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| 113-s-3017 | 113 | s | 3017 | Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-12-12 | 2014-12-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2014 - Provides a categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) for a vegetation management project by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the Forest Service involving removal or treatment of any Pinyon or Juniper tree to conserve or restore the habitat of the greater sage-grouse. (Under NEPA a categorical exclusion is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a federal agency in implementing environmental regulations and for which, therefore, neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is required.) | 2023-01-11T13:25:03Z | |
| 113-hr-5861 | 113 | hr | 5861 | Guarding Our Great Lakes Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-12-11 | 2014-12-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] | MI | R | C000071 | 11 | Guarding Our Great Lakes Act - Requires the Chief of Engineers, the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and each other applicable federal agency to take actions to prevent the transfer of aquatic invasive species, with a focus on Asian carp species, through the Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Illinois River. Directs the Chief to: (1) construct measures to prevent the upstream transfer of swimming aquatic invasive species through the Lock and Dam; and (2) submit a cost estimate for, and schedule for completion of, measures to be constructed. Requires the Director of the USFWS to implement all appropriate measures in compliance with applicable state and federal law around the Lock and Dam to prevent the upstream and downstream transfer of swimming and floating aquatic invasive species, with a focus on Asian carp species. Authorizes the Chief, the Director of the USFWS, and the Director of the USGS to acquire real estate to carry out this Act. Directs the EPA Administrator, acting through the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, to coordinate with the governor of Illinois, the city of Chicago, and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to carry out engineering and construction of flood mitigation and water quality measures on the Chicago Area Waterway System related to permanent prevention of the transfer of aquatic nuisance species between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins. Permits the federal share of the cost of a project to be up to 100%. | 2023-01-11T13:25:10Z | |
| 113-s-3002 | 113 | s | 3002 | Guarding Our Great Lakes Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-12-11 | 2014-12-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] | MI | D | S000770 | 3 | Guarding Our Great Lakes Act - Requires the Chief of Engineers, the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and each other applicable federal agency to take actions to prevent the transfer of aquatic invasive species, with a focus on Asian carp species, through the Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Illinois River. Directs the Chief to: (1) construct measures to prevent the upstream transfer of swimming aquatic invasive species through the Lock and Dam; and (2) submit a cost estimate for, and schedule for completion of, measures to be constructed. Requires the Director of the USFWS to implement all appropriate measures in compliance with applicable state and federal law around the Lock and Dam to prevent the upstream and downstream transfer of swimming and floating aquatic invasive species, with a focus on Asian carp species. Authorizes the Chief, the Director of the USFWS, and the Director of the USGS to acquire real estate to carry out this Act. Directs the EPA Administrator, acting through the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, to coordinate with the governor of Illinois, the city of Chicago, and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to carry out engineering and construction of flood mitigation and water quality measures on the Chicago Area Waterway System related to permanent prevention of the transfer of aquatic nuisance species between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins. Permits the federal share of the cost of a project to be up to 100%. | 2023-01-11T13:25:04Z | |
| 113-hr-5826 | 113 | hr | 5826 | Water Quality Investment Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-12-10 | 2014-12-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] | NJ | D | P000096 | 0 | Water Quality Investment Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize the sewer overflow control grants program through FY2019. Requires a project that receives a grant to be carried out under the same requirements as a project that receives assistance from a state water pollution control revolving fund, unless the state determines the requirements are inconsistent with treating sewer overflow. | 2023-01-11T13:25:12Z | |
| 113-s-2995 | 113 | s | 2995 | Clean Water Compliance and Affordability Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-12-10 | 2014-12-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 1 | Clean Water Compliance and Affordability Act - Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to carry out a pilot program to work with and facilitate the efforts of eligible municipalities to develop and implement integrated plans to meet wastewater and stormwater obligations under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) in a cost-effective and flexible manner and consistent with the Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Approach Framework issued by EPA in May 2012. Directs the EPA to select at least 15 municipalities to participate in the program. Sets forth eligibility and selection factors. Prescribes standards for approval of a municipality's integrated plan under the pilot program. Allows priority to be given to municipalities seeking to develop and implement approaches that adapt to changed or future uncertain circumstances. Authorizes the EPA to: (1) extend the allowable national pollutant discharge elimination system permit term to a maximum of 25 years, (2) modify the implementation terms of a consent decree, and (3) provide additional regulatory flexibility in approving and implementing an integrated plan that includes adaptive approaches. | 2023-01-11T13:25:04Z | |
| 113-hr-5796 | 113 | hr | 5796 | State's Choice Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-12-04 | 2014-12-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] | MD | D | D000620 | 0 | State's Choice Act of 2014 - Requires Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations issued under the Clean Air Act on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from an existing stationary source to give states the option to impose a carbon tax for those emissions instead of, or in conjunction with, applying a standard of performance. Requires the carbon tax to be an excise tax: (1) on emissions of GHGs, or on a fossil fuel based on emissions of any GHG that will result from the use of the fossil fuel; (2) that is no less than 20 per metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2015; and (3) that increases in each subsequent year by no less than 4% above inflation. Requires the EPA to: (1) evaluate a state's carbon tax in 2025 to determine whether the tax and other relevant state measures will achieve by the end of 2030 the goals of the regulation that is replaced by the tax, and (2) require the state to increase the tax if it will not achieve those goals. Prohibits availability of the option to impose a carbon tax to states that: are materially undermining the effectiveness of the tax in decreasing GHG emissions through other policy changes, or that have not complied with any EPA requirement to increase the tax. | 2023-01-11T13:25:14Z | |
| 113-hr-5753 | 113 | hr | 5753 | Drinking Water Protection Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-11-20 | 2014-11-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. | House | Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] | OH | R | L000566 | 2 | Drinking Water Protection Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and submit to Congress a strategic plan for assessing and managing risks associated with cyanotoxins in drinking water provided by public water systems. (Cyanotoxins are naturally occurring toxins produced by cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae.) Requires the plan to include steps and time lines to: evaluate the risk to human health from drinking water contaminated with cyanotoxins; establish, publish, and update a comprehensive list of cyanotoxins that are harmful to human health; summarize the known adverse human health effects of cyanotoxins and the factors that cause cyanobacteria to grow rapidly and make toxins; determine whether to publish health advisories for harmful cyanotoxins and establish relevant guidance; recommend feasible treatment options; and enter into cooperative agreements with, and provide technical assistance to, affected states and public water systems to manage risks associated with cyanotoxins. | 2023-01-11T13:25:20Z | |
| 113-hr-5764 | 113 | hr | 5764 | Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-11-20 | 2014-12-10 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] | OH | R | J000295 | 21 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative for FY2015-FY2019. Requires that the Initiative carry out programs and projects for Great Lakes protection and restoration. Directs the Initiative to prioritize programs and projects, including: the remediation of toxic substances and areas of concern; the prevention and control of invasive species and their impacts; the protection and restoration of near-shore health and the prevention and mitigation of nonpoint source pollution (water pollution that comes from many diffuse sources, such as pollution on the ground picked up by rain or snow); habitat and wildlife protection and restoration; and accountability, monitoring, evaluation, communication, and partnership activities. Prohibits funding made available to implement the Initiative from being used for any water infrastructure activity (other than a green infrastructure project that improves habitat and other ecosystem functions in the Great Lakes) for which funding is made available under the clean water or drinking water state revolving fund program. Requires federal agencies to maintain the base level of funding for their Great Lakes activities without regard to funding under the Initiative and identify new activities to support the environmental goals of the Initiative. | 2023-01-11T13:25:15Z | |
| 113-s-2963 | 113 | s | 2963 | A bill to remove a limitation on a prohibition relating to permits for discharges incidental to normal operation of vessels. | Environmental Protection | 2014-11-20 | 2014-12-04 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 613. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 14 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Makes permanent a provision which prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) for a vessel that is less than 79 feet in length or a fishing vessel for any discharge: (1) of effluent from properly functioning marine engines; (2) of laundry, shower, and galley sink wastes; or (3) that is incidental to the normal operation of those vessels. (Currently, the prohibition is temporary and the time period in which the EPA is prohibited from requiring a NPDES permit ends on December 18, 2014. This prohibition does not apply with respect to garbage discharged overboard, other discharges when the vessel is operating in a capacity other than as a means of transportation, discharges of ballast water held in ships to increase stability, or any discharge that contributes to a violation of a water quality standard or poses an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment.) | 2023-01-11T13:25:05Z | |
| 113-s-2943 | 113 | s | 2943 | A bill to amend Public Law 110-299 to extend the time period during which permits are not required for certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels. | Environmental Protection | 2014-11-19 | 2014-11-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] | FL | R | R000595 | 6 | Extends the time period during which both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and any state with a state permit program are prohibited from requiring a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) for a vessel that is less than 79 feet in length or a fishing vessel for any discharge: (1) of effluent from properly functioning marine engines, or of laundry, shower, and galley sink wastes; or (2) that is incidental to the normal operation of those vessels. Ends the prohibition on December 18, 2015, instead of December 18, 2014. (This prohibition does not apply with respect to garbage discharged overboard, other discharges when the vessel is operating in a capacity other than as a means of transportation, ballast water [water held in ships to increase stability] discharges, or any discharge that contributes to a violation of a water quality standard or poses an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment.) | 2023-01-11T13:25:19Z | |
| 113-hr-5733 | 113 | hr | 5733 | Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-11-18 | 2014-11-18 | Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] | CA | D | H001068 | 3 | Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to calculate a carbon score for legislation. Requires the score to include projected net greenhouse gas emissions that would result from enactment and implementation of a bill or resolution and the appropriation of any amounts authorized in the legislation. Directs CBO to include the carbon score when carrying out provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 requiring a cost estimate for each bill or resolution reported by any congressional committee except the appropriations committees. | 2023-01-11T13:25:21Z | |
| 113-hr-5534 | 113 | hr | 5534 | Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. | House | Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] | NY | D | T000469 | 1 | Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2014 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize, revise, and increase funding for the drinking water state revolving fund (SRF) for FY2015-FY2017. (The Drinking Water SRF program awards capitalization grants to states, which in turn provide financial assistance to public water systems for infrastructure improvements.) Expands the list of activities for which the SRF may be used and revises the process for prioritizing applications for SRF funds. Sets forth requirements concerning SRF funded projects using goods produced in the United States and giving prevailing wages to laborers and mechanics. Revises requirements for state Intended Use Plans for SRF funds, in part by requiring the plans to list systems that are not in compliance with national primary drinking water regulation and reserve a specified amount of funding for assistance for disadvantaged communities. Raises the cap on SRF funding that may be used for projects in American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. Repeals requirements for regulations on variance technologies. Repeals state authority to grant variances for compliance with a drinking water regulation requirement specifying a maximum contaminant level or treatment technique. Directs the EPA to: study the presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in drinking water sources, establish requirements for electronic submission of compliance monitoring data by public water systems, collect data on best practices for administration of SRF programs, and implement a voluntary certification program for effective water loss and leak control technology. Reauthorizes a program to provide technical assistance to enable small public water systems to achieve and maintain compliance with applicable national primary drinking water regulations for FY2015-FY2019. | 2023-01-11T13:25:35Z | |
