisheries habitat and for the enhancement of access for fisheries uses through watershed planning and the implementation of projects and measures that meet such Act's requirements.Establishes minimum program requirements. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary), upon approval of a program submitted by a State, to: (1) make grants to the State for program administration; and (2) enter into a memorandum of understanding with the State under which the State may make grants to designated watershed councils for development of comprehensive fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement plans and interim recommendations that address high priority factors causing imminent adverse impacts or threats to fisheries habitat located in high priority portions of waters within a watershed.Permits States to designate watershed councils to carry out comprehensive fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement plans that meet specified minimum requirements. Sets forth council requirements. Requires States, in designating such councils, to give preference to existing councils or similar bodies organized under other authorities for purposes similar to those under this Act. Makes designated councils eligible to receive funding to carry out planning functions.Requires councils to collect and consider the best available scientific information and develop additional data and information as necessary. Provides for revisions or updates of comprehensive fisheries plans at least once every five years. Requires submission of plans or interim recommendations to the State for approval.Makes projects and measures that support or implement specific recommendations contained in a plan or interim recommendation eligible for financial support from a State's fisheries habitat account established pursuant to this Act. Authorizes States to provide funds from a fisheries habitat account to persons who enter into binding contracts for implementation of projects and measures recommended by councils pursuant to approved plans or interim recommendations. Prohibits expenditures from such accounts for the planning, engineering, design, or construction of dams or of roads on public lands. Requires States to establish a system of limits on the maximum percentage of total costs for a project that may be provided from such accounts based on a priority ranking of recommendations. Permits expenditures from such accounts for the payment of up to 15 percent of required non-Federal shares under certain Federal environmental, agriculture, forestry, wildlife, flood control, and water resources programs if recommended in a plan or interim recommendations.Authorizes, if specifically recommended in a plan or interim recommendations, increases in expenditures pursuant to Federal programs for flood damage compensation for loss of crops, livestock, or structures with respect to specifically designated lands within a watershed that would be subject to increased flooding due to certain recommended projects. Requires the baseline jurisdictional status of any agricultural lands on which wetlands may be created or expanded as a result of flooding or altered drainage pursuant to such projects to revert to their baseline jurisdictional status upon termination of any project agreement. Provides that a permit under the Act shall not be required for discharges from any wetlands created or expanded for agricultural pollution control purposes if pollutants entering such wetlands result only from normal agricultural practices such as crop production, raising of livestock, or silvicultural activities.Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, to establish a community fisheries habitat revitalization program. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to such program, to provide funding and technical assistance to State fish and wildlife agencies for development and construction of projects designed to improve urban watersheds and public access to the waters of such watersheds in order to restore fisheries habitat or enhance fisheries uses and to provide recreational opportunities. Describes eligible projects and project priorities. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to report annually to Congress on the program.Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a community fisheries habitat clearinghouse to support local implementation of projects under the program.Sets forth limitations on funding under the program. Authorizes appropriations.Requires the Secretary to publish a report  at least biennially on the progress of watershed council programs. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to publish a report at least biennially describing the state of the Nation's fishery habitats as well as the overall progress being achieved in protecting and restoring such habitats.Requires the Secretary of the Interior to compile and provide scientific information for consideration by State fish and wildlife agencies in developing fisheries-related indicators and associated habitat characteristics and for consideration by councils in characterizing waters and establishing watershed objectives pursuant to this Act. Authorizes such factors to be established by such agencies to set forth the appropriate factors, indicators, measurements, and other considerations which will be indicative of a healthy, resilient, diverse, and productive aquatic system and may distinguish among general categories of fisheries based upon natural variations.Requires the Secretary to make grants to States for fisheries programs approved under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.Requires States with approved programs to establish fisheries habitat accounts for providing financial support for projects and measures recommended by watershed councils.Authorizes appropriations for grants to States to enable States to provide funds to any person, through a fisheries habitat account, for implementation of: (1) any measures for restricting livestock access to waters within a designated watershed and for providing alternative water supplies for such livestock; and (2) approved recommendations.Requires the Secretary to provide Congress with an annual survey of projected funding needs for States with approved fisheries programs.Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out responsibilities under this Act.Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Directors of the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Geological Survey, to establish a national planning program for protection and restoration of fisheries habitat through improved floodplain management practices on major waterways.Directs the Secretary of the Interior to issue information describing methodologies for identifying instream flows necessary to protect fisheries habitat. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Directors of the Geological Survey and the Fish and Wildlife Service, to provide technical assistance and prepare and disseminate technical information on fisheries-related needs for instream flows to the public. Authorizes appropriations for expenditures related to support the maintenance of designated instream flows or volumes.Treats Indian tribes as States for purposes of this Act.(Sec. 4) Reauthorizes appropriations for FY 2002 through 2006 under the Act for grants for: (1) implementation of nonpoint source pollution control management programs; and (2) groundwater quality protection activities to advance States toward implementation of comprehensive nonpoint source pollution control programs. Authorizes appropriations for such years to carry out this Act as well.",2025-08-20T14:20:05Z,
106-hr-4283,106,hr,4283,Great Lakes Protection and Restoration Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-04-13,2000-05-30,Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.,House,"Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3]",MI,R,E000092,8,"Great Lakes Protection and Restoration Act of 2000 - Title I: Sediment Remediation Grant Program - Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, acting through the Great Lakes National Program Office, to make grants to States, Indian tribes, regional agencies, and local governments to carry out qualified projects that: (1) remediate contaminated sediment; (2) prevent further or renewed contamination of sediment; or (3) monitor or evaluate contaminated sediment.Sets forth limitations on projects.Requires the non-Federal share of project costs to be at least 35 percent and 100 percent for project operation and maintenance costs. Conditions grants on a grantee achieving a specified maintenance of effort requirement with respect to expenditures from other sources for remediation programs. Requires grant applicants to demonstrate that project remedial actions have been selected only after consideration of specified health and environmental risks, benefits, impacts, implementation likelihood, and costs.Authorizes appropriations.Title II: Moratorium on Exports of Bulk Fresh Water - Prohibits the export from the United States of bulk fresh water from the Great Lakes Basin. Makes such prohibition inapplicable on the earlier of: (1) December 31, 2001; or (2) the effective date of an Act of Congress approving an agreement among the Great Lakes States to implement a mechanism that provides for a common conservation standard to make decisions concerning the withdrawal and use of water from the Basin. Defines ""bulk fresh water"" as fresh water extracted in amounts intended for transportation by tanker or similar form of mass transportation without further processing.",2025-08-20T14:20:10Z,
106-hr-4303,106,hr,4303,MTBE Elimination Act,Environmental Protection,2000-04-13,2000-04-25,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Ewing, Thomas W. [R-IL-15]",IL,R,E000282,13,"MTBE Elimination Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should provide technical assistance, information, and matching funds to help local communities test drinking water supplies and remediate drinking water contaminated with methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit, three years after the enactment of the MTBE Elimination Act, the use of MTBE as a fuel additive.Requires persons selling oxygenated gasoline containing MTBE at retail to be required under regulations promulgated by the Administrator to label the fuel dispensing system with a notice that specifies that the gasoline contains MTBE and provides other information concerning MTBE as determined appropriate by the Administrator.Directs the Administrator to establish a schedule that provides for an annual phased reduction in the quantity of MTBE that may be used as a fuel additive during the three-year period beginning on this Act's enactment date.Requires the Administrator to establish an MTBE research grants program within EPA. Authorizes grants to eligible grantees to pay the Federal cost share of research on: (1) the development of more cost-effective and accurate MTBE groundwater testing methods; (2) the development of more efficient and cost-effective remediation procedures for water sources contaminated with MTBE; or (3) the potential effects of MTBE on human health. Makes eligible for such grants Federal research agencies, national laboratories, colleges or universities, certain private research organizations, and State environmental research facilities. Authorizes appropriations.Directs the Administrator to promulgate rules requiring a .5 pounds per square inch Reid vapor pressure allowance for all reformulated gasoline containing 3.5 percent oxygen by weight. Provides that any additional volatile organic compound emissions resulting from the use of such gasoline should be deemed to be fully offset and not calculated in determining compliance with certain Clean Air Act provisions dealing with reasonable further progress plans or demonstrations.",2025-08-20T14:18:35Z,
