legislation

Congressional bills and resolutions from Congress.gov, filtered to policy areas relevant to environmental, health, agriculture, and wildlife regulation.

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2 rows where bill_type = "hjres", congress = 100 and policy_area = "Environmental Protection" sorted by introduced_date descending

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  • Environmental Protection · 2 ✖

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  • hjres · 2 ✖
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
100-hjres-648 100 hjres 648 A joint resolution to encourage increased international cooperation to protect biological diversity. Environmental Protection 1988-09-08 1988-10-25 Became Public Law No: 100-530. House Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2] RI R S000136 1 (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #334 (398-0)) Calls upon the President to continue exerting U.S. leadership to achieve negotiation of an international convention to preserve biological diversity. Directs the President to report to the Congress on the progress toward such negotiation. 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z  
100-hjres-153 100 hjres 153 A joint resolution to provide for timely issuance of grants and loans by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984 to ensure that eligible local educational agencies can complete asbestos abatement work in school buildings during the 1987 summer school recess. Environmental Protection 1987-02-19 1987-03-17 Became Public Law No: 100-11. House Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] NJ D F000215 9 Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and other involved agencies to ensure that eligible local educational agencies receive financial assistance under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984 in time to complete asbestos abatement work by the end of the 1987 summer school recess. 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z  

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CREATE TABLE legislation (
    bill_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    congress INTEGER,
    bill_type TEXT,
    bill_number INTEGER,
    title TEXT,
    policy_area TEXT,
    introduced_date TEXT,
    latest_action_date TEXT,
    latest_action_text TEXT,
    origin_chamber TEXT,
    sponsor_name TEXT,
    sponsor_state TEXT,
    sponsor_party TEXT,
    sponsor_bioguide_id TEXT,
    cosponsor_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
    summary_text TEXT,
    update_date TEXT,
    url TEXT
);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_congress ON legislation(congress);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_type ON legislation(bill_type);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_policy ON legislation(policy_area);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_date ON legislation(introduced_date);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor ON legislation(sponsor_name);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor_bioguide ON legislation(sponsor_bioguide_id);