| 113-hr-5631 | 113 | hr | 5631 | To authorize the Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18] | FL | D | M001191 | 10 | Authorizes funding for environmental restoration activities of the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) in Florida as part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan if the Army Corps of Engineers gives approval by December 30, 2015. | 2023-01-11T13:25:32Z | |
| 113-hr-5665 | 113 | hr | 5665 | Clear the Air with Congress Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14] | TX | R | W000814 | 7 | Clear the Air with Congress Act of 2014 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to submit to Congress a report, made available to the public, before issuing any rule proposing a new or revised: (1) primary national ambient air quality (NAAQ) standard for ozone (for pollutants considered harmful to public health), or (2) secondary NAAQ standard for ozone (for pollutants considered harmful to public welfare). Requires the report to contain: the proposed standard (in parts per million), all scientific and technical data relied upon to support the proposed standard in a manner sufficient for independent analysis and substantial reproduction of results, a description of all technologies and strategies that may be utilized to achieve the standard and their costs, an economic impact analysis estimating the total costs of the standard, a list of each U.S. area of the United States that would exceed the standard for ozone and thereby receive a nonattainment designation for ozone under the Act, and an identification of the level of ground level ozone in each U.S. county that is naturally occurring or produced outside of the United States. Requires the EPA to consider the cost and economic and technological feasibility of attaining the standard when establishing a NAAQ standard for ozone. Prohibits a NAAQ standard for ozone from taking effect unless a federal statute is enacted approving it. | 2023-01-11T13:25:31Z | |
| 113-s-2861 | 113 | s | 2861 | A bill to authorize the Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] | FL | D | N000032 | 1 | Authorizes funding for environmental restoration activities of the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) in Florida as part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan if the Army Corps of Engineers gives approval by December 30, 2015. | 2023-01-11T13:25:26Z | |
| 113-s-2905 | 113 | s | 2905 | Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. | Senate | Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] | VT | I | S000033 | 0 | Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to calculate a carbon score for legislation. Requires the score to include projected net greenhouse gas emissions that would result from enactment and implementation of a bill or resolution and the appropriation of any amounts authorized in the legislation. Directs CBO to include the carbon score when carrying out provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 requiring a cost estimate for each bill or resolution reported by any congressional committee except the appropriations committees. | 2023-01-11T13:25:24Z | |
| 113-s-2911 | 113 | s | 2911 | Super Pollutants Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-09-18 | 2014-12-02 | Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-796. | Senate | Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] | CT | D | M001169 | 11 | Super Pollutants Act of 2014 - Establishes requirements for agencies to evaluate, mitigate, reduce, and report on the following short-lived climate pollutant emissions (non-carbon dioxide pollutants that contribute to global warming even though they stay in the atmosphere for only a short time): black carbon (soot emissions that absorb sunlight, reduce the reflectivity of snow and ice when deposited on them, and generate heat), methane, and high global warming potential hydrofluorocarbons (high-GWP HFC). Requires the President to establish the Interagency Task Force on Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Mitigation to address these pollutants through an action plan. Directs the Department of State to develop a comprehensive plan to reduce black carbon emissions from international shipping. Requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to prioritize black carbon mitigation activities as part of aid distribution activities. Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate the availability of high-GWP HFC alternatives. Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the manufacture of any uncharged hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 air-conditioning condensing equipment for residential use. Requires the EPA to determine whether the sale of R-134a automotive air-conditioning recharge kits to consumers represents an environmentally significant source of high-GWP HFC emissions. Requires the State Department, the DOE, the EPA, and the Department of Commerce to provide other countries with technical guidance on containing emissions from gas drilling, landfills, coal mining, and agriculture. Directs the EPA to establish an inspection and maintenance program for equipment that has high leak rates of methane gas. | 2023-01-11T13:25:24Z | |
| 113-sres-574 | 113 | sres | 574 | A resolution designating the week of September 20 through September 27, 2014, as "National Estuaries Week". | Environmental Protection | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-18 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5880; text as passed Senate: CR S5800) | Senate | Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] | RI | D | W000802 | 27 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the week of September 20-September 27, 2014, as National Estuaries Week. Acknowledges the importance of estuaries to sustaining employment in the United States and the nation's economic well-being and prosperity.Expresses the intent of the Senate to continue working to understand, protect, and restore U.S. estuaries. | 2022-03-03T21:27:53Z | |
| 113-hr-5505 | 113 | hr | 5505 | Clean Air, Strong Economies Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] | TX | R | O000168 | 30 | Clean Air, Strong Economies Act - Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from lowering its national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone until at least 85% of counties that are in nonattainment areas (counties that are exceeding the limit) have attained the standard. Requires the EPA, in promulgating a primary or secondary NAAQS for ozone, to: only consider a county to be a nonattainment area on the basis of direct air quality monitoring (rather than modeling); take into consideration feasibility and cost; and include in the regulatory impact analysis for the proposed and final rule at least one analysis that does not include any calculation of benefits resulting from reducing emissions of any pollutant other than ozone. | 2023-01-11T13:25:36Z | |
| 113-hr-5516 | 113 | hr | 5516 | Protecting Our Great Lakes Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] | OH | R | L000566 | 1 | Protecting Our Great Lakes Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit any discharge of dredged material into waters within Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake St. Clair, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, and Lake Superior lakeward from a line drawn across the mouth of tributaries to the Lakes. Includes within the area protected from discharges all waters enclosed by constructed breakwaters (barriers built in a body of water to break the force of waves and protect surrounding land). Excludes connecting channels from the protected area. Requires any dredged material resulting from activity in the Great Lakes System to be reused in beneficial ways on land or disposed of in a confined land- or water-based disposal area determined to be economically and environmentally viable by the Army Corps of Engineers in consultation with concerned states. Treats violators of the prohibition as having violated a condition or limitation set forth in a permit to discharge dredged or fill material into waters of the United States. | 2023-01-11T13:25:36Z | |
| 113-s-2833 | 113 | s | 2833 | CASE Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] | SD | R | T000250 | 14 | Clean Air, Strong Economies Act or the CASE Act - Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from lowering its existing national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) until at least 85% of counties that are in nonattainment areas (counties that are exceeding the limit) have attained the standard. Requires the EPA, in promulgating a primary or secondary NAAQS for ozone, to: only consider a county to be a nonattainment area on the basis of direct air quality monitoring (rather than modeling); take into consideration feasibility and cost; and include in the regulatory impact analysis for the proposed and final rule at least one analysis that does not include any calculation of benefits resulting from reducing emissions of any pollutant other than ozone. | 2023-01-11T13:25:27Z | |
| 113-hr-5456 | 113 | hr | 5456 | Great Lakes and Fresh Water Algal Bloom Information Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-09-11 | 2014-09-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] | OH | R | L000566 | 11 | Great Lakes and Fresh Water Algal Bloom Information Act - Requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to create an online database of research and information on the causes and corrective actions being taken with regard to algal blooms in the Great Lakes, their tributaries, and other surface fresh waters. Requires NOAA to include relevant chemical, physical, and biological data that have been collected by an accredited university, association or organization, research group, federal agency, state, or local government in the United States or Canada. Declares that this Act does not grant NOAA any new authority, including the authority to require submission of data. | 2023-01-11T13:25:37Z | |
| 113-s-2797 | 113 | s | 2797 | Clean Water Affordability Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-09-11 | 2014-09-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 0 | Clean Water Affordability Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to revise and reauthorize through FY2019 a grant program to intercept, transport, control, or treat combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and sanitary sewer overflows. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a comprehensive and integrated planning approach to the obligations under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) of a publicly owned treatment work (POTW) or a publicly owned municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4). Allows approval of a NPDES permit under a state-administered program with a term of between 5 and 25 years if a POTW or MS4 has an integrated plan approved under this Act. Requires the EPA to: (1) amend the CSO control policy to allow a POTW with an approved long-term control plan to modify the plan to incorporate green infrastructure and energy-efficient technologies if they are cost-effective, and (2) allow a POTW 30 years to meet compliance obligations under a modified plan. Requires the EPA to: (1) promote the use of green infrastructure in permitting programs, planning efforts, research, technical assistance, and funding guidance; and (2) establish a voluntary green infrastructure portfolio standard to increase the percentage of annual water managed by eligible entities that use green infrastructure. Requires the EPA to update the guidance entitled "Combined Sewer Overflows - Guidance for Financial Capability Assessment and Schedule Development" to ensure that the evaluations of financial capability assessment and schedule development meet specified criteria. | 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z | |
| 113-s-2798 | 113 | s | 2798 | Great Lakes and Fresh Water Algal Bloom Information Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-09-11 | 2014-09-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] | OH | R | P000449 | 1 | Great Lakes and Fresh Water Algal Bloom Information Act - Requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to create an online database of research and information on the causes and corrective actions being taken with regard to algal blooms in the Great Lakes, their tributaries, and other surface fresh waters. Requires NOAA to include relevant chemical, physical, and biological data that have been collected by an accredited university, association or organization, research group, federal agency, state, or local government in the United States or Canada. Declares that this Act does not authorize NOAA to require the submission of additional data. | 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z | |
| 113-hr-5439 | 113 | hr | 5439 | Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-09-10 | 2014-09-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. | House | Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] | OH | D | K000009 | 16 | Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2014 - Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and publish within 90 days a health advisory including recommendations on: (1) the level of microcystins (toxins produced by freshwater cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae) in drinking water that is safe for human consumption; (2) feasible treatment techniques and other means for achieving a safe level; and (3) standardized procedures for testing for microcystins in drinking water. Directs the EPA, until it makes a determination on whether to regulate microcystins in drinking water, to report within 120 days and every year thereafter on: (1) the status of the determination, (2) the steps taken by the EPA to promote testing of drinking water for microcystins in areas that have been affected by harmful algal blooms, and (3) an analysis of available treatment techniques and other means for addressing microcystins in drinking water. | 2023-01-11T13:25:38Z | |