106-s-2417,106,s,2417,Water Pollution Program Enhancements Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-04-13,2000-10-11,Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.,Senate,"Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]",ID,R,C000880,32,Water Pollution Program Enhancements Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (the Act) to reauthorize appropriations for grants to States and interstate agencies for pollution control programs for FY 2001 through 2007. Makes $50 million of such funds available to States for the: (1) collection of reliable monitoring data; (2) improvement of specified lists regarding waters with insufficient controls and maximum daily loads; (3) preparation of total maximum daily load allocations for such waters; and (4) development of watershed management strategies.Reauthorizes appropriations for FY 2001 through 2007 for grants to States for implementation of nonpoint source pollution control management programs. Limits the amount made available from such funds for groundwater quality protection activities to advance States toward implementation of comprehensive nonpoint source pollution control programs. Makes $200 million available from such funds for States to provide grants to landowners to develop and implement nonpoint source pollution control projects to restore or improve water quality of impaired waters that have been identified as a priority for restoration. Limits the Federal share of project costs to 90 percent.Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study on the: (1) scientific basis underlying the development and implementation of total maximum daily loads under the Act; and (2) availability and effectiveness of alternative programs or mechanisms in producing quantifiable reductions of pollution from point and nonpoint sources to achieve water quality standards. Directs the Administrator to contract with the National Academy of Public Administrators to study: (1) the effectiveness of existing voluntary and other programs in producing quantifiable reductions in pollution from such sources and attaining water quality standards; and (2) the costs and benefits associated with such programs that are incurred by State and local governments and the private sector. Requires the Administrator to submit such studies to specified congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations.,2025-04-07T13:47:06Z,
106-s-2441,106,s,2441,Fishable Waters Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-04-13,2000-04-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]",MO,R,B000611,1,"Fishable Waters Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to add that it is the national policy to achieve: (1) the protection and restoration of sustained fish production and fisheries habitat; and (2) the enhancement of access for fisheries use through voluntary watershed planning and incentives for site-specific projects.Provides for the establishment of  federally- assisted State programs for fisheries habitat protection and access enhancement. Requires States to: (1) establish advisory councils to provide recommendations with respect to program decisions; and (2) maintain a fisheries habitat account.Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to approved State programs.Sets forth processes for watershed planning, including: (1) data collection; (2) evaluation of geomorphological characteristics; (3) short- and long-term objectives; (4) identification of existing threats to the fisheries habitat; and (5) monitoring for water quality and quantity.Provides processes for plan approval, public participation, and use of funds.Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to establish a communities fisheries habitat revitalization program for funding to approved project sponsors for watershed restoration, creation of flood plain riparian zones, creation of wetlands, stormwater management, and other revitalization projects.Requires the establishment by the Secretary of an electronic database of community fisheries habitat clearinghouse information. Requires compilation of other scientific fisheries-related indicators and habitat characteristics.Directs the Secretary to make grants to State for approved projects. Authorizes funding for restricting livestock access to water within a designated watershed. Gives grant priority to States exceeding other States in certain categories, including hydroelectric instream use, sales of fishing and migratory bird hunting licenses, and the degree of degraded water in the State.",2025-08-20T14:18:03Z,
106-s-2385,106,s,2385,Dredged Material Reuse Act,Environmental Protection,2000-04-11,2000-04-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,T000317,0,"Dredged Material Reuse Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to establish a program to allow the direct marketing of dredged material to public agencies and private entities, by authorizing each of the eight regional offices of the Corps of Engineers to market to such agencies and entities any dredged material from projects under its jurisdiction. Authorizes appropriations.",2026-02-10T13:38:48Z,
106-hr-4215,106,hr,4215,Methyl Bromide Fairness Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-04-06,2000-04-24,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11]",CA,R,P000419,57,"Methyl Bromide Fairness Act of 2000 - Amends provisions of the Clean Air Act that prohibit the production of certain substances to provide an exemption for the production, importation, and consumption of methyl bromide to fumigate commodities or articles or facilities where such commodities or articles may be processed or stored for purposes of compliance with Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service requirements or with any international, Federal, State, or local sanitation or food protection standard. (Current law provides for the use of methyl bromide to fumigate commodities entering or leaving the United States to the extent consistent with the Montreal Protocol.)Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from terminating production of methyl bromide prior to January 1, 2015 (currently, January 1, 2005). Requires the Administrator to promulgate rules for reductions in, and terminate the production, importation, and consumption of, methyl bromide under a schedule that is in accordance with, but not more stringent than, the Montreal Protocol phaseout schedule for developing countries (currently, the Montreal Protocol phaseout schedule in effect on October 21, 1998).",2025-08-20T14:17:20Z,
106-hr-4185,106,hr,4185,Dredged Material Reuse Act,Environmental Protection,2000-04-05,2000-04-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]",NJ,D,A000210,0,"Dredged Material Reuse Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to establish a program to allow the direct marketing of dredged material to public agencies and private entities, by authorizing each of the eight regional offices of the Corps of Engineers to market to such agencies and entities any dredged material from projects under its jurisdiction. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:21:28Z,
106-s-2362,106,s,2362,Air Quality Standard Improvement Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-04-05,2000-04-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2237-2238),Senate,"Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]",OH,R,V000126,3,"Air Quality Standard Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in carrying out such Act (including establishing a new or revised air quality standard), to base any scientific or technical conclusions on: (1) the best available, peer-reviewed science and supporting studies conducted in accordance with sound and objective scientific practices; (2) data collected by accepted methods or the best available methods; and (3) data that have been made publicly available.Requires the Administrator to ensure that the presentation of information on public health effects concerning any new or revised air quality standard is comprehensive, informative, understandable, and available for public comment prior to the promulgation of any regulation under the Act.Directs the Administrator, in a document made available to the public in support of a regulation proposed or promulgated under the Act concerning an air quality standard to specify: (1) each population addressed by any estimate of public health effects; (2) the expected risk or central estimate of risk for the specific populations or resources and each upper-bound or lower- bound of risk; (3) each significant uncertainty identified in the process of the assessment of public health effects and studies that would assist in resolving such uncertainties; and (4) peer-reviewed studies that support, are relevant to, or fail to support any estimate of public health effects and the methodologies used to reconcile inconsistencies in the scientific data.Requires the Administrator, as part of the process of proposing a new or revised air quality standard, to publish in the Federal Register and seek public comment on an analysis of specified factors, including: (1) quantifiable and nonquantifiable benefits that are likely to occur as the result of actions taken to comply with the standard; (2) quantifiable and nonquantifiable health benefits that are likely to occur from reductions in related pollutants that may be attributed to compliance with the standard; (3) quantifiable and nonquantifiable costs that are likely to occur as the result of actions taken to comply with or attain the standard; (4) incremental costs and benefits associated with each alternative standard considered; (5) effects of the affected air pollutant on the general population; and (6) risks that may occur as the result of compliance with or attainment of the standard.Authorizes appropriations.Directs the Administrator, for each new or revised air quality standard proposed, to conduct and publish for public comment a cost-benefit analysis to determine whether the benefits of the standard justify or do not justify the costs. Authorizes the Administrator to analyze the potential distributional effects of each such standard. Permits the Administrator, upon determining based on such analysis that the benefits do not justify the costs, to promulgate an alternative standard at a cost that is justified by the benefits.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:17:51Z,
106-s-2335,106,s,2335,State and Local Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-03-30,2000-03-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI]",RI,R,C001040,1,"State and Local Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2000 - Requires the Secretary of the Army to implement a program to provide assistance to State, regional, and local governments in the remediation and restoration of brownfield sites in cases in which the remediation and restoration would contribute to the quality, conservation, and sustainable use of U.S. waterways and watershed ecosystems. Defines a ""brownfield site"" as a parcel of real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which is complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance.Permits assistance only for project sites that are publicly-owned. Limits the Federal share of project costs to 65 percent. Sets forth provisions regarding the non-Federal share of project costs. Requires the non-Federal interest to pay 100 percent of operation and maintenance costs of a remediated site. Limits the total amount of assistance for any one project.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:17:25Z,
106-hr-4120,106,hr,4120,Safe Water and Clean Air Attainment Act,Environmental Protection,2000-03-29,2000-04-04,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-4]",AZ,R,S000275,0,"Safe Water and Clean Air Attainment Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to allow a State to waive, in whole or in part, the applicability of certain oxygen content requirements for reformulated gasoline to ozone nonattainment areas if the State implementation plan for national ambient air quality standards is revised to include other measures necessary to assure the plan's adequacy to attain and maintain the national standard for ozone.",2025-08-20T14:18:31Z,
106-hr-4104,106,hr,4104,Mississippi Sound Restoration Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-03-28,2000-09-13,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,House,"Rep. Taylor, Gene [D-MS-5]",MS,D,T000074,0,Mississippi Sound Restoration Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to add the Mississippi Sound in Mississippi to the list of estuaries to receive priority consideration for inclusion in the National Estuary Program (NEP).Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Mississippi Sound Restoration Program within EPA. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants for restoration projects and studies and public education projects recommended by a management conference convened for the Sound under the NEP.Directs the Administrator to assist the Council in developing a management plan for the restoration and protection of the Sound and to provide funding and oversight for voluntary restoration projects. Authorizes appropriations.Expresses the sense of Congress that all recipients of grants under this Act shall abide by the Buy American Act.,2025-04-07T13:47:06Z,
106-s-2296,106,s,2296,Project SEARCH Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-03-27,2000-09-26,Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-965.,Senate,"Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]",ID,R,C000880,2,Project SEARCH Act of 2000 - Establishes the SEARCH Grant (grants awarded for special environmental assistance for the regulation of communities and habitat) Program.Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to transfer $1 million annually to each State Governor for use by independent citizens' councils established by this Act.Directs councils to review applications for and award SEARCH grants from such funds to small communities that: (1) are unable to secure funding or are underfunded for environmental projects; (2) have incurred unexpected expenses during construction of such a project; or (3) need funds for initial feasibility or environmental studies before applying to traditional funding sources.Authorizes appropriations.,2025-08-20T14:20:11Z,
