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| 114-hjres-107 | 114 | hjres | 107 | Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule. | Environmental Protection | 2016-12-20 | 2016-12-20 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3] | WV | R | J000297 | 0 | Nullifies the Stream Protection Rule submitted by the Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. The rule addresses the impacts of surface coal mining operations on surface water, groundwater, and the productivity of mining operation sites. | 2023-01-11T13:33:58Z | |
| 114-hr-6508 | 114 | hr | 6508 | Preventing Preventable Earthquakes Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-12-08 | 2016-12-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] | AZ | D | G000551 | 0 | Preventing Preventable Earthquakes Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring regulations for state underground injection programs to include provisions designed to prevent the occurrence of seismicity induced by underground injection activities. The bill redefines "underground injection" to include the subsurface emplacement of fluids or propping agents pursuant to hydraulic fracturing operations. Hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation. The Environmental Protection Agency must review approved state underground injection programs at least once every five years. | 2023-01-11T13:33:54Z | |
| 114-hr-6448 | 114 | hr | 6448 | Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-12-07 | 2016-12-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. | House | Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8] | VA | D | B001292 | 0 | Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2016 This bill establishes a National Wildlife Corridors System for: conserving and restoring habitats that support native fish, wildlife, and plant species that have experienced or may experience habitat loss, degradation, fragmentation, or obstructions of connectivity; providing long-term habitat connectivity for the native species for migration, dispersal, adaptation to environmental change, and genetic exchange; and facilitating coordinated landscape- and seascape-scale connectivity planning and management across departmental jurisdictions. The Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, the Interior, and Transportation must: (1) each create a process for designating lands and waters under their respective administration and control as national wildlife corridors; and (2) manage corridors in a manner that contributes to the long-term connectivity, persistence, resilience, and adaptability of native species. The bill establishes safety and mitigation requirements for corridors that intersect, adjoin, or cross local, state, or federal roads or highways. The departments may acquire land to establish and enhance corridors and the land may be purchased with amounts from the Land and Water Conservation Fund or the Wildlife Corridors Stewardship and Protection Fund. The U.S. Geological Survey must establish and make available to the public a comprehensive National Native Species Habitats and Corridors Geographic Information System Database. The bill establishes a Wildlife Corridors Stewardship and Protection Fund, which may be used by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for enhancing the management and the protection of corridors and other lands and waters identified as important to further the purposes of the corridor. | 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z | |
| 114-hr-6460 | 114 | hr | 6460 | Buy America for Drinking Water Extension Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-12-07 | 2016-12-07 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] | IL | D | B001286 | 13 | Buy America for Drinking Water Extension Act of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring projects funded by the drinking water state revolving fund to only use iron and steel produced in the United States, unless: (1) it would be inconsistent with the public interest, (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality, or (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25%. The requirement does not apply with respect to a project if a state approves the plans and specifications for the project prior to October 1, 2018. | 2023-01-11T13:33:56Z | |
| 114-hr-6465 | 114 | hr | 6465 | To authorize the incorporation of water quality improvement partnership programs into Federal Water Pollution Control Act NPDES permit programs, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2016-12-07 | 2016-12-07 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] | TN | R | D000533 | 0 | This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) by allowing a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program to incorporate a water quality improvement partnership program that encourages investment by publicly owned treatment works and municipal separate storm sewer systems in watershed-based projects for improving water quality. Those partnerships may be used by publicly owned treatment works and municipal separate storm sewer systems to attain and maintain water quality standards. | 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z | |
| 114-s-3508 | 114 | s | 3508 | Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-12-06 | 2016-12-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] | OK | R | L000575 | 0 | Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2016 This bill prohibits the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from considering the social cost of carbon, methane, nitrous oxide, or greenhouse gas as part of any cost benefit analysis, unless a federal law is enacted authorizing such consideration. The EPA must report on the number of proposed and final rulemakings, guidance documents, and agency actions since January 2009 that use those social costs, including as part of any cost benefit analysis required under Executive Order 12866 or other relevant authority. | 2023-01-11T13:34:44Z | |
| 114-s-3498 | 114 | s | 3498 | A bill to ensure that the Secretary of the Army obtains consent from certain entities before granting certain permits, casements, or rights-of-way. | Environmental Protection | 2016-12-05 | 2016-12-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 0 | This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to obtain consent from relevant nonfederal agencies and Indian tribes before granting a permit, easement, or other right-of-way for a pipeline transporting oil, natural gas, synthetic liquid or gaseous fuels, or any refined product produced from those materials on land associated with a civil works project of the Corps of Engineers or an associated flowage easement, if the construction or operation of the pipeline has the potential to impair the beneficial uses of the surface water or groundwater used by the nonfederal agency or the Indian tribe. | 2023-01-11T13:34:44Z | |