| 113-s-2785 | 113 | s | 2785 | Safe and Secure Drinking Water Protection Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-09-10 | 2014-12-11 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Safe and Secure Drinking Water Protection Act of 2014 - Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and publish within 180 days a health advisory including recommendations on: (1) the level of Microcystins (toxins produced by freshwater cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae) in drinking water that is safe for human consumption; (2) feasible treatment techniques and other means for achieving a safe level; and (3) standardized procedures for testing for Microcystins in drinking water. Directs the EPA to report with 180 days and every year thereafter on: (1) the status of the determination, (2) the steps taken by the EPA to promote testing of drinking water for Microcystins in areas that have been affected by harmful algal blooms, and (3) an analysis of available treatment techniques and other means for addressing Microcystins in drinking water. | 2023-01-11T13:25:06Z | |
| 113-hr-5329 | 113 | hr | 5329 | Accountable Recovery Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11] | TX | R | C001062 | 7 | Accountable Recovery Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to direct the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce as appropriate to make recovery plans for the conservation and survival of a species publicly available at the time of a determination that the species is endangered or threatened. Requires the plans to incorporate objective numerical recovery goals for removal of species from the endangered and threatened species list. Gives the appropriate Secretary 30 days to deny a petition stating that the numerical recovery goal has been achieved for a species. Removes a species from the endangered and threatened species list if the Secretary has not acted on a petition. | 2023-01-11T13:25:52Z | |
| 113-hr-5350 | 113 | hr | 5350 | Infection Reduction Labeling Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-31 | 2014-09-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] | OH | R | L000566 | 1 | Infection Reduction Labeling Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to authorize solid antimicrobial copper alloys, and products made from such alloys, to be marketed, distributed, or sold with labels about their infection reduction and control efficacy if the antimicrobial claims made on the label are consistent with the results of federally-funded clinical trials finding: (1) greater than 25% reductions in infection rate or 50% reductions in microbial burden, or (2) statistically significant reductions in infection rate or microbial burden. Waives alloys from requirements to submit or review efficacy data related to the antimicrobial claims if the claims are consistent with the results of the trials. Sets forth an alternative process to modify the labeling of an alloy. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude a product that is made from the alloy and has the antimicrobial labeling from regulation and treatment as a drug or device . | 2023-01-11T13:25:51Z | |
| 113-hr-5356 | 113 | hr | 5356 | Preventing the EPA from Garnishing Wages Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-31 | 2014-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. | House | Rep. McAllister, Vance M. [R-LA-5] | LA | R | M001192 | 0 | Preventing the EPA from Garnishing Wages Act of 2014 - Eliminates the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to garnish wages for a debt owed under programs it administers. | 2023-01-11T13:25:51Z | |
| 113-hr-5358 | 113 | hr | 5358 | To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify that no Federal agency shall be required to consider the social cost of carbon as a condition of compliance with such Act, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-31 | 2014-08-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. | House | Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] | WV | R | M001180 | 0 | Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to prohibit a federal agency from being required to consider the social cost of carbon (an estimate of the monetized damages associated with an incremental increase in carbon dioxide emissions in a given year) as part of any cost-benefit or regulatory analysis of any program, project, activity, or administrative action of the agency as a condition of compliance with NEPA. | 2023-01-11T13:25:51Z | |
| 113-hr-5359 | 113 | hr | 5359 | Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act of 2013 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-31 | 2014-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] | CA | D | M001166 | 1 | Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act of 2013 - Allows the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate an area as an air and health quality empowerment zone if the air pollution control district or other local governmental entity (area entity) authorized to regulate air quality for the area nominates the area for the designation and the area meets the following criteria: it has been designated as being in extreme nonattainment of the national ambient air quality standard for ozone and in nonattainment of the national ambient air quality standard for PM2.5 (particulate matter diameter); it had nitrogen oxide emissions from farm equipment, emissions of volatile organic compounds from farming, or nitrogen oxide emissions from sources governed primarily through international law in excess of specified amounts; it meets or exceeds the national average per capita incidence of asthma; it experiences unemployment rates higher than the national average; and the area entity will provide matching contributions of federal funds toward the activities to be carried out under the area's strategic plan to address air quality challenges, achieve attainment of air quality standards, and improve the health of the population in the area. Makes the effective period of area designation the shorter of 10 years or the period ending with revocation by the EPA. Authorizes grants for carrying out an area's strategic plan. | 2023-01-11T13:25:51Z | |
| 113-hr-5363 | 113 | hr | 5363 | W21 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-31 | 2014-09-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. | House | Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | N000179 | 24 | Water in the 21st Century Act or W21 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services. Requires the EPA to identify other voluntary approaches to encourage recycling and reuse technologies to improve water efficiency or lower water use and to implement those approaches, if appropriate. Establishes a State Residential Water Efficiency and Conservation Incentives Program to provide financial incentives for consumers to purchase and install products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services labeled under the WaterSense program. Requires the EPA to make grants to owners or operators of water systems to address, mitigate, and adapt to any ongoing or forecasted impact of climate change on a region's water quality or quantity. Authorizes the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for water recycling, water infrastructure, enhanced energy efficiency in water systems, desalination projects, permanent water storage, and integrated water management in specified states. Authorizes the transfer of title to nonfederal entities of reclamation projects in need of rehabilitation that are authorized before enactment of this Act under certain conditions. Requires the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish an open water data system. Reauthorizes the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 and the Water Desalination Act of 1996 through FY2020. Requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, after receiving a request from a nonfederal sponsor, to review the operation of a reservoir and update the water control manual to incorporate improved weather and runoff forecasting methods, if appropriate. Directs the EPA to develop voluntary national drought resilience guidelines relating to preparedness planning and investments for water users and providers. Requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to prepare a salmon drought plan for California. | 2023-01-11T13:25:51Z | |
| 113-s-2729 | 113 | s | 2729 | Private Landowner Protection Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] | AR | D | P000590 | 1 | Private Landowner Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to exclude an area from designation as a critical habitat to conserve an endangered or threatened species if the benefits of exclusion outweigh the benefits of including the area, unless the failure to designate the area as critical habitat will result in the extinction of the species. Requires the appropriate department to make available for public comment with any proposed rule to designate a critical habitat an analysis that: (1) examines the economic effects of all actions that are related to a critical habitat designation or the protection of the species, (2) is quantitative and qualitative, and (3) examines the incremental effects of the critical habitat designation and the cumulative economic effects of both the critical habitat designation and the listing determination. Prohibits the analysis from effecting the determination to list a species. Applies the requirements to any critical habitat designation proposed or promulgated on or after October 30, 2013. Requires any designation finalized on or after that date to be reopened for analysis within 30 days of this Act's enactment. | 2023-01-11T13:25:43Z | |
| 113-s-2748 | 113 | s | 2748 | Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | UT | R | L000577 | 0 | Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party. | 2023-01-11T13:25:43Z | |
| 113-s-2752 | 113 | s | 2752 | Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | UT | R | L000577 | 0 | Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to require the Secretary of the Interior to make available online a searchable database detailing federal expenditures for civil actions brought under the ESA containing claims that are based on the actions of the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, or the Southeastern Power Administration. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress including this information. | 2023-01-11T13:25:43Z | |
| 113-s-2771 | 113 | s | 2771 | Water in the 21st Century Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 2 | Water in the 21st Century Act or W21 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services. Requires the EPA to identify other voluntary approaches to encourage recycling and reuse technologies to improve water efficiency or lower water use and to implement those approaches, if appropriate. Establishes a State Residential Water Efficiency and Conservation Incentives Program to provide financial incentives for consumers to purchase and install products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services labeled under the WaterSense program. Requires the EPA to make grants to owners or operators of water systems to address, mitigate, and adapt to any ongoing or forecasted impact of climate change on a region's water quality or quantity. Authorizes the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for water recycling, water infrastructure, enhanced energy efficiency in water systems, desalination projects, permanent water storage, and integrated water management in specified states. Authorizes the transfer of title to nonfederal entities of reclamation projects in need of rehabilitation that are authorized before enactment of this Act under certain conditions. Requires the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish an open water data system. Reauthorizes the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 and the Water Desalination Act of 1996 through FY2020. Requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, after receiving a request from a nonfederal sponsor, to review the operation of a reservoir and update the water control manual to incorporate improved weather and runoff forecasting methods, if appropriate. Directs the EPA to develop voluntary national drought resilience guidelines relating to preparedness planning and investments for water users and providers. Requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to prepare a salmon drought plan for California. | 2023-01-11T13:25:42Z | |
| 113-hr-5266 | 113 | hr | 5266 | To reauthorize the National Estuary Programs, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-30 | 2014-11-13 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2] | NJ | R | L000554 | 4 | Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize and revise the National Estuary Program for FY2014-FY2018. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to make competitive awards to address urgent and challenging issues that threaten the economic and ecological well-being of coastal areas, including: extensive seagrass habitat losses, recurring harmful algae blooms, unusual marine mammal mortalities, invasive exotic species, jellyfish proliferation limiting community access to water during peak tourism seasons, flooding which may be related to sea level rise or wetland degradation or loss, or low dissolved oxygen conditions in estuarine waters. | 2023-01-11T13:25:23Z | |
| 113-hr-5271 | 113 | hr | 5271 | Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-30 | 2014-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] | MD | D | V000128 | 15 | Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Department of the Treasury to establish for 2015 and thereafter a carbon trading program that caps the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from crude oil, coal, and natural gas by requiring crude oil refineries, petroleum importers, coal mines, and natural gas suppliers or processors to purchase carbon permits. Establishes a declining cap on the quantity of permits issued to reduce CO2 emissions until they are reduced to 80% below 2005 levels by 2050. Sets forth provisions concerning compliance with permit obligations, issuance of permits for carbon capture and sequestration, and permit auctioning, trading, banking, and borrowing. Establishes the Healthy Climate Trust Fund and appropriates auction proceeds and penalty payments to it. Returns Trust Fund amounts not used for administrative expenses (as a fraction of auction proceeds) to individuals with a valid Social Security number in the form of Healthy Climate Dividend Payments. Requires the Department of the Treasury to: (1) impose carbon equivalency fees to be collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on imports of carbon-intensive goods, and (2) give payments to exporters of comparable domestically produced carbon-intensive goods. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish a rule listing greenhouse gases (GHGs) that includes anthropogenically emitted (caused by human activity) gases that contribute to global warming but excludes CO2 emitted by the combustion of crude oil, coal, and natural gas and gases attributable to the production of animals for food. Directs the EPA to promulgate regulations to reduce such non-auction GHGs and ensure the regulation of all sources of them within 10 years. | 2023-01-11T13:25:55Z | |