106-hr-4011,106,hr,4011,Clean Air and Water Preservation Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-03-16,2000-03-27,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Ganske, Greg [R-IA-4]",IA,R,G000041,50,"Clean Air and Water Preservation Act of 2000 - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) as a fuel additive. Makes such prohibition effective three years after this Act's enactment date.Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to require, during the period beginning on this Act's enactment and ending three years after such date, persons selling gasoline that contains MTBE at retail to label the fuel dispensing system with a notice that the gasoline contains MTBE.(Sec. 4) Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator to amend certain guidelines to require State source water assessment programs to be revised to prioritize groundwater areas and aquifers that have been contaminated, or are most vulnerable to contamination, by MTBE. Directs the Administrator to develop a clear set of technical guidelines to assist States in the investigation and cleanup of MTBE in groundwater.(Sec. 5) Revises the oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline under the Clean Air Act to require the oxygen content to equal or exceed an average of two percent by weight (currently, equal or exceed two percent by weight). Invalidates Federal regulations that establish a per-gallon minimum oxygen content (percent, by weight).(Sec. 6) Requires the Administrator to revise regulations regarding reformulated gasoline to ensure that the ozone forming potential, taking into account all ozone precursors, of the aggregate emissions during the high ozone season from baseline vehicles when using reformulated gasoline does not exceed such potential of the emissions from such vehicles when using reformulated gasoline that complies with regulations that were in effect on January 1, 2000, and applicable to such gasoline sold in 2000 and thereafter.Limits the hydrocarbon content of reformulated gasoline to the average content of such gasoline sold in covered nonattainment areas during the year 2000.(Sec. 7) Requires the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator to report to the President and Congress on the potential for development of oxygenate alternatives to MTBE not identified in this Act and to evaluate what steps would be appropriate to foster development of such alternatives should they be found to be acceptable substitutes for MTBE.(Sec. 8) Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should promote renewable ethanol to replace MTBE and encourage oil refiners to make the transition from MTBE-blended fuel to ethanol-blended fuel as soon as possible.",2025-08-20T14:19:21Z,
106-hr-3892,106,hr,3892,Safe and Healthy Oceanic Recovery and Enhancement Act,Environmental Protection,2000-03-09,2000-03-09,Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.,House,"Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]",NJ,D,P000034,1,"Safe and Healthy Oceanic Recovery and Enhancement Act - Transfers authority under the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (the Act) to issue permits for transportation of dredged material for purposes of dumping it into ocean waters from the Secretary of the Army to the Commission on Dredged Material Policy established by this Act.Amends the Act to establish the Commission on Dredged Material Policy.",2025-08-20T14:18:53Z,
106-s-2233,106,s,2233,MTBE Elimination Act,Environmental Protection,2000-03-09,2000-03-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2233),Senate,"Sen. Fitzgerald, Peter [R-IL]",IL,R,F000442,8,"MTBE Elimination Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should provide technical assistance, information, and matching funds to help local communities test drinking water supplies and remediate drinking water contaminated with methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit, three years after the enactment of the MTBE Elimination Act, the use of MTBE as a fuel additive.Requires persons selling oxygenated gasoline containing MTBE at retail to be required under regulations promulgated by the Administrator to label the fuel dispensing system with a notice that specifies that the gasoline contains MTBE and provides other information concerning MTBE as determined appropriate by the Administrator.Directs the Administrator to establish a schedule that provides for an annual phased reduction in the quantity of MTBE that may be used as a fuel additive during the three-year period beginning on this Act's enactment date.Establishes an MTBE research grants program within EPA. Authorizes grants to eligible grantees to pay the Federal cost share of research on: (1) the development of more cost-effective and accurate MTBE groundwater testing methods; (2) the development of more efficient and cost-effective remediation procedures for water sources contaminated with MTBE; or (3) the potential effects of MTBE on human health. Makes eligible for such grants Federal research agencies, national laboratories, colleges or universities, certain private research organizations, and State environmental research facilities. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:17:14Z,
106-s-2139,106,s,2139,Timber and Agriculture Environmental Fairness Act,Environmental Protection,2000-03-02,2000-03-08,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1290-1291),Senate,"Sen. Hutchinson, Tim [R-AR]",AR,R,H001015,2,"Timber and Agriculture Environmental Fairness Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit for discharges composed entirely of agricultural stormwater discharges or for discharges from silviculture operations. Excludes discharges of stormwater runoff from silvicultural operations from the definition of ""point source.""",2025-08-20T14:21:18Z,
106-hr-3798,106,hr,3798,"To amend section 211 of the Clean Air Act to prohibit the use of MTBE as a fuel additive, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to accelerate the cleanup of MTBE released from leaking underground storage tanks, and to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to assist communities with MTBE contamination in drinking water supplies, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,2000-03-01,2000-03-13,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Forbes, Michael P. [D-NY-1]",NY,D,F000257,11,"Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to amend certain regulations regarding motor vehicle fuels to prohibit the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) as a fuel additive. Directs the Administrator to prohibit any additive in gasoline registered under fuel regulation provisions unless it has been determined, through scientific testing and peer review, not to have adverse effects on the public.Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require underground storage tank (UST) owners or operators, whenever a release from a tank has been detected, to conduct monitoring for MTBE and report monitoring results annually to the Administrator for the longer of the period of ten years following the detection of the first release or three years after the date on which the last release was detected.Requires the Administrator, in enforcing requirements that USTs be upgraded, to focus enforcement on areas where MTBE is leaking into the groundwater or surface water.Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Leaking Underground Storage Tanks program funds should be prioritized to provide oversight, enforcement, and grants to States in which MTBE has been used as a fuel additive; (2) the Administrator should accelerate the testing for and reporting of MTBE in public drinking water supplies; and (3) all funds available in the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund should be appropriated annually.Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to authorize the Administrator, on the request of a Governor or head of a local government, to declare that a drinking water emergency exists in a county or municipality if the drinking water supplies for the county or municipality have been contaminated by MTBE. Provides for grants to local government agencies in such emergencies to provide access to uncontaminated water and remediate the water supply.Requires the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences to study the long-term health effects of MTBE contamination in drinking water. Authorizes appropriations. Reduces FY 2001 funds otherwise available for the Army School of the Americas.",2025-01-02T17:13:21Z,
106-s-2109,106,s,2109,School Environment Protection Act of 1999,Environmental Protection,2000-02-28,2000-02-28,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.",Senate,"Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,T000317,0,See summary of: S. 1716,2026-02-10T13:38:48Z,
106-s-2088,106,s,2088,"A bill to amend the Clean Air Act and titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to provide for continued authorization of funding of transportation projects after a lapse in transportation conformity.",Environmental Protection,2000-02-23,2000-02-23,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Cleland, Max [D-GA]",GA,D,C001034,0,"Amends the Clean Air Act to provide that a transportation project identified for funding in a  transportation plan and transportation improvement program adopted under specified Federal-aid highway or mass transportation provisions shall remain eligible for funding after such plan or program is no longer in conformity with a State implementation plan (SIP) for national air quality standards as required by the Act if: (1) the plan and program met conformity requirements at the time at which a project agreement for the project was approved under such provisions; (2) the project is a transportation control measure; (3) the project qualifies for an exemption from the requirement that it come from a conforming metropolitan long-range transportation plan and improvement program under Federal regulations in effect on March 1, 1999; or (4) the project is exempt from a prohibition on approval of projects or grants under provisions requiring sanctions for failures to meet certain SIP requirements, excepting certain projects for highway ramp metering and traffic signalization.Amends Federal-aid highway and mass transportation provisions to authorize the amendment of long-range transportation plans or improvement programs that no longer conform to SIPs without a demonstration of conformity if the amendment is solely for the purpose of adding a transportation project: (1) for which the State submits to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a request for approval as a transportation control measure; or (2) that qualifies for an exemption from the requirement that a project come from a conforming metropolitan long-range transportation plan and improvement program under Federal regulations in effect on March 1, 1999.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
106-hr-3670,106,hr,3670,"To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Great Lakes program, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,2000-02-16,2000-04-12,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]",MN,D,O000006,16,"Amends provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act regarding the Great Lakes to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to States, Indian tribes, interstate agencies, and local governments for projects to improve water quality at areas of concern. Limits the Federal share of project costs to 60 percent. Authorizes appropriations.Permits the Administrator to undertake projects to improve degraded fresh water estuary habitat (with respect to bodies of water having unimpaired natural connections with a Great Lake and within which the water from the Great Lake is measurably diluted with water from land drainage) for purposes of attaining self-sustaining systems integrated into the surrounding landscape. Limits the Federal share of project costs to 65 percent.Reauthorizes the Great Lakes program for FY 2001 through 2005.",2025-04-07T13:47:06Z,