| 114-hr-6418 | 114 | hr | 6418 | Drinking Water Affordability Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-12-01 | 2016-12-01 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] | OH | R | L000566 | 0 | Drinking Water Affordability Act of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to revise requirements concerning national primary drinking water regulations, including by: removing a requirement that the Environmental Protection Agency maintain, or provide greater, protection of human health when revising those regulations; extending the repayment schedule for loans from the drinking water state revolving funds (SRF); removing certain SRF matching fund requirement for states; authorizing states to protect public drinking water source areas; and removing federal reporting requirements if state or local requirements are at least equally stringent as federal requirements. | 2023-01-11T13:33:57Z | |
| 114-hr-6411 | 114 | hr | 6411 | Clean Water Protection Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-11-30 | 2016-11-30 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 0 | Clean Water Protection Act This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to define "fill material" to mean any pollutant that replaces portions of waters of the United States with dry land or that changes the bottom elevation of a water body for any purpose and to exclude from its meaning pollutants discharged into the water primarily to dispose of waste (e.g., mining waste). Thus, permits issued under the Clean Water Act that allow for the discharge of fill material into navigable waters and wetlands may not include those waste pollutants. | 2023-01-11T13:34:00Z | |
| 114-hr-6412 | 114 | hr | 6412 | Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-11-30 | 2016-11-30 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 0 | Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2016 This bill amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to revise requirements governing the liability of parties that are responsible for oil discharges from offshore facilities into navigable waters or adjoining shorelines. Currently, responsible parties are liable for the total of all removal costs plus $75 million. The bill: (1) removes the cap of $75 million on liability, and (2) makes the responsible parties liable for all covered damages. Covered damages includes damages for: (1) loss of natural resources, property, revenue, or profits; or (2) costs of providing increased public services during or after removal activities, such as fire protection. | 2023-01-11T13:34:00Z | |
| 114-hr-6413 | 114 | hr | 6413 | Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-11-30 | 2016-11-30 | Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, 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. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 0 | Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate: (1) the $1 billion per incident limitation on expenditures from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for cleanup of oil spills, (2) the $500 million per incident limitation on expenditures from the trust fund for natural resource damage assessments and claims in connection with oil spills, and (3) the limitation on the borrowing authority of the trust fund. The bill also amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to direct the President to promulgate regulations to allow advance payments from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to states and localities to prepare for and mitigate substantial threats from the discharge of oil. | 2023-01-11T13:34:00Z | |
| 114-hr-6334 | 114 | hr | 6334 | To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to assist eligible entities in carrying out programs to replace lead service lines for schools and solder that is not lead free used in the plumbing for schools, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2016-11-16 | 2016-11-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] | IL | D | R000515 | 1 | This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to help schools and day cares in replacing service lines and solder that are not lead free. The program may fund activities for identifying the location and condition of the service lines and solder. | 2023-01-11T13:34:03Z | |
| 114-hr-6311 | 114 | hr | 6311 | National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-11-14 | 2016-11-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | K000380 | 0 | National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise the national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper. The rule must direct: public water systems to meet certain reporting requirements; the EPA to develop a sampling protocol and develop instructions for compliance with the protocol; the EPA, or the state exercising primary enforcement responsibility, to require on-site investigations for determining the source of lead when the concentration of lead or copper contamination exceeds specified levels; public water systems to meet certain notification and reporting requirements when lead or copper concentration levels are exceeded; the systems to develop and make publicly accessible an inventory of the material composition of the service lines at residential and nonresidential facilities; the systems to collect and make publicly accessible information about the ownership of those service lines; and the systems to replace an entire lead service line (instead of partially replacing them) when they are replaced. The EPA must also revise the rule to lower the allowable level of lead that may be contained in drinking water. | 2023-01-11T13:34:04Z | |
| 114-sres-602 | 114 | sres | 602 | A resolution supporting the inclusion and meaningful engagement of Latinos in environmental protection and conservation efforts. | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-29 | 2016-09-29 | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6278) | Senate | Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] | CO | D | B001267 | 16 | Recognizes the role of Latinos in protecting and preserving U.S. land, water, and wildlife. Supports the engagement of Latinos in environmental protection and conservation efforts. | 2023-01-11T13:34:05Z | |
| 114-sres-608 | 114 | sres | 608 | A resolution designating the week of September 17 through September 24, 2016, as "National Estuaries Week". | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-29 | 2016-11-16 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] | RI | D | W000802 | 26 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the week of September 17 through September 24, 2016, as National Estuaries Week. | 2023-01-11T13:34:05Z | |
| 114-hr-6200 | 114 | hr | 6200 | Ongoing Recovery and Conservation Awareness Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-28 | 2016-09-28 | Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] | WA | D | H001064 | 2 | Ongoing Recovery and Conservation Awareness Act of 2016 This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue and sell a Puget Sound Restoration Semipostal Stamp. Proceeds from the sale of the stamp must be transferred to the Environmental Protections Agency for operations supported by the Puget Sound Action Agenda. The stamp must be made available to the public for five years. | 2023-01-11T13:33:42Z | |