| 113-hr-5283 | 113 | hr | 5283 | Land-Based Marine Debris Reduction Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-30 | 2014-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. | House | Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17] | CA | D | H001034 | 7 | Land-Based Marine Debris Reduction Act - Declares national goals of: (1) no increase in the generation of solid waste sent to landfills, (2) recycling of at least 50% of the municipal solid waste stream by the end of 2020 and 65% by the end of 2030, and (3) no increase in the flow of marine debris into the ocean. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to report on: (1) municipal solid waste generation, waste management methods, and progress in meeting the goals; (2) leakage paths of marine debris into the ocean; and (3) landfill closures. Directs the EPA to develop a list of categories of commonly used products and packaging that are discarded into the municipal solid waste stream and determine with respect to the products or packaging in each category: (1) the percentage of recovered materials used in their manufacture; (2) the source reduction and recovery efficiency; (3) the percentage that is recycled upon discard and the percentage that is littered; and (4) the life cycle environmental effects associated with them, compared to alternatives. Requires the EPA to identify categories to be targeted for regulatory action. Authorizes regulations requiring manufacturers to use recovered materials in the product or packaging. Directs the EPA and the Department of Commerce to develop a voluntary system of packaging standards with respect to materials contained within the packaging and the recyclability of the packaging upon discard. Requires the standard to provide that packaging that meets the standards be eligible to use a label indicating compliance for promotional and educational purposes. | 2023-01-11T13:25:54Z | |
| 113-hr-5289 | 113 | hr | 5289 | Indian River Lagoon Nutrient Removal Assistance Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-30 | 2014-07-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18] | FL | D | M001191 | 0 | Indian River Lagoon Nutrient Removal Assistance Act of 2014 - Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an Indian River Lagoon Nutrient Removal Assistance Grant Program to assist projects related to the protection and restoration of the Indian River Lagoon in Florida. Directs the EPA to issue regulations regarding grant selection criteria that prioritize projects that: (1) produce the greatest nutrient load reductions, (2) result in the greatest environmental benefits to the Lagoon, and (3) advance the goals and objectives of the comprehensive and management plan for the Indian River Lagoon approved under the National Estuary program of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act). Requires the EPA to issue regulations to increase by 5% each civil penalty amount established for a violation of the Clean Water Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish an Indian River Lagoon Nutrient Removal Assistance Trust Fund for the Program. Requires an amount equal to the increase in civil penalties to be transferred to the Fund. | 2023-01-11T13:25:54Z | |
| 113-hr-5300 | 113 | hr | 5300 | EPA Regulatory Domestic Benefit Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-30 | 2014-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] | MO | R | W000812 | 10 | The EPA Regulatory Domestic Benefit Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing, implementing, and enforcing any proposed or final rule addressing emissions of carbon dioxide from any new or existing source that is an electric utility generating unit unless the regulatory impact analysis for the rule primarily considers, and separately reports on, the domestic benefits of the rule. Nullifies the following proposed rules: (1) Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units, and (2) Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. | 2023-01-11T13:25:54Z | |
| 113-hr-5216 | 113 | hr | 5216 | Columbia River Basin Restoration Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-28 | 2014-07-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] | OR | D | B000574 | 2 | Columbia River Basin Restoration Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a Columbia River Basin Restoration Program to reduce toxic contamination and clean up contaminated sites. Requires the program to be collaborative and stakeholder-based. Requires the EPA to: (1) assess trends in water quality and toxic contamination or toxics reduction; (2) collect, characterize and assess data on toxics and water quality to identify possible causes of environmental problems; (3) update the Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction Plan (Action Plan) and the Estuary Partnership Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (Estuary Plan) and ensure that the plans form a coherent toxic contamination reduction strategy; and (4) provide technical assistance in implementing and updating the Action Plan. Directs the EPA to establish a Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction Working Group to: (1) participate in developing updates to the Action Plan, (2) recommend and prioritize projects and actions for the Action Plan, and (3) review progress made. Requires the Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership to perform those duties and fulfill those responsibilities of the Working Group relating to the Lower Columbia River Estuary. Requires the EPA to establish a Columbia River Basin toxics grant program to provide funding to develop or implement projects to implement the Action Plan and the Estuary Plan. | 2023-01-11T13:25:56Z | |
| 113-s-2674 | 113 | s | 2674 | Columbia River Basin Restoration Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-28 | 2014-07-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] | OR | D | M001176 | 3 | Columbia River Basin Restoration Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a Columbia River Basin Restoration Program to reduce toxic contamination and clean up contaminated sites. Requires the program to be collaborative and stakeholder-based. Requires the EPA to: (1) assess trends in water quality and toxic contamination or toxics reduction; (2) collect, characterize and assess data on toxics and water quality to identify possible causes of environmental problems; (3) update the Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction Plan (Action Plan) and the Estuary Partnership Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (Estuary Plan) and ensure that the plans form a coherent toxic contamination reduction strategy; and (4) provide technical assistance in implementing and updating the Action Plan. Directs the EPA to establish a Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction Working Group to: (1) participate in developing updates to the Action Plan, (2) recommend and prioritize projects and actions for the Action Plan, and (3) review progress made. Requires the Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership to perform those duties and fulfill those responsibilities of the Working Group relating to the Lower Columbia River Estuary. Requires the EPA to establish a Columbia River Basin toxics grant program to provide funding to develop or implement projects to implement the Action Plan and the Estuary Plan. | 2023-01-11T13:25:45Z | |
| 113-sres-524 | 113 | sres | 524 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding global climate change. | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-28 | 2014-07-28 | Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4999) | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 24 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that global climate change is occurring and will continue to pose ongoing risks and challenges to the United States. | 2023-01-11T13:25:41Z | |
| 113-hr-5189 | 113 | hr | 5189 | Energy and Water Research Integration Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-24 | 2014-07-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. | House | Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] | TX | D | J000126 | 1 | Energy and Water Research Integration Act of 2014 - Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to integrate water considerations into its energy research, development, and demonstration programs and projects by: (1) advancing energy and energy efficiency technologies and practices that meet the objectives of minimizing freshwater withdrawal and consumption, increasing water use efficiency, and utilizing nontraditional water sources with efforts to improve the quality of the water from those sources; (2) considering the effects climate variability may have on water supplies and quality for energy generation and fuel production; and (3) improving the understanding of the energy required to provide reliable water supplies and the water required to provide reliable energy supplies. Directs DOE to develop and update every five years a strategic plan to carry out the integration. Requires DOE to establish an Energy-Water Subcommittee of the Energy Advisory Board to promote and enable improved energy and water resource data collection, reporting, and technological innovation. Prohibits this Act from being construed to require state, tribal, or local governments to take any action that may result in an increased financial burden by restricting their water use. | 2023-01-11T13:25:57Z | |
| 113-s-2656 | 113 | s | 2656 | Protecting America's Families from Toxic Chemicals Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-24 | 2014-07-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] | OR | D | M001176 | 0 | Protecting America's Families from Toxic Chemicals Act of 2014 - Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish criteria to identify chemical substances: (1) that are persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic, or are transformed through metabolism or environmental degradation into chemical substances that have those characteristics; and (2) for which there is evidence of exposure or likely exposure to humans or the environment. Directs the EPA to publish a list of the chemical substances that meet those criteria within 180 days of the rule being finalized and update the list at least every three years. Lists chemical substances that are considered to have met the criteria on the basis of existing evidence, including asbestos, lead, and mercury. Requires the EPA to: (1) identify uses of each substance that are allowed until they are phased out; and (2) phase out the manufacture, processing, and distribution of listed chemicals within five years. Authorizes the EPA to allow the manufacturing, processing, and distribution of a listed chemical substance if it determines that the use is a critical and essential use and there is no discernible exposure to humans or the environment. Limits the exemption to a renewable or revisable term of five years. Requires the EPA to determine whether each new chemical substance subject to notice and testing requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act meets the criteria for a listing as persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic during the period of notice review. | 2023-01-11T13:25:46Z | |
| 113-sres-512 | 113 | sres | 512 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the Environmental Protection Agency and the proposed rules and guidelines relating to carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-23 | 2014-07-23 | Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4770) | Senate | Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] | LA | R | V000127 | 31 | Urges the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw the proposed rules entitled: (1) "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Generating Units," and (2) "Carbon Pollution Standards for Modified and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Generating Units." | 2023-01-11T13:25:42Z | |
| 113-s-2635 | 113 | s | 2635 | 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-22 | 2014-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4707) | Senate | Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] | TX | R | C001056 | 5 | 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species. Prohibits the Secretary from making the information publicly available when: (1) the public disclosure of the information is prohibited by state law relating to the protection of personal information, and (2) the state makes a request to the Secretary to withhold the information. | 2023-01-11T13:25:46Z | |
| 113-hr-5150 | 113 | hr | 5150 | WaterSense Efficiency, Conservation, and Adaptation Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-17 | 2014-07-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] | CA | D | M001166 | 0 | WaterSense Efficiency, Conservation, and Adaptation Act of 2014 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services so as to: reduce water use; reduce the strain on water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure; conserve energy used to pump, heat, transport, and treat water; and preserve water resources through the voluntary labeling of, or other forms of communications about, products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services that meet the highest water efficiency and performance criteria. Requires the Administrator of EPA to identify other voluntary approaches to encourage recycling and reuse technologies to improve water efficiency or lower water use and to implement those approaches, if appropriate.Establishes a State Residential Water Efficiency and Conservation Incentives Program to provide financial incentives for consumers to purchase and install products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services labeled under the WaterSense program. Requires the Administrator to make grants to owners or operators of water systems to address, mitigate, and adapt to address any ongoing or forecasted impact of climate change on the water quality or quantity of a U.S. region. | 2023-01-11T13:25:58Z | |
| 113-s-2630 | 113 | s | 2630 | State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-17 | 2014-07-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] | WY | R | E000285 | 4 | State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, to provide to affected states all data that is used as the basis of a determination on whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species before making a determination. Requires the appropriate Secretary to use data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government in making such a determination. | 2023-01-11T13:25:46Z | |