106-hr-3686,106,hr,3686,"To amend the Clean Air Act and titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to provide for continued authorization of funding of transportation projects after a lapse in transportation conformity.",Environmental Protection,2000-02-16,2000-02-25,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]",GA,D,L000287,15,"Amends the Clean Air Act to provide that a transportation project identified for funding in a  transportation plan and transportation improvement program adopted under specified Federal-aid highway or mass transportation provisions shall remain eligible for funding after such plan or program no longer conforms with a State implementation plan (SIP) for national air quality standards as required by the Act if: (1) the plan and program met conformity requirements at the time at which a project agreement for the project was approved under such provisions; (2) the project is a transportation control measure; (3) the project qualifies for an exemption from the requirement that it come from a conforming metropolitan long-range transportation plan and improvement program under Federal regulations in effect on March 1, 1999; or (4) the project is exempt from a prohibition on approval of projects or grants under provisions requiring sanctions for failures to meet certain SIP requirements, excepting certain projects for highway ramp metering and traffic signalization.Amends Federal-aid highway and mass transportation provisions to authorize the amendment of long-range transportation plans or improvement programs that no longer conform to SIPs without a demonstration of conformity if the amendment is solely for the purpose of adding a transportation project: (1) for which the State submits to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a request for approval as a transportation control measure; or (2) that qualifies for an exemption from the requirement that a project come from a conforming metropolitan long-range transportation plan and improvement program under Federal regulations in effect on March 1, 1999.",2025-01-02T17:13:10Z,
106-hr-3656,106,hr,3656,Ombudsman Reauthorization Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-02-15,2000-02-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]",FL,R,B000463,5,"Ombudsman Reauthorization Act of 2000 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to extend the termination date for the Office of Ombudsman to the date ten years after this Act's enactment. (Current law provides for termination four years after November 8, 1984.)Requires the Ombudsman to report to Congress on the status of health and environmental concerns addressed by cases brought before the Ombudsman and recommend improvements to the hazardous waste programs for which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry are responsible.Directs the EPA Administrator to facilitate the structuring of the Office to conform to the structure reflected in the Model Ombudsman Statute of the American Bar Association.",2025-08-20T14:19:47Z,
106-hr-3658,106,hr,3658,Logan Reclamation and Stabilization Act,Environmental Protection,2000-02-15,2000-02-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]",PA,D,B001227,0,"Logan Reclamation and Stabilization Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate the Logan Triangle in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a brownfield site for purposes of the EPA's brownfields economic redevelopment initiative.",2025-08-20T14:17:54Z,
106-hr-3625,106,hr,3625,Timber and Agriculture Environmental Fairness Act,Environmental Protection,2000-02-10,2000-02-11,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Dickey, Jay [R-AR-4]",AR,R,D000312,197,"Timber and Agriculture Environmental Fairness Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit for discharges composed entirely of agricultural stormwater discharges or for discharges from silviculture operations. Excludes discharges of stormwater runoff from silvicultural operations from the definition of ""point source.""",2025-08-20T14:16:49Z,
106-hr-3609,106,hr,3609,To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt certain silviculture activities from permits under the national pollutant discharge elimination system.,Environmental Protection,2000-02-09,2000-02-10,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1]",TX,D,S000044,6,"Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide that no national pollutant discharge elimination system permit shall be required for discharges from silviculture activities and for discharges of stormwater runoff from such activities conducted in connection with: (1) site preparation; (2) reforestation; (3) thinning; (4) prescribed burning; (5) pest and fire control; (6) harvesting operations; (7) surface drainage; (8) road construction and maintenance; and (9) nursery operations. Excludes discharges of stormwater runoff from silvicultural activities from the definition of ""point source.""",2025-01-02T17:13:10Z,
106-hr-3583,106,hr,3583,Transit and Air Quality Improvement Act,Environmental Protection,2000-02-08,2000-02-15,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-11]",GA,R,L000321,6,"Transit and Air Quality Improvement Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to treat mass transit projects as conforming to State implementation plans for national air quality standards and provides that no determination of conformity shall be required with respect to any such project.  Defines a ""mass transit project"" as a project for: (1) fixed guideway modernization; (2) new fixed guideway systems and extensions to such systems; and (3) replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and construction of bus facilities.",2025-08-20T14:17:07Z,
106-s-2041,106,s,2041,A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt discharges from certain silvicultural activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system.,Environmental Protection,2000-02-08,2000-02-23,"Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-699.",Senate,"Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]",AR,D,L000035,1,"Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit for discharges of stormwater runoff from silvicultural activities conducted in connection with: (1) site preparation; (2) reforestation; (3) thinning; (4) prescribed burning; (5) pest and fire control; (6) harvesting operations; (7) surface drainage; (8) road construction and maintenance; and (9) nursery operations. Excludes discharges of stormwater runoff from silvicultural activities from the definition of ""point source.""",2026-02-10T13:38:48Z,
106-hr-3570,106,hr,3570,Urban Wet Weather Priorities Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-02-02,2000-02-03,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-19]",OH,R,L000553,4,"Urban Wet Weather Priorities Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require each permit, order, or decree issued pursuant to such Act for a discharge from a combined storm and sanitary sewer to conform to the Combined Sewer Overflow Control Policy signed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on April 11, 1994. Authorizes the Administrator, notwithstanding specified compliance schedules and permit limitations, to issue or execute a permit, order, or decree for discharges from such sewers that includes a schedule for compliance with a long-term control plan for a term of up to 15 years.(Sec. 4) Requires the Administrator to issue regulations which establish a program to control discharges from municipal sanitary sewer overflows. Includes within program elements a prohibition on avoidable overflows and provisions for remediation and treatment.Authorizes the Administrator to issue a permit for a discharge from a municipal separate sanitary sewer due to stormwater inflows or infiltration for a term of up to 15 years. Grants a compliance schedule of longer than 15 years if compliance within such period is not within the economic capability of the owner or operator.(Sec. 5) Requires implementation of stormwater best management practices to be the basis on which to determine compliance with the water quality and technology based requirements of the Act. Authorizes adjustments to plans and practices to be required to reduce the impacts of any municipal wet weather discharges associated with continuing water quality impairments that continue to occur after implementation of best management practices. Prohibits the Administrator from requiring compliance with numeric effluent limitations or fixed numeric pollutant load reductions in a permit for discharges from municipal separate storm sewers.(Sec. 6) Requires the Administrator to conduct municipal demonstration programs relating to watershed management of wet weather flows and the control of pollutants from separate storm sewer systems for determining controls that are cost-effective in reducing pollutants from urban stormwater runoff. Authorizes appropriations.Permits the Administrator to make grants to local government entities for: (1) planning, design, and construction of facilities to intercept, transport, or control flows from separate storm sewer systems and combined or sanitary sewers; (2) planning and implementation of urban wet weather control measures and management practices; and (3) development and implementation of urban watershed management plans. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:17:38Z,
106-hr-3536,106,hr,3536,Drinking Water Protection Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,2000-01-27,2000-02-09,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Franks, Bob [R-NJ-7]",NJ,R,F000349,4,"Drinking Water Protection Act of 2000 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, to study and report to Congress and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on the potential health effects of ingesting and inhaling methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).Directs the Administrator to carry out a research program regarding methods available for the safe removal of MTBE from drinking water supplies.Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require public water systems, notwithstanding certain existing deadlines, to commence monitoring for MTBE no later than 30 days after enactment of the Drinking Water Protection Act of 2000.",2025-08-20T14:20:52Z,
106-hr-3548,106,hr,3548,"To redesignate the mud dump site located approximately 6 miles east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and known as the ""Historic Area Remediation Site"", as the ""Albert Gore, Jr., Mud Dump Site"".",Environmental Protection,2000-01-27,2000-01-28,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]",NJ,R,S000097,2,"Redesignates the dredged materials disposal area located approximately six miles east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, known as the Historic Area Remediation Site, as the Albert Gore, Jr., Mud Dump Site.",2025-01-02T17:12:58Z,
106-hr-3522,106,hr,3522,"To amend the Clean Air Act to establish certain rules regarding motor vehicle inspection and maintenance in States that have contracted out vehicle testing and inspection services, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,2000-01-24,2000-02-01,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]",NJ,D,A000210,0,Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise and republish in the Federal Register guidance for State motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs to establish additional requirements for States that contract out emissions testing and inspection services to a private vendor. Requires such programs to use a voucher system under which a vehicle owner may use a voucher (equal to the reimbursement rate per vehicle under the State's contract with a vendor) to: (1) have a vehicle inspected by the State's chosen vendor; or (2) defray part of the cost of an inspection by a licensed private concern.,2025-01-02T17:12:56Z,
106-hr-3524,106,hr,3524,"To phase out the incineration of solid waste, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,2000-01-24,2000-02-04,Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]",NJ,D,A000210,0,"Requires each State to adopt and submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a three-year implementation plan to achieve each of the following: (1) increased recycling by at least 75 percent over the three-year period; (2) water source pollution reduction; (3) restriction of landfill dumping to materials that are not recyclable or combustible; and (4) the phasing out of solid waste incineration within four years and six months after this Act's enactment. Requires plans to be approved by the Administrator and describes plan requirements. Sets forth provisions regarding the Administrator's actions on plan submissions. Provides for Federal implementation plans for States that fail to meet plan submission requirements.Authorizes the Administrator to impose a prohibition on the approval by the Secretary of Transportation of certain highway projects or awarding of highway grants applicable to a State that fails to submit a plan, has a plan submission disapproved, or fails to implement a requirement of an approved plan.Permits the Administrator to make grants to each State that phases out the incineration of solid waste prior to the deadline established under this Act. Requires such grants to be used for  purposes of finding alternative, environmentally friendly means of solid waste disposal.Grants a State the authority to limit or restrict the importation of solid waste on the date the State phases out solid waste incineration.",2025-01-02T17:12:58Z,
