legislation

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

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1 row where bill_type = "hres", congress = 96 and policy_area = "Environmental Protection" sorted by introduced_date descending

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  • Environmental Protection · 1 ✖

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  • hres · 1 ✖
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
96-hres-500 96 hres 500 A resolution urging the President to take certain actions with respect to ongoing negotiations to conclude an agreement between the United States and Canada concerning air quality. Environmental Protection 1979-12-04 1979-12-04 Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. House Rep. Marlenee, Ron [R-MT-2] MT R M000139 0 Urges the President to report to Congress on the progress of negotiations entered into with Canada for a cooperative agreement concerning air quality and the prospects for concluding such an agreement. Urges the President to include in such an agreement a provision, in the case of unresolved disputes, for binding arbitration or giving citizens of each nation equal access to the remedies of both nations. 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z  

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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);