| 113-s-2613 | 113 | s | 2613 | Secret Science Reform Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-16 | 2014-07-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | WY | R | B001261 | 7 | Secret Science Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating a covered action unless all scientific and technical information relied on to support such action is specifically identified and publicly available in a manner sufficient for independent analysis and substantial reproduction of research results. Defines "covered action" as a risk, exposure, or hazard assessment, criteria document, standard, limitation, regulation, regulatory impact analysis, or guidance. | 2023-01-11T13:25:47Z | |
| 113-hr-5117 | 113 | hr | 5117 | Estuary Urgent Needs Priority Program Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-15 | 2014-07-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] | FL | R | P000599 | 1 | Estuary Urgent Needs Priority Program Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to revise the National Estuary Program by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make competitive awards to address urgent and challenging issues that threaten the economic and ecological well-being of coastal areas, including extensive seagrass habitat losses, recurring harmful algae blooms, unusual marine mammal mortalities, invasive exotic species, and jellyfish proliferation limiting community access to water during peak tourism seasons. Requires the EPA to give priority to national estuary programs that are not part of the Geographic Programs as described in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. | 2023-01-11T13:25:59Z | |
| 113-hr-5077 | 113 | hr | 5077 | Coal Jobs Protection Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-11 | 2014-09-18 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 449. | House | Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] | WV | R | C001047 | 9 | Coal Jobs Protection Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to revise the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state acting pursuant to an equivalent approved state program (permitting authority) from basing a determination on whether to approve a permit for discharges from a point source (a source of water pollution that comes from a single, discrete place, such as a pipe) on the permit applicant's adherence to guidance issued by the EPA. Authorizes an applicant, if the permitting authority does not approve or deny a substantially complete application for a new permit within 270 days after the date of receipt of an application, to discharge as if the application were approved. Prohibits the EPA from disapproving or withdrawing approval of a state permit program under NPDES, or limiting financial assistance for the program, based on: (1) the failure of the program to incorporate or comply with EPA guidance, or (2) the implementation of a water quality standard that has been adopted by the state and approved by the EPA. Prohibits the EPA from objecting or denying the issuance of a NPDES permit by a state based on EPA guidance or the EPA's interpretation of a water quality standard that has been adopted by the state and approved by the EPA. (Sec. 3) Establishes deadlines for completing environmental assessments or environmental impact statements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) if they are required for permits to discharge dredged or fill material into navigable waters. Considers permits to be approved if the Army Corps of Engineers fails to act by those deadlines. Prohibits permits from being subject to judicial review if the Secretary fails to act by the deadlines. Requires a state to concur with the EPA's determination that a discharge will result in an unacceptable adverse effect in order for the EPA to deny or restrict the specification … | 2023-01-11T13:25:39Z | |
| 113-hr-5078 | 113 | hr | 5078 | Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-11 | 2014-09-11 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 559. | House | Rep. Southerland, Steve II [R-FL-2] | FL | R | S001186 | 120 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014 - Prohibits the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from: developing, finalizing, adopting, implementing, applying, administering, or enforcing the proposed rule entitled, "Definition of 'Waters of the United States' Under the Clean Water Act," issued on April 21, 2014, or the proposed guidance entitled, "Guidance on Identifying Waters Protected By the Clean Water Act," dated February 17, 2012; or using the proposed rule or proposed guidance, any successor document, or any substantially similar proposed rule or guidance as the basis for any rulemaking or decision regarding the scope or enforcement of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act). Requires the Army Corps and the EPA to withdraw the interpretive rule entitled, "Notice of Availability Regarding the Exemption from Permitting Under Section 404(f)(1)(A) of the Clean Water Act to Certain Agricultural Conservation Practices," issued on April 21, 2014. Requires the Army Corps and the EPA to: (1) consult with relevant state and local officials to develop recommendations for a regulatory proposal that would identify the scope of waters covered under the Clean Water Act and the scope of waters not covered; (2) provide for the public review and comment of a draft report that includes a recommendation only if consensus has been reached with regard to the recommendation among the Army Corps, the EPA, and state and local officials; (3) publish a final report; and (4) report to Congress on the recommendations. | 2023-01-11T13:25:39Z | |
| 113-hr-5065 | 113 | hr | 5065 | SAFE Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-10 | 2014-07-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] | PA | D | C001090 | 18 | Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act or SAFE Act - Requires the President to establish an interagency Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel to adopt the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy (released March 26, 2013) to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources so that natural resources become more resilient, adapt to, and withstand the impact of extreme weather and climate change. Requires the Panel to review and revise the strategy every four years.Requires each agency represented on the panel to integrate the elements of the strategy that relate to conservation, restoration, and management of natural resources into agency plans, environmental reviews, and programs. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish a National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center within the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to assess and develop scientific information, tools, strategies, and techniques to be used to address the impact of extreme weather and climate change on natural resources. Requires the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Science Advisory Board to advise the panel on the state of the science regarding the impact of extreme weather and climate change on natural resources and strategies and mechanisms for natural resources adaptation. Requires each agency represented on the panel to submit to the President a natural resources adaptation plan and implement the plan upon approval by the President. Requires states, in order to be eligible to receive funding under this Act, to submit to the Secretary of the Interior and, as applicable, the Secretary of Commerce for review and approval a state natural resources adaptation plan that details efforts to address the impact of climate change on natural resources and coastal areas. | 2023-01-11T13:26:00Z | |
| 113-hr-5071 | 113 | hr | 5071 | Agricultural Conservation Flexibility Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-10 | 2014-07-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] | WI | R | R000587 | 68 | Agricultural Conservation Flexibility Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw the interpretive rule issued on March 25, 2014, entitled, "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of the Army Interpretive Rule Regarding the Applicability of the Clean Water Act Section 404(f)(1)(A)." Prohibits the Corps and the EPA from using the interpretive rule, or any substantially similar rule or guidance, as the basis for any rulemaking, decision, or action regarding the scope or enforcement of the Clean Water Act. Provides that the use of rule or a substantially similar rule or guidance as the basis for any rule, decision, or action is grounds for vacating the rule, decision, or action. Requires soil and water conservation practices to be treated as normal farming, silviculture, and ranching activities under permits for non-prohibited discharges of dredged or fill material. Prohibits such practices from being treated as a new use of an area of navigable waters, an impairment of the flow or circulation of navigable waters, or a reduction in the reach of such waters under those permits. Applies this Act to activities occurring on or after March 25, 2014. | 2023-01-11T13:26:00Z | |
| 113-hr-5034 | 113 | hr | 5034 | Stop the EPA Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-09 | 2014-09-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. | House | Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] | MO | R | G000546 | 2 | Stop the EPA Act of 2014 - Amends the Congressional Review Act to require congressional approval of major rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (Currently, rules go into effect unless Congress disapproves of the rule.) Nullifies EPA's existing major rules, unless the EPA submits them for congressional review. Lowers the annual economic impact from $100 million to $50 million for a rule is deemed to be a major rule. Expands the criteria for an EPA regulation to be deemed a major rule to include that the regulation will have a significant impact on a substantial number of agriculture entities or it will implement a carbon tax. Expands the EPA's reports to Congress and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to include: a classification of each rule as a major or nonmajor rule with an explanation of the economic effects of the rule, related regulatory actions taken by EPA or another agency, and any jobs added or lost. Allows Congress to consider approval of a major rule only once in a Congress. Gives Congress 70 session days or legislative days to approve a rule. Requires the GAO to estimate the economic cost imposed by all of EPA's rules. | 2023-01-11T13:26:01Z | |
| 113-s-2575 | 113 | s | 2575 | Sage-Grouse Accountability and Private Conservation Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-07-09 | 2014-07-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT] | MT | D | W000818 | 2 | Sage-Grouse Accountability and Private Conservation Act of 2014 - Directs the Department of the Interior to report on the status of the greater sage-grouse conservation efforts by December 15, 2014. Requires the report to include a description of: (1) public (federal and state) and private programs and expenditures, (2) existing state management plans as well as plans that have been announced but not yet implemented, and (3) plans by land management agencies. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide funding under its agricultural land easements program for a conservation easement in an amount that is up to 75% of the value of land with greater or Gunnison sage-grouse habitat of special environmental significance. Adds maximizing the protection of that habitat as a consideration when ranking applications to the program. | 2023-01-11T13:25:48Z | |
| 113-hr-4993 | 113 | hr | 4993 | To clarify the effect of State statutes of repose on the required commencement date for actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. | Environmental Protection | 2014-06-26 | 2014-07-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | B001251 | 4 | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to preempt a state statute of repose for actions brought under state law for personal injury or property damages caused from or contributed to by exposure to any hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant, if the state statute provides a commencement date that is earlier than the federally required commencement date. (Currently, CERCLA preempts state statutes of limitations, which limit the amount of time a lawsuit can commence from the time the contamination is discovered. The Supreme Court ruled in CTS Corp. v. Waldburger that North Carolina's statute of repose was not preempted by CERCLA. That statute of repose limits the amount of time a lawsuit can commence to 10 years from the defendant's last action, regardless of when the contamination is discovered.) | 2023-01-11T13:26:12Z | |
| 113-s-2533 | 113 | s | 2533 | Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-06-26 | 2014-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | AZ | R | F000444 | 7 | Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act - Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to include an offset in any proposed rule that limits greenhouse gas emissions and imposes increased costs on other agencies. Requires the offset to be from funds available to the EPA and for all projected increased costs imposed on other agencies. Prohibits agencies from passing on the cost imposed by the rule on to any rate payer of the agencies. | 2023-01-11T13:26:06Z | |
| 113-s-2542 | 113 | s | 2542 | A bill to clarify the effect of State statutes of repose on the required commencement date for actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. | Environmental Protection | 2014-06-26 | 2014-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] | NC | D | H001049 | 0 | Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to preempt a state statute of repose for actions brought under state law for personal injury or property damages caused from or contributed to by exposure to any hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant, if the state statute provides a commencement date that is earlier than the federally required commencement date. (Currently, CERCLA preempts state statutes of limitations, which limit the amount of time a lawsuit can commence from the time the contamination is discovered. The Supreme Court ruled in CTS Corp. v. Waldburger that North Carolina's statute of repose was not preempted by CERCLA. That statute of repose limits the amount of time a lawsuit can commence to 10 years from the defendant's last action, regardless of when the contamination is discovered.) | 2023-01-11T13:26:05Z | |