106-hr-3448,106,hr,3448,Second Generation of Environmental Improvement Act of 1999,Environmental Protection,1999-11-18,1999-12-07,Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.,House,"Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8]",PA,R,G000439,3,"Second Generation of Environmental Improvement Act of 1999 - Title I: Information Management - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate a Chief Information Officer for EPA to carry out the authorities of the Administrator under this title.Directs the Administrator to prepare a report for Congress proposing a set of national environmental performance indicators (quantitative measures designed to provide data on the quality of the environment over time) designed to: (1) focus EPA resources on the most critical environmental problems; (2) inform the public of progress toward meeting environmental goals; and (3) evaluate the success of innovative environmental strategies.Provides for an annual State of the Environment Report to Congress analyzing the measured levels of each environmental indicator.(Sec. 103) Directs the Administrator to submit to Congress a unified plan for all of EPA's information activities. Requires the plan to provide a scientifically and technically sound foundation for EPA programs and facilitate the development of a performance-based system of environmental protection and of innovative strategy agreements pursuant to this Act.(Sec. 104) Directs the Administrator to establish an Information Management Program to provide financial assistance to States and local entities to improve the accuracy and timeliness of environmental reporting and to meet the goals of the EPA plan. Requires the Administrator, acting through the Small Business Ombudsman, to create a program to provide technical and financial assistance to small businesses to help them meet the requirements of such plan.(Sec. 105) Directs the President to include in each budget submission a comprehensive analysis of the activities in each Federal agency devoted to measuring ambient environmental conditions and trends.(Sec. 106) Requires the Administrator to establish a program to publicly recognize persons who contribute to improved environmental monitoring and other measurement methods.Directs the Administrator to report to Congress on the length of time EPA has taken over the prior ten years to approve monitoring technologies and to recommend ways to: (1) reduce that time to get reliable monitoring information to EPA and the public more quickly; and (2) increase the deployment of existing technologies.(Sec. 108) Requires the Administrator to report to Congress on whether the Administrative Procedures Act should be amended to apply to information reporting requirements and the use of existing information to create new information products.(Sec. 109) Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title.Title II: Innovative Strategies - Authorizes the Administrator to enter into innovative strategy agreements with persons or governmental entities with good records of meeting statutory environmental standards to experiment with new approaches to regulation.(Sec. 204) Permits the Administrator, under such agreements, to: (1) modify or waive applicable agency rules or requirements; (2) allow a tiered approach under which monitoring and reporting requirements are loosened initially when emissions are significantly below those allowable under the agreement, with increased requirements as environmental performance gets closer to the emission, discharge, and other limitations in the agreement; (3) extend permit terms, expedite permit review, or provide multi-media permits; (4) establish facility-wide limitations on overall allowable emissions and discharges; (5) allow third-party or self-certification in lieu of frequent inspection; and (6) employ market-based strategies.(Sec. 205) Permits termination of agreements for noncompliance with terms. Authorizes civil actions against parties in violation of such agreements.(Sec. 209) Requires the Administrator to implement an employee incentive awards program that rewards employees and organizational units that demonstrate leadership in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of innovative environmental strategies and other activities that result in better environmental performance, greater economic efficiency in the public and private sectors, and expedited delivery and improved quality of public services.(Sec. 211) Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title.",2025-08-20T14:18:41Z,
106-hr-3449,106,hr,3449,To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a State waiver of the requirements concerning the oxygen content of gasoline.,Environmental Protection,1999-11-18,1999-12-03,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8]",PA,R,G000439,6,"Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, upon the petition of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, or the consolidated metropolitan statistical area that includes the District of Columbia (these States comprise an ozone transport region), to waive or reduce any oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline for such States.Requires regulations for the use of reformulated gasoline to be revised by January 1, 2001, to provide a schedule for the reduction of the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in such gasoline introduced into any State described above for which a waiver or reduction is in effect. Limits the maximum content of MTBE by volume for all gasoline to five percent by January 1, 2005. Permits reductions below this amount only upon petition by such a State and subject to a finding that further reduction of MTBE use is necessary to protect human health or the environment.Prohibits fuel or fuel additive manufacturers or processors from selling or introducing into commerce any reformulated gasoline for resale in States described by this Act for which oxygen content waivers or reductions are in effect unless the reduction of aggregate emissions of toxic air pollutants from baseline vehicles when using baseline gasoline shall annually average at least 27 percent.",2025-01-02T17:12:55Z,
106-hr-3464,106,hr,3464,"To establish a cooperative program of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate the feasibility of using only fuel blended with ethanol to power municipal vehicles.",Environmental Protection,1999-11-18,1999-12-03,Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.,House,"Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]",IA,D,B000652,0,"Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to jointly establish a pilot program to award competitive grants to assist local governments in reducing air pollution by covering the costs associated with converting their entire municipal vehicle fleet to an ethanol-blended fuel. Limits the number of grants to five, with preference given to governments that have a recognized air pollution problem in their communities.Declares that a local government must agree to cooperate in a study to assess the economic and environmental benefits to be gained from exclusive use of ethanol-blended fuel to power municipal vehicles. Requires the Secretaries and the Administrator to report study results to Congress.",2025-01-15T18:51:50Z,
106-s-1945,106,s,1945,Biofuels Air Quality Act ,Environmental Protection,1999-11-17,1999-11-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]",MO,R,B000611,2,"Biofuels Air Quality Act - Amends Federal highway provisions (with respect to the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program) to direct the Secretary of Transportation to consider the extent to which a proposed project or program reduces sulfur or atmospheric carbon emissions.Allows States receiving minimum apportionments to use funds under the program for renewable fuel projects (specified below).Modifies provisions regarding renewable fuel projects to expand coverage to include: (1) publicly and nonprofit (currently, limited to privately) owned vehicles or vehicle fleets; and (2) costs of renewable fuel, consisting of any fuel produced from grain, oilseeds, or other biomass (including biodiesel), that is used to replace or reduce the quantity of fossil fuel present in a fuel mixture used to operate motor vehicles.",2025-08-20T14:18:45Z,
106-s-1946,106,s,1946,John H. Chafee Environmental Education Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,1999-11-17,2000-05-02,Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.,Senate,"Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]",OK,R,I000024,19,"John H. Chafee Environmental Education Act of 2000 - Amends the National Environmental Education Act to rename it the John H. Chafee Environmental Education Act (the Act).(Sec. 2) Requires the Office of Environmental Education (OEE), within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to: (1) develop and support balanced and scientifically sound programs; and (2) provide for implementation of the Act through the headquarters and regional offices of the EPA. Eliminates provisions for: (1) OEE administration of environmental internship and fellowship programs (internship programs are eliminated and fellowship program administration is transferred elsewhere later in this Act); (2) an OEE Director who is a member of the Senior Executive Service; and (3) a minimum of six full-time equivalent employees on the OEE headquarters staff (retains the maximum of ten). Authorizes the EPA Administrator to carry out OEE activities directly or through awards of grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts.(Sec. 3) Revises provisions for environmental education grants to decrease from 25 to 15 percent the portion of grant funds which must be used for grants of $5,000 or less. Prohibits environmental education grants from being used to support lobbying activities. Requires the EPA Science Advisory Board to review and approve the guidance before the EPA Administrator issues any guidance to grant applicants.(Sec. 4. Establishes the John H. Chafee Memorial Fellowship Program for the award and administration of five annual one-year graduate education fellowships in environmental sciences. (Eliminates provisions for OEE-administered environmental internships and fellowships.)Provides that such Fellowships are to stimulate innovative graduate level study and the development of expertise in complex, relevant, and important environmental issues and effective approaches to addressing those issues through organized programs of guided independent study and environmental research. Requires each $25,000 Fellowship to be made available to individual candidates through a sponsoring institution of higher education and an annual competitive selection process. Requires each Fellowship to focus on: (1) effective land and resource management; (2) innovative open space preservation; (3) science associated with such worldwide issues as global climate change and sustainable marine resources; or (4) any other issue that a sponsoring institution determines to be appropriate. Requires annual awards of two Fellowships by the University of Rhode Island. Allows three annual Fellowships to be applied for through any other sponsoring institution.Directs the National Environmental Education Advisory Council to establish and administer the John H. Chafee Fellowship Panel to establish selection process criteria, receive and review applications, and select Fellowship recipients. Requires that Panel members with specified qualifications be appointed by a majority vote of the National Environmental Education Advisory Council. Directs OEE to make specified amounts available for such Fellowships and administrative expenses of the Fellowship Program.(Sec. 5) Revises provisions for national environmental education awards. Retains and revises provisions for: (1) President's Environmental Youth Awards; and (2) environmental education awards for elementary and secondary school teachers and their local educational agencies. (Eliminates provisions for awards named for Theodore Roosevelt, Henry David Thoreau, Rachel Carson, and Gifford Pinchot.)(Sec. 6) Revises provisions for the National Environmental Education Advisory Council and for the Federal Task Force on Environmental Education. Directs the EPA Administrator to appoint at least one Advisory Council member to represent each of the following sectors: (1) elementary schools and secondary schools; (2) colleges and universities; (3) not-for-profit organizations involved in environmental education; (4) State departments of education and natural resources; (5) business and industry; and (6) senior citizens. Revises requirements for Advisory Council meetings and reports. Opens membership on the Task Force to representatives of any Federal agency actively engaged in environmental education.(Sec. 7) Renames the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation as the National Environmental Learning Foundation. Increases the number of director's on the Foundation's Board. Allows the Foundation to acknowledge receipt of donations by listing the names of donors in materials it distributes, but prohibits such acknowledgment from: (1) appearing in educational material presented to students; or (2) identifying a donor by means of a logo, letterhead, or other corporate commercial symbol, slogan, or product. Eliminates a time limit on the EPA Administrator's provision of administrative services and support to the Foundation.(Sec. 8) Extends through FY 2005 the authorization of appropriations to EPA to carry out the Act, with specified portions for: (1) OEE activities; (2) the environmental education and training program; (3) environmental education grants and the Fellowship Program; and (4) Foundation activities. Directs the EPA Administrator to submit an annual report to Congress on the activities for which such funds were expended.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