| 113-s-2558 | 113 | s | 2558 | Colonias Improvement Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-06-26 | 2014-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] | NM | D | U000039 | 1 | Colonias Improvement Act of 2014 - Directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), a rule defining colonia (a type of settlement along the border of the United States and Mexico) that: is the same for any program of the EPA, HUD, or USDA that specifically includes assistance for colonias (covered program); is limited to a community that is located within 75 miles of the border or that has applied for or received funding under a covered program before this Act's enactment; reflects and preserves the historic, geographic, and cultural character of the communities served by the covered program; and may be used to determine whether an applicant qualifies for assistance under a program. Directs the EPA, HUD, and USDA to establish and update an online clearinghouse with information relating to covered programs and links to information specific to each state. Requires EPA to establish a working group that includes HUD and USDA to review covered programs, record information relating to each award made under a covered program, hold public hearings, and make recommendations to Congress for improving the programs. | 2023-01-11T13:26:05Z | |
| 113-hr-4957 | 113 | hr | 4957 | Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-06-25 | 2014-06-25 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] | TX | R | O000168 | 26 | Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2014 - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the requirements for regulations that govern the review and handling of air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events. (The Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] may exclude monitored exceedances of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards from consideration when designating an area as nonattainment, redesignating an area as nonattainment, or reclassifying an existing nonattainment area to a higher classification if a state demonstrates that an exceptional event caused the exceedances.) Requires the criteria used to determine if an exceptional event was demonstrated to be specific in order to minimize the discretion of the EPA in approving or disapproving the demonstration. Requires the EPA to make a determination within 90 days after the submission of a petition by a state of an exceptional event demonstration. Considers the demonstration approved if the EPA does not make a determination by that deadline. Requires a determination to be based on a preponderance of the evidence and to accord substantial deference to the findings of the state exceptional event demonstration. Establishes an appeal process for reviewing a disapproval of a demonstration. | 2023-01-11T13:26:13Z | |
| 113-s-2526 | 113 | s | 2526 | Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-06-25 | 2014-06-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | AZ | R | F000444 | 10 | Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2014 - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the requirements for regulations that govern the review and handling of air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events. (The Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] may exclude monitored exceedances of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards from consideration when designating an area as nonattainment, redesignating an area as nonattainment, or reclassifying an existing nonattainment area to a higher classification if a state demonstrates that an exceptional event caused the exceedances.) Requires the criteria used to determine if an exceptional event was demonstrated to be specific in order to minimize the discretion of the EPA in approving or disapproving the demonstration. Requires the EPA to make a determination within 90 days after the submission of a petition by a state of an exceptional event demonstration. Considers the demonstration approved if the EPA does not make a determination by that deadline. Requires a determination to be based on a preponderance of the evidence and to accord substantial deference to the findings of the state exceptional event demonstration. Establishes an appeal process for reviewing a disapproval of a demonstration. | 2023-01-11T13:26:06Z | |
| 113-hr-4947 | 113 | hr | 4947 | Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-06-24 | 2014-06-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | S000018 | 5 | Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length Act of 2014 or the ORDEAL Act of 2014 - Amends the Clean Air Act to lengthen from 5 years to 10 years the intervals at which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to review and revise air quality criteria and primary and secondary national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). Eliminates the EPA's authority to review and revise criteria or promulgate new standards for ozone concentrations earlier or more frequently than required. Prohibits the EPA from reviewing and revising NAAQS for ozone concentrations before February 1, 2018. Requires the EPA to complete a thorough review of the standards and make revisions not later December 31, 2018. Lengthens from 5 years to 10 years the intervals at which an independent scientific review committee is required to review air quality criteria and NAAQS and recommend any new standards or revisions to existing criteria and standards. Delays the review by an independent scientific review committee of NAAQS for ozone concentrations until February 1, 2018. | 2023-01-11T13:26:13Z | |
| 113-s-2514 | 113 | s | 2514 | ORDEAL Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-06-24 | 2014-06-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | AZ | R | F000444 | 12 | Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length Act of 2014 or the ORDEAL Act of 2014 - Amends the Clean Air Act to lengthen from 5 years to 10 years the intervals at which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to review and revise air quality criteria and primary and secondary national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). Eliminates the EPA's authority to review and revise criteria or promulgate new standards for ozone concentrations earlier or more frequently than required. Prohibits the EPA from reviewing and revising NAAQS for ozone concentrations before February 1, 2018. Requires the EPA to complete a thorough review of the standards and make revisions not later December 31, 2018. Lengthens from 5 years to 10 years the intervals at which an independent scientific review committee is required to review air quality criteria and NAAQS and recommend any new standards or revisions to existing criteria and standards. Delays the review by an independent scientific review committee of NAAQS for ozone concentrations until February 1, 2018. | 2023-01-11T13:26:06Z | |
| 113-s-2496 | 113 | s | 2496 | Protecting Water and Property Rights Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-06-19 | 2014-07-09 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4294-4296) | Senate | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | WY | R | B001261 | 38 | Protecting Water and Property Rights Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from: (1) finalizing the proposed rule entitled "Definition of `Waters of the United States' Under the Clean Water Act"; or (2) using the proposed rule, or any substantially similar proposed rule or guidance, as the basis for any rulemaking or any decision regarding the scope or enforcement of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act). Provides that the use of the proposed rule, or any substantially similar proposed rule or guidance, as the basis for any rulemaking or any decision regarding the scope or enforcement of the Clean Water Act shall be grounds for vacating the final rule, decision, or enforcement action. | 2023-01-11T13:26:07Z | |
| 113-hr-4849 | 113 | hr | 4849 | Phantom Fuels Elimination Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-06-12 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5] | OK | R | L000575 | 0 | Phantom Fuels Elimination Act of 2014 - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the renewable fuel program by requiring advanced biofuel, biomass-based diesel, and cellulosic biofuel to be produced in the United States. Directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for any year in which the projected volume of advanced biofuel and biomass-based diesel production is less than the applicable volume standard established under the program, to reduce the volume of advanced biofuel and biomass-based diesel required to be blended into transportation fuel to the projected volume available for that year. Directs the Energy Information Administration to provide the EPA an estimate, with respect to the following year, of the volumes of advanced biofuel projected to be sold or introduced into commerce. Eliminates the volume standards under the program applicable to corn-starch ethanol. | 2023-01-11T13:26:16Z | |
| 113-hr-4850 | 113 | hr | 4850 | Coal Jobs and Affordable Energy Protection Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-06-12 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large] | MT | R | D000618 | 1 | Coal Jobs and Affordable Energy Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from promulgating any regulation or guidance that limits or prohibits new carbon dioxide emissions from a fossil fuel-fired power plant until it is certified: (1) by the Secretary of Labor that the regulation or guidance will not generate a loss of employment, (2) by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that it will not result in a loss in the gross domestic product, (3) by the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration that it will not generate an increase in electricity rates, and (4) by the Chairperson of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the President of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation that it will not effect the reliability of electricity delivery. | 2023-01-11T13:26:16Z | |
| 113-hr-4854 | 113 | hr | 4854 | Regulatory Certainty Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-06-12 | 2014-11-12 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 453. | House | Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7] | OH | R | G000563 | 20 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Regulatory Certainty Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to limit the period during which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may prohibit the specification, or restrict the use, of an area as a disposal site for discharges of dredged or fill materials into waters of the United States to the period that: begins on the date that the Army Corps of Engineers provides notice to the EPA that the Corps has completed all procedures for processing an application for a permit for dredged or fill material and is ready to determine whether the permit should be issued; and ends on the date that the Corps issues the permit. Requires the Corps to ensure that the period consists of at least 30 consecutive days. Authorizes the Corps to issue a permit for dredged or fill material only after the Corps provides notice to the EPA. | 2023-01-11T13:25:23Z | |
| 113-hr-4813 | 113 | hr | 4813 | Protection and Accountability Regulatory Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-06-09 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] | WV | R | M001180 | 81 | Protection and Accountability Regulatory Act of 2014 - Nullifies the following proposed rules of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units, (2) Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units, and (3) Carbon Pollution Standards for Modified and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. Prohibits the Administrator of the EPA from issuing or implementing for five years any rule that is substantially similar to the proposed rules unless a federal law is enacted specifically authorizing such a rule. | 2023-01-11T13:26:17Z | |
| 113-hr-4808 | 113 | hr | 4808 | Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-06-05 | 2014-06-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3] | PA | R | K000376 | 31 | Coal Country Protection Act or the Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from promulgating any regulation or guidance that limits or prohibits new carbon dioxide emissions from a fossil fuel-fired power plant until it is certified: (1) by the Secretary of Labor that the regulation or guidance will not generate a loss of employment, (2) by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that it will not result in a loss in the gross domestic product, (3) by the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration that it will not generate an increase in electricity rates, and (4) by the Chairperson of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the President of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation that it will not effect the reliability of electricity delivery. | 2023-01-11T13:26:17Z | |
| 113-s-2414 | 113 | s | 2414 | Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-06-03 | 2014-06-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3369) | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 13 | Coal Country Protection Act or the Protecting Jobs, Families, and the Economy From EPA Overreach Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from promulgating any regulation or guidance that limits or prohibits new carbon dioxide emissions from a fossil fuel-fired power plant until it is certified: (1) by the Secretary of Labor that the regulation or guidance will not generate a loss of employment, (2) by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that it will not result in a loss in the gross domestic product, (3) by the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration that it will not generate an increase in electricity rates, and (4) by the Chairperson of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the President of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation that it will not effect the reliability of electricity delivery. | 2023-01-11T13:26:09Z | |
| 113-hr-4799 | 113 | hr | 4799 | Clean Air Fairness Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-06-02 | 2014-06-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] | TX | R | O000168 | 7 | Clean Air Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise provisions concerning implementation plans for national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards. Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from promulgating a federal implementation plan for a state related to national ambient air quality standards until the EPA: (1) promulgates a final rule identifying the emission reductions necessary to meet interstate transport of air emissions requirements, and (2) provides states at least two years to revise their state implementation plans (SIPs). (A federal implementation plan is created due to the failure of an SIP to contain adequate provisions prohibiting emissions activity which will contribute significantly to nonattainment in, or interfere with maintenance by, another state with any national ambient air quality standard.) Prohibits a state from being subjected to penalties for an inadequate SIP until these conditions are met. Prohibits the EPA from promulgating, implementing, or enforcing a federal implementation plan due to the failure of an SIP to comply with the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule unless the EPA: (1) takes into consideration the Supreme Court's decision in Environmental Protection Agency et al. v. EME Homer City Generation, L.P., et al., (2) publishes a final notice indicating the EPA's intent to enforce the rule, and (3) provides states with at least two years from the publication date to revise their SIPs. Prohibits a state from being subject to penalties for the failure of a SIP to comply with the rule until these conditions are met. | 2023-01-11T13:26:17Z | |
| 113-hr-4795 | 113 | hr | 4795 | Promoting New Manufacturing Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-05-30 | 2014-12-01 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | House | Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1] | LA | R | S001176 | 13 | Promoting New Manufacturing Act - (Sec. 2) Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish on its website for FY2008 and each subsequent fiscal year: the total number of preconstruction permits issued annually under the Clean Air Act's New Source Review Program for the construction or modification of a major emitting facility or major stationary source (any stationary facility or source of air pollutants which directly emits, or has the potential to emit, 100 tons per year or more of any air pollutant); the percentage of permits issued within one year of the application; and the average length of time for the EPA's Environmental Appeals Board to decide appeals of decisions to grant or deny a permit. (Sec. 3) Requires the EPA to publish concurrently regulations and guidance for implementing any final rule establishing or revising a national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). Prohibits a NAAQS from applying to the review and disposition of a permit application until the EPA has met this requirement. Prohibits this Act from being construed to eliminate the obligation of a preconstruction permit applicant to install best available control technology and the lowest achievable emissions rate technology. (Sec. 4) Requires the EPA to submit annually a report on actions to expedite the process for review of preconstruction permits. | 2023-01-11T13:25:23Z | |
| 113-hr-4739 | 113 | hr | 4739 | Impaired Waters Improvement Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-05-22 | 2014-05-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23] | NY | R | R000585 | 4 | Impaired Waters Improvement Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to reduce the discharges of nitrogen, phosphorus, or sediment (pollutants) in an area that is subject to a total maximum daily load (TMDL) for those pollutants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act). Makes eligible for grants the owners and operators of: (1) publicly owned treatment works or storm water management practices serving areas subject to the TMDLs, or (2) privately owned farms implementing methods to reduce discharges of those pollutants in those areas. Directs the Administrator to increase by 5% the civil penalty for violations of the Clean Water Act. Establishes the Impaired Waters Improvement Fund for making expenditures to carry out the grant program. Transfers for each of FY2015-FY2019 the amount attributable to the penalty increase or $100 million, whichever is less, to the Fund. | 2023-01-11T13:26:26Z | |
| 113-hr-4654 | 113 | hr | 4654 | Lower Electric Bill Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-05-09 | 2014-05-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3] | KS | R | Y000063 | 0 | Lower Electric Bill Act of 2014 - Delays the implementation, administration, or enforcement of the standards for mercury and hazardous air pollutants emitted from new power plants published on February 16, 2012. (The final rule entitled, "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units and Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Electric Utility, Industrial-Commercial-Institutional, and Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units" is delayed until the later of five years after enactment of this Act or the date on which the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] completes a study on the economic impacts on local communities.) | 2023-01-11T13:26:28Z | |
| 113-hr-4461 | 113 | hr | 4461 | Climate Change Education Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-04-10 | 2014-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17] | CA | D | H001034 | 13 | Climate Change Education Act - Declares that the evidence for human-induced climate change is overwhelming and undeniable. Requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a Climate Change Education Program to: broaden the understanding of human-induced climate change, possible consequences, and potential solutions; apply the latest scientific and technological discoveries to provide learning opportunities to people of all ages; conduct a national information campaign to help people understand and promote implementation of new technologies, programs, and incentives related to energy conservation, renewable energy, and greenhouse gas reduction; and inform the public of impacts to human health and safety as a result of climate change. Directs NOAA to establish a grant program to support climate change education. | 2023-01-11T13:26:39Z | |
| 113-hr-4482 | 113 | hr | 4482 | To prohibit any appropriation of funds for the Science and Technology account of the Environmental Protection Agency. | Environmental Protection | 2014-04-10 | 2014-04-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. | House | Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | S000018 | 0 | Prohibits any funds from being authorized to be appropriated for the Science and Technology account of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). | 2023-01-11T13:26:38Z | |
| 113-s-2226 | 113 | s | 2226 | WaterSense Efficiency, Conservation, and Adaptation Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-04-09 | 2014-04-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] | NM | D | U000039 | 2 | WaterSense Efficiency, Conservation, and Adaptation Act of 2014 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services so as to: reduce water use; reduce the strain on water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure; conserve energy used to pump, heat, transport, and treat water; and preserve water resources through the voluntary labeling of, or other forms of communications about, products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services that meet the highest water efficiency and performance criteria. Requires the Administrator of EPA to identify other voluntary approaches to encourage recycling and reuse technologies to improve water efficiency or lower water use and to implement those approaches, if appropriate.Establishes a State Residential Water Efficiency and Conservation Incentives Program to provide financial incentives for consumers to purchase and install products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services labeled under the WaterSense program. Requires the Administrator to make grants to owners or operators of water systems to address, mitigate, and adapt to address any ongoing or forecasted impact of climate change on the water quality or quantity of a U.S. region. | 2023-01-11T13:26:34Z | |
| 113-s-2228 | 113 | s | 2228 | Community Water Enhancement Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-04-09 | 2014-04-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] | NM | D | U000039 | 0 | Community Water Enhancement Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in making grants under the pilot program for alternative water source projects to meet critical water supply needs, to consider the location and benefits of projects in rural communities (including whether the area is served by a public water system with fewer than 3,000 connections or is located in an area with no public water system). Includes among such projects: (1) the conjunctive management of groundwater supplies by delivery of surface water instead of groundwater, and (2) water treatment or distribution facilities if the project requires such facilities to deliver the alternative water supply. Authorizes funding for the program through FY2018. | 2023-01-11T13:26:34Z | |
| 113-hr-4407 | 113 | hr | 4407 | Wood Stove Regulatory Relief Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-04-04 | 2014-04-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] | MO | R | L000569 | 16 | Wood Stove Regulatory Relief Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for an eight-year period, from finalizing, issuing, implementing, or enforcing rules under the Clean Air Act applicable to any new source of air pollutants that is a residential wood heater, a residential hydronic heater, a forced-air furnace, or a residential masonry heater unless the rules comply with this Act. Prohibits the Administrator from setting particulate matter emission limits below a specified threshold for adjustable rate wood heaters, single burn rate wood heaters, pellet heaters/stoves, residential hydronic heaters, and forced-air furnaces. Phases in requirements for complying with emission limits. Sets forth provisions requiring third-party testing of compliance with emission limits. | 2023-01-11T13:26:40Z | |
| 113-hr-4315 | 113 | hr | 4315 | Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-03-27 | 2014-07-30 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | House | Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] | WA | R | H000329 | 28 | Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species. Prohibits the appropriate Secretary from making the information publicly available when: (1) the public disclosure of the information is prohibited by a state law requiring the protection of personal information, and (2) the state requests that the information be withheld. Requires the appropriate Secretary to execute an agreement with the Department of Defense (DOD) that prevents the disclosure of classified information pertaining to DOD personnel, facilities, lands, or waters. (Sec. 3) Requires the appropriate Secretary to: (1) provide to affected states all data that is used as the basis of a determination on whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species before making a determination; and (2) use data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government in making such a determination. (Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to submit an annual report detailing federal expenditures for civil actions brought under the ESA containing claims that are based on the actions of the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, or the Southeastern Power Administration. Requires Interior to make the information available online in a searchable database. Requires the report to include the total funds expended to respond to ESA lawsuits, the number of full-time federal employees dedicated to ESA lawsuits, attorneys' fees awarded in the course of ESA lawsuits and settlements, and any f… | 2023-01-11T13:26:02Z | |
| 113-hr-4316 | 113 | hr | 4316 | Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-03-27 | 2014-07-17 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 404. | House | Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large] | WY | R | L000571 | 26 | Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to require the Department of the Interior to submit an annual report detailing federal expenditures for civil actions brought under the ESA containing claims that are based on the actions of Interior, the Forest Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, or the Southeastern Power Administration. Requires Interior to make the information available online in a searchable database. Requires the report to include the total funds expended to respond to ESA lawsuits, the number of full-time employees dedicated to ESA lawsuits, and attorneys' fees awarded in the course of ESA lawsuits and settlements. | 2023-01-11T13:26:02Z | |
| 113-hr-4317 | 113 | hr | 4317 | State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-03-27 | 2014-07-17 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 405. | House | Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19] | TX | R | N000182 | 29 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, to provide to affected states all data that is used as the basis of a determination on whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species before making a determination. Requires the appropriate Secretary to use data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government in making such a determination. | 2023-01-11T13:26:02Z | |
| 113-hr-4318 | 113 | hr | 4318 | Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-03-27 | 2014-07-17 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 406. | House | Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2] | MI | R | H001058 | 28 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party. | 2023-01-11T13:26:02Z | |
| 113-hr-4319 | 113 | hr | 4319 | Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-03-27 | 2014-09-09 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] | AR | R | C001087 | 30 | Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce to exclude an area from designation as a critical habitat to conserve an endangered or threatened species if the benefits of exclusion outweigh the benefits of including the area, unless the failure to designate the area as critical habitat will result in the extinction of the species. Requires the appropriate Secretary to make available for public comment with any proposed rule to designate a critical habitat a draft analysis that: (1) examines the incremental and cumulative economic effects of all actions to protect the species and its habitat upon each state and locality that is affected by the proposed designation; (2) includes consideration of economic effects on possible uses of land and property values, employment, revenues available for state and local governments, and the provision of water, power, or other public services; and (3) assesses those effects on a quantitative and qualitative basis. | 2023-01-11T13:26:48Z | |
| 113-s-2161 | 113 | s | 2161 | EPA Employment Impact Analysis Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-03-26 | 2014-03-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 30 | EPA Employment Impact Analysis Act - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from proposing or finalizing any major rule under the Clean Air Act (CAA) until after the Administrator: (1) completes an economy-wide analysis capturing the costs and effects across industry sectors and markets in the United States of the implementation of major rules promulgated under the CAA; and (2) establishes a process to update such analysis at least semiannually, in order to provide for the currently required continuing evaluation of potential loss or shifts in employment. | 2023-01-11T13:26:44Z | |