106-s-1949,106,s,1949,Clean Power Plant and Modernization Act of 1999 ,Environmental Protection,1999-11-17,1999-11-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]",VT,D,L000174,0,"Clean Power Plant and Modernization Act of 1999 - Requires fossil fuel-fired generating units (units) that commence operation on or before ten years after this Act's enactment date to achieve and maintain a combustion heat rate efficiency of at least 45 percent (based on the higher heating value of the fuel). Sets such percentage at 50 percent for units commencing operation more than ten years after such date, unless granted a waiver.Authorizes units that commence operation more than ten years after this Act's enactment to apply to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for waivers of the heat rate efficiency standard. Grants such a waiver only if the unit owner or operator: (1) demonstrates that the technology to meet such standard is not commercially available or, despite best technical efforts and willingness to make the financial commitment, the standard is not achievable; and (2) enters into an agreement with the Administrator to offset by a factor of 1.5 to 1, the emission reductions that the unit does not achieve because of the failure to achieve such standard. Requires units receiving waivers to achieve the 45 percent standard.(Sec. 5) Requires units, not later than ten years after this Act's enactment and regardless of the date of construction or commencement of operation, to operate in compliance with new source review requirements under the Clean Air Act (the Act).Establishes specified emission limitations for mercury, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides from units based on the respective efficiency standards.Requires units to obtain permits under the Act that require compliance with such standards and limitations.Directs the Administrator to promulgate fuel sampling and emission monitoring techniques for use by units in calculating mercury emission reductions. Provides for the submission of pollutant-specific reports by owners or operators. Makes facility-specific emission data available to the public.Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations requiring owners or operators of generating units to disclose to residential consumers of electricity generated by such units data concerning emissions levels.Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations to ensure that mercury  that is captured or recovered is disposed of in a manner that ensures that hazards are not transferred from one environmental medium to another and that there is no release of mercury into the environment.(Sec. 6) Makes certain facilities that use solar power to produce electricity eligible for the renewable energy tax credit.(Sec. 7) Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to excise taxes to impose on covered fossil fuel-fired generating units a tax equal to 30 cents per megawatt hour of electricity produced. Provides for increases in such tax rate as necessary to ensure that the Clean Air Trust Fund established by this Act has sufficient amounts to fully fund authorized activities. Defines a ""covered fossil fuel-fired generating unit"" as one powered by fossil fuels with a generating capacity of at least five megawatts which is not subject to all regulations under the Act governing new stationary source performance standards because of the date on which it commenced commercial operation.(Sec. 8) Establishes the Clean Air Trust Fund in the Treasury. Appropriates megawatt hour generation taxes (established by this Act) to the Fund. Makes the Fund available for specified  activities under this Act.(Sec. 9) Provides for accelerated depreciation and cost recovery for certain investor-owned units.(Sec. 10) Provides for annual grants for capital expenditures for new publicly owned units in compliance with this Act in amounts equal to the depreciation deduction that would be realized by similarly-situated investor-owned units over the applicable time period.(Sec. 11) Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to crediting permanent reductions in carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions to the utility sector and owners or operators and passing on monetary value accruing from such credits to utility customers in any climate change implementation program enacted by Congress.(Sec. 12) Directs the Secretary of Energy to fund research and development programs and commercial demonstration projects and partnerships to demonstrate the commercial viability and environmental benefits of electric power generation from biomass (excluding unseparated municipal solid waste), geothermal, solar, and wind technologies and from fuel cells. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 13) Requires the Secretary, under the Energy Policy Act of 1992, to establish a program to fund projects and partnerships designed to demonstrate the efficiency and environmental benefits of electric power generation from clean coal, advanced gas turbine, and combined heat and power technologies. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 14) Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the implementation of this Act and on provisions of certain energy statutes that conflict with this Act. Provides for recommendations from the Secretary, the Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Administrator for legislative or administrative measures to harmonize and streamline such statutes.(Sec. 15) Authorizes appropriations for: (1) assistance to coal industry workers terminated from employment, and to communities adversely affected, as a result of reduced coal consumption by the electric power generation industry; and (2) development of a carbon sequestration strategy to offset growth in U.S. carbon dioxide emissions and for carrying out methods of biologically sequestering carbon dioxide.",2025-08-20T14:19:30Z,
106-hr-3378,106,hr,3378,Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act of 2000,Environmental Protection,1999-11-16,2000-09-13,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,House,"Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-49]",CA,R,B000461,1,"Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act of 2000 - Authorizes and directs the U.S. section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, subject to the negotiation and conclusion of a new Treaty Minute pursuant to the Treaty for the Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande or the amendment of Treaty Minute 283, to provide for the secondary treatment of up to 50 million gallons per day (mgd) in Mexico of: (1) effluent from the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant (IWTP) if such treatment is not provided for at a U.S. facility; and (2) additional sewage emanating from the Tijuana River area, Mexico.Authorizes the Commission, subject to the results of the comprehensive plan developed under this Act revealing a need for additional secondary treatment capacity in the San Diego-Tijuana border region (border region) and recommending the provision of such capacity in Mexico, to provide up to an additional 25 mgd of such capacity for the above-described treatment.Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a comprehensive plan with stakeholder involvement to address the transborder sanitation problems in the border region.Permits the Commission, upon conclusion of a new Treaty Minute or the amendment of Treaty Minute 283, to enter into a fee-for-services contract with the owner of the Mexican Facility (proposed wastewater treatment facility to be constructed within Mexico for treating sewage flows generated within Mexico, which flows impact U.S. and Mexican surface waters, health, and safety) to carry out the secondary treatment requirements of this Act. Requires the Inspector General of the Department of State to monitor and report to Congress on such contract.Requests the Secretary of State to give the highest priority to the negotiation and execution of a new Treaty Minute or a modification of Treaty Minute 283 in order that the other provisions of this Act to address river and ocean pollution in the border region may be implemented as soon as possible. Requests the Secretary to initiate such negotiations with Mexico. Requires the new or modified Treaty Minute to be subject to the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-04-07T13:47:06Z,
106-hr-3294,106,hr,3294,Water Regulation Improvement Act of 1999,Environmental Protection,1999-11-10,1999-11-12,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6]",AL,R,B000013,17,"Water Regulation Improvement Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require permits for discharges from municipal storm sewers to: (1) recognize the responsibility of governmental entities to carry out specified control measures to reduce the discharge of pollutants; and (2) absolve local governmental entities of liability in cases where such an entity relies on a co-permittee or another governmental entity to comply with any requirement to implement a control measure in which the co-permittee or other entity assumes responsibility but fails to implement the measure.Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, for certain stormwater discharges for which permits are not required, from requiring a local governmental entity to obtain a permit for any stormwater discharge associated with an above-ground vegetated drainage ditch or a drainage way owned or operated in connection with a road or street under its jurisdiction. Provides that such discharges and those regulated as being associated with industrial activity or with significant violation of a water quality standard or significant contributions of pollutants shall not include stormwater discharges associated with: (1) a construction activity that disturbs no more than five acres of land; or (2) a routine maintenance activity associated with a road, street, or vegetated road ditch or drainage way.",2025-08-20T14:19:36Z,
106-hr-3298,106,hr,3298,"To amend the Clean Air Act to modify the application of certain provisions regarding the inclusion of entire metropolitan statistical areas within nonattainment areas, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1999-11-10,1999-11-30,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Barr, Bob [R-GA-7]",GA,R,B000169,1,Amends the Clean Air Act to revise procedures regarding the inclusion of metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) or consolidated MSAs in nonattainment areas. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to require each State to revise the boundaries of all nonattainment areas that included such MSAs before this Act's enactment to exclude all counties within such MSAs that are not in violation of the national ambient air quality standard concerned (as determined by air quality monitoring and not by computer modeling).,2025-01-02T17:12:43Z,
106-hr-3310,106,hr,3310,United States-Mexico Border Sewage Cleanup Act of 1999,Environmental Protection,1999-11-10,1999-11-12,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-50]",CA,D,F000116,0,"United States-Mexico Border Sewage Cleanup Act of 1999 - Authorizes the U.S. section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, subject to the negotiation and conclusion of a new Treaty Minute pursuant to the Treaty for the Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande or the amendment of Treaty Minute 283, to provide for the secondary treatment of effluent from the Advanced Primary Wastewater Treatment Facility (IWTP) in Mexico.Permits the Commission to enter into a fee-for-services contract with the owner of the Mexican Facility (proposed wastewater treatment facility to be constructed within Mexico for treating sewage flows generated within Mexico, which flows impact U.S. and Mexican surface waters, health, and safety). Sets forth contract requirements.Requests the Secretary of State to give the highest priority to the negotiation and execution of a new Treaty Minute or a modification of Treaty Minute 283 in order that the other provisions of this Act to address river and ocean pollution in the San Diego U.S.-Mexico border region may be implemented as soon as possible. Requests the Secretary to initiate such negotiations with Mexico.Limits the amount of grants that may be made for the construction of certain treatment works in San Diego, California, pursuant to the Water Quality Act of 1987. Makes such limitation inapplicable if the Governments of the United States and Mexico enter into a new Treaty Minute or a renegotiation of Treaty Minute 283 pursuant to this Act.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:20:16Z,
106-hr-3313,106,hr,3313,Long Island Sound Restoration Act,Environmental Protection,1999-11-10,2000-05-10,Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 539.,House,"Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6]",CT,R,J000163,39,"Long Island Sound Restoration Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the office established to assist the Management Conference of the Long Island Sound Study (Management Conference) to assist in efforts to establish a system for trading nitrogen credits within the process for granting watershed general permits.Authorizes States, in making assistance available for the upgrading of wastewater treatment facilities under provisions regarding the Long Island Sound, to give priority to a distressed community. Permits subsidies (including forgiveness of principal) on loans made to such communities for implementation of the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for Long Island Sound (Plan). Limits the total amount of subsidies made by a State for each fiscal year to 30 percent of the amount of the capitalization grant received by the State for its State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund under the Act.Extends through FY 2003 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) carrying out the Management Conference; and (2) making grants for projects and studies to implement the Plan. Increases the maximum amount available for such grants.",2025-04-07T13:47:06Z,
106-hr-3326,106,hr,3326,Cleaner Buses for Cleaner Cities Act,Environmental Protection,1999-11-10,1999-11-30,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]",NY,D,N000002,16,"Cleaner Buses for Cleaner Cities Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the provision of grants or other financial assistance under Federal highway or mass transportation provisions or under the Urban Mass Transportation Act to any State or local government or other entity if such government or entity has acquired, in the prior fiscal year, a diesel-fueled bus to be used in any ozone, particulate, or carbon monoxide nonattainment area.  Makes such prohibition inapplicable to grants for safety.",2025-08-20T14:17:29Z,
106-s-1915,106,s,1915,Small Community Assistance Act of 1999,Environmental Protection,1999-11-10,2000-09-26,Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-965.,Senate,"Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT]",VT,R,J000072,15,"Small Community Assistance Act of 1999 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a small community advisory committee or reconstitute an existing small community advisory committee.Directs the Administrator to develop and implement a plan to increase the involvement of small communities in the regulatory review processes conducted under the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, and title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995.Directs each EPA regional office to establish a Small Town Ombudsman Office to serve as an advocate for small communities and a facilitator for addressing small community concerns and programs. Requires the Offices to establish a regular, ongoing consultation process with small communities to involve them in the process of implementing, creating, and informing the public about environmental regulations, guidance, and policies and provide other appropriate assistance.Directs the Offices to survey small communities every five years to provide information for use in regulatory planning, development, and outreach.Requires the Administrator to distribute to small communities a guide to Federal environmental requirements for small communities.Directs the Administrator to implement a plan for periodically obtaining feedback from small communities on the effectiveness of EPA in involving such communities in regulatory development and implementation and reaching out to such communities to provide educational and other assistance.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:17:34Z,
106-hr-3275,106,hr,3275,School Environment Protection Act of 1999,Environmental Protection,1999-11-09,1999-11-17,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.",House,"Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]",NJ,D,H001032,21,"School Environment Protection Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a National School Integrated Pest Management Advisory System to develop and update uniform standards and criteria for implementing integrated pest management systems in schools.  Directs local educational agencies (LEAs) of school districts to develop and implement systems in schools in compliance with this Act. Permits LEAs to continue to implement existing State systems that meet this Act's standards and criteria.Applies this Act's requirements to pesticide application in school buildings and on school grounds. Requires schools to prohibit: (1) the application of a pesticide when a school or school ground is occupied or in use; or (2) the use of an area or room treated by a pesticide, other than a least toxic pesticide, during the 24-hour period beginning at the end of the treatment.Requires the Administrator to establish a National School Integrated Pest Management Advisory Board. Directs the Board, among other duties, to: (1) review pesticides used in schools for their acute toxicity and chronic effects; and (2) recommend a list of least toxic pesticides. Authorizes the Board to recommend restrictions on pesticide use in schools. Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish a list of least toxic pesticides that may be used in schools; (2) publish pesticide restrictions in the Federal Register; and (3) issue findings on whether use of registered pesticides in schools may endanger children's health.Directs the Administrator to appoint an official for school pest management within the EPA Office of Pesticide Programs to coordinate integrated pest management systems in schools.  Requires LEAs to: (1) designate contact persons for carrying out such systems; (2) maintain all pesticide use data for each school in the district and make such data publicly available; and (3) include notice of such systems in forms of universal notification at the beginning of each school year. Permits the use of a pesticide only if the pesticide has been disclosed in such notice.Prescribes procedures to be followed if a pest cannot be controlled after having used an integrated pest management system and least toxic pesticides, including prior notification of parents, guardians, and staff members of the use of a pesticide and posting of signs. Prescribes alternative procedures in emergency situations.Provides for public comments, through school board meetings, on integrated pest management systems. Establishes a complaint procedure to remedy violations of this Act. Prescribes civil penalties for violations.Establishes the Integrated Pest Management Trust Fund to carry out education, training, propagation, and development activities under integrated pest management systems of schools to remedy the harmful effect of actions taken by persons who paid civil penalties. Describes remedies for employees alleging violations of this Act.Directs the Administrator to provide grants to LEAs to develop systems under this Act.Prohibits, no later than six years after this Act's enactment, the use of any pesticide other than a least toxic pesticide in schools unless the Administrator has met the requirements of this Act.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:17:09Z,
106-s-1886,106,s,1886,"A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to permit the Governor of a State to waive the oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline, to encourage development of voluntary standards to prevent and control releases of methyl tertiary butyl ether from underground storage tanks, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1999-11-09,1999-11-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]",OK,R,I000024,8,"Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize a State Governor, upon notification of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to waive oxygen content requirements for reformulated gasoline sold or dispensed in the State. Considers gasoline that complies with all other requirements for reformulated gasoline other than those regarding oxygen content to be reformulated gasoline.Directs the Administrator to study and report to Congress on whether voluntary standards to prevent and control releases of methyl tertiary butyl ether from underground storage tanks are necessary. Authorizes the Administrator to work with members of affected industries to develop such standards.",2025-04-07T13:44:31Z,
106-hr-3245,106,hr,3245,Conservation and Reinvestment Act of 1999,Environmental Protection,1999-11-08,1999-11-08,"Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,1,"Conservation and Reinvestment Act of 1999 - Requires: (1) Governors of each State receiving monies from the Conservation and Reinvestment Act Fund (established under this Act) to report on June 15 of each year to the Secretaries of the Interior or of Agriculture, as appropriate, accounting for the money received for the previous fiscal year, including the funded projects and activities; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to report annually to Congress on monies the Departments of the Interior and of Agriculture have spent out of the Fund, including a summary of such Governors' reports.(Sec. 5) Establishes the Conservation and Reinvestment Act Fund (CRAF). Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit into CRAF certain Outer Continental Shelf revenues, undisbursed amounts under title I of this Act, and certain interest earned on CRAF investments.Transfers all amounts deposited into the CRAF as follows: (1) to the Secretary of the Interior for payment of $1 billion to States for impact assistance and coastal conservation, $125 million for the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978, $100 million for the National Historic Preservation Act, and $50 million to develop and implement Endangered and Threatened Species Recovery Agreements; (2) to the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture for payment of $200 million for Federal and Indian land restoration; (3) to the Secretary of Agriculture $100 million to carry out the conservation easement program under this Act; (4) to the Land and Water Conservation Fund in the amount of $900 million; and (5) to the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Fund (FAWRF) established under the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act in the amount of $350 million. Provides that any shortfalls less than $2.825 billion in a fiscal year, after FY 2000, proportionally reduce such sums for that fiscal year.(Sec. 6) Limits the amount available for administrative expenses to two percent. Provides that nothing in this Act shall affect the prohibition contained in the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (as amended by this Act) that bars the use of funds transferred to the FAWRF by this Act for administrative or execution of program expenses.(Sec. 7) Declares that receipts and disbursements of funds shall be off-budget.