| 113-s-2156 | 113 | s | 2156 | Regulatory Fairness Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-03-25 | 2014-03-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] | LA | R | V000127 | 10 | Regulatory Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to define the period of time in which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is authorized to restrict or deny a permit for the discharge of dredged or fill materials into navigable waters as the period that: begins on the date that the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, provides notice to the Administrator that the Secretary has completed all procedures for processing an application for a permit for dredged or fill material and is ready to determine whether the permit should be issued; and ends on the date that the Secretary issues the permit. Requires the Administrator to consult with the Secretary before restricting or denying a permit. Directs the Administrator to make publicly available the basis of and reasons for making a determination to restrict or deny such a permit and information reviewed in making the determination. Prohibits previous action by the Administrator that occurred outside of this period to deny or restrict a permit or to prohibit the specification of any defined area as a disposal site for dredged or fill materials from being valid or otherwise enforceable. | 2023-01-11T13:26:44Z | |
| 113-hr-4284 | 113 | hr | 4284 | ESA Improvement Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-03-24 | 2014-09-09 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19] | TX | R | N000182 | 4 | ESA Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from adding a species to the list of endangered and threatened species: (1) if the Secretary has approved a State Protective Action (SPA) for such species, and (2) before the Secretary has made a final determination regarding approval of an SPA. Directs the Secretary to: (1) notify each state of the opportunity to submit an SPA prior to proposing to add a species to the federal list of endangered and threatened species, and (2) provide guidance to states regarding the preparation of an SPA. Establishes a process for approving or disapproving a proposed SPA. Requires the Secretary to review the implementation and effectiveness of an SPA every five years and, if necessary, provide guidance on improvements or revisions that are required to maintain the Secretary's approval of the SPA. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) revoke approval of an SPA and propose adding a species to the federal list if the state has failed to implement the SPA or the SPA failed to make measurable progress toward meeting the recovery criteria for the species, and (2) terminate the effectiveness of an approved SPA if the recovery criteria for the species have been met. | 2023-01-11T13:26:49Z | |
| 113-hr-4256 | 113 | hr | 4256 | Endangered Species Improvement Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-03-14 | 2014-09-09 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] | UT | R | S001192 | 3 | Endangered Species Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to direct the Secretary of the Interior, in counting the number of a species in a state for the purposes of determining whether a species is an endangered or threatened species and whether a species has recovered, to count all of the species without regard to whether it is found on state, private, or tribal lands as determined by the state. | 2023-01-11T13:26:49Z | |
| 113-hr-4157 | 113 | hr | 4157 | Farmer Identity Protection Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-03-06 | 2014-04-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit. | House | Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] | AR | R | C001087 | 15 | Farmer Identity Protection Act - Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), or any EPA contractor or cooperator, from disclosing the information of any owner, operator, or employee of a livestock operation provided to EPA by a livestock producer or a state agency in accordance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) or any other law, including: (1) names; (2) telephone numbers; (3) e-mail addresses; (4) physical addresses; (5) global positioning system coordinates; or (6) other information regarding the location of the owner, operator, livestock, or employee. Prescribes criteria for such a disclosure, however, in a statistical or aggregate form without specifically identifying information. | 2023-01-11T13:26:52Z | |
| 113-s-2090 | 113 | s | 2090 | Responsible Electronics Recycling Act | Environmental Protection | 2014-03-06 | 2014-03-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] | RI | D | W000802 | 0 | Responsible Electronics Recycling Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) prohibit the export of restricted electronic waste to countries that are not members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) or the European Union (EU), or Liechtenstein; (2) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and promulgate procedures for identifying certain electronic equipment as well as additional restricted toxic materials contained in such equipment which poses a potential hazard to human health or the environment; and (3) establish criminal penalties for knowingly exporting restricted electronic waste in violation of this Act. Allows certain exceptions to such export ban. Defines "restricted electronic waste" to include electronic equipment (excluding parts of a motor vehicle), such as computers, televisions, printers, copiers, video game systems, telephones, and similar used electronic products, that contain cathode ray tubes, batteries, switches, and other parts containing lead, cadmium, mercury, organic solvents, hexavalent chromium, beryllium, or other toxic ingredients. Requires persons who handle restricted electronic wastes to permit appropriate EPA and state officials access to such wastes upon request. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a competitive research application program to provide grants for research in the recovering and recycling of critical minerals and rare earth elements found in electronic devices. | 2023-01-11T13:26:46Z | |
| 113-s-2084 | 113 | s | 2084 | Community Protection Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-03-05 | 2014-03-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] | AR | D | P000590 | 2 | Community Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973, with respect to critical habitat designations, to exclude an area from critical habitat upon a determination that the benefits of exclusion outweigh the benefits of including the area, unless the failure to designate such area as critical habitat will result in the extinction of the species concerned. (Under current law, such exclusion is permitted, not required.) Requires the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, at the time a proposed rule to designate critical habitat is published, to publish and make available for public comment a draft quantitative analysis that examines the economic effects of the proposed designation, including any effects on possible uses of land and property values, employment, and state and local revenues. | 2023-01-11T13:26:46Z | |
| 113-hr-4113 | 113 | hr | 4113 | Community Water Enhancement Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-02-27 | 2014-02-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] | CA | D | M001166 | 0 | Community Water Enhancement Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in making grants under the pilot program for alternative water source projects to meet critical water supply needs, to consider the location and benefits of projects in rural communities (including whether the area is served by a public water system with fewer than 3,000 connections or is located in an area with no public water system). Includes among such projects: (1) the conjunctive management of groundwater supplies by delivery of surface water instead of groundwater, and (2) water treatment or distribution facilities if the project requires such facilities to deliver the alternative water supply. Authorizes funding for the program through FY2018. | 2023-01-11T13:26:58Z | |
| 113-s-2042 | 113 | s | 2042 | Clean Estuaries Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-02-26 | 2014-07-31 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 525. | Senate | Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] | RI | D | W000802 | 2 | Clean Estuaries Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to revise, and reauthorize through FY2019, the National Estuary Program. Expands the purposes of management conferences for estuary programs, including by adding components that must be included in a Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (Plan). Requires management conferences to make use of collaborative processes in updating or developing a Plan. Establishes a process by which a state may resubmit a Plan that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined is incomplete. Considers a submission or resubmission of a Plan to be approved if the EPA fails to respond within 120 days of receiving it. Requires the EPA to terminate a management conference if the conference fails to submit a Plan within three years of being convened. Requires the EPA to: (1) evaluate, every five years, the implementation of each Plan developed to determine the degree to which the goals of the plan have been met; (2) submit the results of the evaluation to the appropriate management conference for review and comment; and (3) report on the results of the evaluation and make the report publicly available. Requires management conferences to update plans within 18 months after they are evaluated. Authorizes the EPA to consider a management conference to be in probationary status if the conference has not received approval for an updated plan within five years of the date of the evaluation's publication. Requires the EPA to: (1) reduce a grant for the implementation of a plan developed by a management conference with probationary status, and (2) terminate a management conference and cease funding for the implementation of the plan if the conference has been in probationary status for two consecutive years. Requires appropriate federal agencies, after the EPA's approval of a Plan, to cooperate and to coordinate activities related to implementation. Makes the EPA the lead coordinating agency for impleme… | 2023-01-11T13:25:48Z | |
| 113-hres-479 | 113 | hres | 479 | Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations. | Environmental Protection | 2014-02-11 | 2014-02-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. | House | Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] | MN | D | E000288 | 23 | Commemorates the achievements of the environmental justice movement over the last 20 years. Affirms that Congress should uphold the principles of environmental and climate justice. Urges the President to: (1) address environmental justice issues in his climate change initiatives, (2) commit to focusing on greater oversight and supporting federal agency advancement of environmental justice, and (3) work with tribal leaders and communities to address their unique environmental justice concerns. | 2023-01-11T13:26:57Z | |
| 113-hr-4024 | 113 | hr | 4024 | Ensuring Access to Clean Water Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-02-10 | 2014-02-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] | WV | R | C001047 | 0 | Ensuring Access to Clean Water Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state exercising primary enforcement responsibility for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit programs to carry out a state chemical storage facility source water protection program. Requires such a program to provide for oversight and inspection of each covered chemical storage facility in accordance with minimum requirements, described in this Act, to prevent the release of chemicals into a navigable water that is designated for use as a domestic water source. Defines "covered chemical storage facility" as a facility at which a chemical is stored and from which a release is determined to pose a risk of harm to such source. Prohibits this Act from precluding or denying the right of any state to adopt or enforce standards for the oversight and inspection of covered chemical storage facilities that are more stringent than this Act's minimum requirements. Requires the Administrator to report on a survey of states' best practices in oversight and inspection programs and applicable regulations implementing the programs. Authorizes the issuance of orders by the Administrator to carry out this Act. Authorizes an owner or operator of a public water system to commence, or to petition the Administrator to commence, a civil action for equitable relief to address possible imminent and substantial endangerment to the health of persons supplied by the water system. Provides a special rule to expedite the Administrator's response to a petition in emergency situations. Sets forth requirements concerning: (1) liability of a facility owner or operator for costs of response actions, (2) pre-transfer inspections of facilities, and (3) information for operators of domestic water systems on navigable waters regarding emergency response plans and chemical inventories. Establishes a civil penalty of up … | 2023-01-11T13:27:00Z | |
| 113-hr-4012 | 113 | hr | 4012 | Secret Science Reform Act of 2014 | Environmental Protection | 2014-02-06 | 2014-11-20 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | House | Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6] | AZ | R | S001183 | 53 | Secret Science Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating a covered action unless all scientific and technical information relied on to support such action is specifically identified and publicly available online in a manner sufficient for independent analysis and substantial reproduction of research results. Includes as a covered action a risk, exposure, or hazard assessment, criteria document, standard, limitation, regulation, regulatory impact analysis, or guidance. | 2023-01-11T13:25:23Z | |
| 113-s-1988 | 113 | s | 1988 | A bill to allow States to waive regulations promulgated under the Clean Air Act relating to electric generating units under certain circumstances. | Environmental Protection | 2014-02-04 | 2014-02-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 1 | Allows a state to permanently waive any regulation relating to electric generating units promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Air Act if the state's governor certifies that the units are necessary for reasons of power reliability and affordability. | 2023-01-11T13:26:56Z |
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