(Sec. 9) Prohibits a State or local government from receiving funds under this Act during any fiscal year: (1) when its expenditures of non-Federal funds for recurrent expenditures for programs for which such funding is provided will be less than its expenditures were for such programs during the preceding fiscal year; or (2) for a program unless the Secretary of the Interior is satisfied that such a grant will be used to supplement and, to the extent practicable, increase the level of State, local, or other non-Federal funds available for such program. Exempts a State or local government from such prohibition if the Secretary determines that a reduction in expenditures is attributable to a non-selective reduction in the expenditures in the programs of all executive branch agencies of such entity. Treats all funds received by a State or local government under this Act as Federal funds for purposes of compliance with provisions in effect under other law requiring that non-Federal funds be used to provide a portion of the funding for any program or project.(Sec. 10) Prohibits: (1) the taking of private property in whole or in part, without just compensation; and (2) Federal agencies, using funds appropriated by this Act, from applying any regulation on any lands until the lands or water or an interest therein is acquired, unless authorized to do so by another Act of Congress.(Sec. 11) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to design a standardized sign and, where appropriate, require its installation at sites receiving funds under this Act.Title I: Impact Assistance and Coastal Conservation - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to allocate such transferred CRAF payments to coastal States for impact assistance and coastal conservation only if such States have: (1) a Secretary-approved Coastal State Conservation and Impact Assistance Plan; (2) agreed to provide specified reports; and (3) certain necessary fiscal control and fund accounting procedures.(Sec. 101) Sets forth the formula for allocating such funds to coastal States and coastal political subdivisions.(Sec. 102) Requires the development and submission of a Coastal State Conservation and Impact Assistance Plan by each coastal State seeking to receive grants under this title (and in the case of a producing State, the Governor) to incorporate the plans of the coastal political subdivisions into the Statewide plan for transmittal to the Secretary of the Interior for approval or disapproval before the disbursement of CRAF funds. Specifies authorized uses of the CRAF funds.Title II: Land and Water Conservation Fund Revitalization - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide that all CRAF funds transferred to the Land and Water Conservation Fund shall be covered into the Fund.(Sec. 203) Makes $900 million available each fiscal year after FY 2001 for expenditure without further appropriation, to be allocated as follows: (1) 50 percent for Federal purposes; and (2) 50 percent for State grants.(Sec. 205) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of the Federal portion of such funds for any land or water interest acquisition except those specified and approved by Congress in the appropriate appropriations Act. Prescribes: (1) a procedure for preparing and transmitting to Congress of a list of proposed Federal acquisitions; and (2) notification to specified officials of affected areas with respect to such proposed acquisitions.(Sec. 206) Revises the formula used to allocate amounts made available for State purposes from the Fund each fiscal year. Makes all federally recognized Indian tribes, or in the case of Alaska, Native Corporations eligible to receive shares of such apportionment in accordance with a competitive grant program established by the Secretary of the Interior. Requires each State, with an exception, to make available as grants to local governments at least 50 percent of its annual apportionment or an equivalent amount made available from other sources.(Sec. 207) Revises the requirement that a State have a comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plan as a prerequisite to consideration by the Secretary of the Interior of financial assistance for acquisition or development projects. Allows each State to define its own priorities and criteria for selection of outdoor conservation and recreation acquisition and development projects eligible for grants under this Act if the priorities and criteria defined are consistent with the purposes of this Act, the State provides for public involvement in this process, and publishes an accurate and current State Action Agenda for Community Conservation and Recreation, within five years after enactment of this Act, indicating the needs it has identified and the priorities and criteria it has established. Allows an existing Comprehensive State Plan to remain in effect until the appropriate State adopts a State Action Agenda.(Sec. 209) Requires the Secretary to approve, subject to certain conditions, the conversion of property (other than for public outdoor recreation use) acquired or developed with assistance under the Act only if the State demonstrates no prudent or feasible alternative exists. Exempts from such requirement those properties that no longer meet the criteria within the State Plan or Agenda as an outdoor conservation and recreation facility due to changes in demographics, or that must be abandoned because of environmental contamination which endangers public health and safety.(Sec. 210) Provides that nothing in this title shall affect any State or Federal water law or an interstate compact governing water, alter any allocations of water rights, or create any new water rights.Title III: Wildlife Conservation and Restoration - Amends the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (FAWRA) to require CRAF funds transferred for FAWRA purposes to be deposited in a new subaccount in the FAWRF, to be made available without further appropriation, for apportionment in each fiscal year for State wildlife conservation and restoration programs.(Sec. 304) Sets forth requirements for: (1) apportionment of such subaccount funds; (2) applications for approval of, and development grants for, State wildlife conservation and restoration programs; and (3) coordination. Prohibits such funds from being used for expenses incurred in the administration and execution of programs. Limits to ten percent the use of such funds for wildlife-associated recreation.(Sec. 305) Allows the subaccount funds to be used for a wildlife conservation education program. Exempts education efforts, projects, or programs that promote or encourage opposition to the regulated taking of wildlife.(Sec. 306) Prohibits a State from receiving FAWRA matching funds if it diverts any funds from wildlife conservation purposes.Title IV: Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program Amendments - Amends the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 to make transferred CRAF funds available to the Secretary of the Interior, without further appropriation, to assist local governments in improving their park and recreation systems. Sets forth limits on the use of such funds.(Sec. 404) Provides for the development of new recreation areas and facilities (including the acquisition of lands for such development) under the urban park and recreation recovery program.(Sec. 406) Revises requirements for: (1) Federal assistance grant eligibility; (2) matching grants to local governments for rehabilitation, development, acquisition, and innovation purposes; (3) local park and recreation recovery action programs; (4) State action incentives; and (5) conversion of recreation property for any other purposes other than public recreation purposes.(Sec. 411) Repeals sunset provisions and congressional reporting requirements with respect to: (1) the impact of the urban park and recreation recovery program; and (2) the annual achievements of the innovation grant program.Title V: Historic Preservation Fund - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to provide that amounts transferred from the CRAF each fiscal year shall be deposited into the Historic Preservation Fund to be available without further appropriation to carry out the Act.(Sec. 501) Requires at least one half of the funds obligated or expended each fiscal year under this Act to be used for preservation projects on historic properties (giving priority to the preservation of endangered historic properties).(Sec. 502) Authorizes a State to provide financial assistance to the management entity for any national heritage area or national heritage corridor to support cooperative historic preservation planning and development.Title VI: Federal and Indian Lands Restoration - Makes CRAF funds transferred to the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture available to be used as a dedicated source of funding for a coordinated program on Federal and Indian lands to restore degraded lands, protect resources that are threatened with degradation, and protect public health and safety. Allocates: (1) 60 percent to the Secretary of the Interior for lands within the National Park System, National Wildlife Refuge System, and public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management; (2) 30 percent to the Secretary of Agriculture for lands within the National Forest System; and (3) ten percent to the Secretary of the Interior for competitive grants to qualified Indian tribes (giving priority to projects based upon the protection of significant resources, the severity of damages or threats to resources, and the protection of public health).(Sec. 603) Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) each establish priority lists for the use of funds (giving priority to projects based upon the protection of significant resources, the severity of damages or threats to resources, and the protection of public health or safety); and (2) jointly establish a coordinated program for tracking the progress of activities carried out with amounts made available by this title and determining the extent to which demonstrable results are being achieved.Title VII: Conservation Easements and Endangered and Threatened Species Recovery - Subtitle A: Conservation Easements - Provides that CRAF funds transferred to the Secretary under title V of this Act in a fiscal year shall be available to the Secretary, without further appropriations, to carry out this subtitle.(Sec. 704) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish and carry out a Conservation Easement Program for making grants to State or local governments, Indian tribes, and certain private organizations to provide the Federal share of up to 50 percent of the total cost of purchasing permanent conservation easements in lands with prime, unique, or other productive uses.Subtitle B: Endangered and Threatened Species Recovery - Makes CRAF funds transferred from the CRAF for this title in a fiscal year available to the Secretary of the Interior without further appropriations, in that fiscal year, to provide financial assistance to persons for development and implementation of Endangered and Threatened Species Recovery Agreements entered into under this title. Requires the Secretary to give priority to the development and implementation of Agreements that: (1) implement actions identified under recovery plans approved by the Secretary; (2) have the greatest potential for contributing to the recovery of an endangered or threatened species; and (3) require use of the assistance on land owned by a small landowner or on a family farm by its owner or operator.(Sec. 713) Prohibits the Secretary from providing financial assistance for any action that is required by a permit or an incidental take statement issued under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 or that is otherwise required under Federal law.(Sec. 714) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into such Agreements and sets forth Agreement requirements, including: (1) requiring activities not otherwise mandated by law that contribute to species recovery; and (2) specifying species recovery goals. Requires the Secretary to review Agreements in compliance, periodically monitor the implementation of each Agreement, and disburse financial assistance to implement the Agreement.",2025-08-20T14:18:43Z,
106-hr-3207,106,hr,3207,"Superfund Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1999",Environmental Protection,1999-11-03,1999-11-17,Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.,House,"Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-9]",WI,R,S000244,3,"Superfund Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1999 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to reauthorize, for FY 2000 through 2004, amounts to be made available from the Hazardous Substance Superfund for: (1) the applied research, development, and demonstration for alternative and innovative technologies and training program; (2) hazardous substance research and training; and (3) university hazardous substance research centers.Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to enter into agreements to arrange for the use of other sites appropriate for carrying out hazardous substances research, testing, evaluation, development, and demonstration projects.",2025-08-20T14:19:54Z,