| 114-hr-6201 | 114 | hr | 6201 | Clean Water Healthy Communities Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-28 | 2016-09-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] | NY | D | M001185 | 0 | Clean Water Healthy Communities Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by directing the Environmental Protection Agency to require monitoring of unregulated contaminants in drinking water supplied by public water systems, regardless of the number of people served by the system. | 2023-01-11T13:33:42Z | |
| 114-hr-6240 | 114 | hr | 6240 | Climate Solutions Commission Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-28 | 2016-09-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. | House | Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] | MD | D | D000620 | 7 | Climate Solutions Commission Act of 2016 This bill establishes a bipartisan National Climate Solutions Commission that must: undertake a comprehensive review of economically viable actions or policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States; make recommendations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to the President, Congress, and the states; and use as its goals for emissions reductions those estimated rates of reduction that reflect the latest scientific findings of what is needed to avoid serious human health and environmental consequences of a changing climate. In order to be eligible for membership on the Commission, an individual must be a representative from: (1) nongovernmental organizations with expertise in the economy, energy, climate, or public health; or (2) industry organizations from relevant sectors. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must conduct a study of programs, financial tools, and institutions that are focused on: (1) reducing the level of greenhouse gas emissions; or (2) encouraging the research, development, prototyping, and deployment of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. The GAO must then report on: (1) the study results; and (2) an assessment of those financial tools, policies, and institutions that are most successful at reducing greenhouse gas emissions while protecting economic growth and employment. | 2023-01-11T13:33:41Z | |
| 114-hres-898 | 114 | hres | 898 | Supporting the inclusion and meaningful engagement of Latinos in environmental protection and conservation efforts. | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-28 | 2016-09-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. | House | Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | N000179 | 25 | Recognizes the role of Latinos in protecting and preserving U.S. land, water, and wildlife. Supports the engagement of Latinos in environmental protection and conservation efforts. | 2023-01-11T13:33:36Z | |
| 114-s-3427 | 114 | s | 3427 | Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-28 | 2016-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 1 | Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2016 This bill amends the Toxic Substances Control Act by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) identify and assess the importation, sale, and uses of, and exposures to, asbestos; and (2) impose requirements that permanently eliminate the possibility of human or environmental exposure to asbestos. The bill allows the President to exempt any use of asbestos from the requirements if: (1) the use is necessary to protect national security interests, (2) no reasonable alternative to the asbestos use exists for the intended purpose, and (3) the use of asbestos will not result in an unreasonable risk to health or the environment. | 2023-01-11T13:33:31Z | |
| 114-hr-6182 | 114 | hr | 6182 | Water Quality Improvement Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-27 | 2016-09-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7] | OH | R | G000563 | 0 | Water Quality Improvement Act of 2016 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an integrated planning and permitting process for municipal wastewater and stormwater management that: enables municipalities to identify the most cost-effective and protective approaches to comply with the Act's requirements; helps them prioritize their investments in addressing the requirements; and is comprehensive and flexible. The EPA must provide technical assistance to the municipalities or states for developing an integrated plan upon request. The EPA must: (1) update its financial capability assessment guidance entitled, "Combined Sewer Overflows--Guidance for Financial Capability Assessment and Schedule Development," and dated February 1997; and (2) ensure that the guidance may be used for assessing the financial capability of municipalities to implement effluent limitations and other pollution control measures. During the next 5 years, the EPA must work with at least 15 municipalities to develop and implement integrated plans and permits to meet the requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system. | 2023-01-11T13:33:43Z | |
| 114-hr-6169 | 114 | hr | 6169 | Ending Legacy Lawsuit Abuse Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-26 | 2016-10-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3] | LA | R | B001255 | 0 | Ending Legacy Lawsuit Abuse Act This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow a defendant to remove from a state court to the U.S. district court a civil action involving a claim of environmental contamination that impacts or threatens to impact waters of the United States subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. | 2023-01-11T13:33:43Z | |
| 114-hr-6170 | 114 | hr | 6170 | To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to the consolidation of public water systems, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-26 | 2016-09-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3] | CA | D | G000559 | 0 | This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to authorize states and the Environmental Protection Agency to require public water systems that have repeatedly failed to comply with drinking water standards to assess options for consolidation. Public water systems are eligible for financial assistance to assist with undertaking consolidation activities. Additionally, the bill provides liability protection for compliant public water systems that consolidate with non-compliant systems. | 2023-01-11T13:33:43Z | |
| 114-hr-6116 | 114 | hr | 6116 | Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-22 | 2016-09-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 9 | Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to revise regulations for drinking water contaminants, including by: requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine whether or not to regulate no fewer than 10 contaminants every 3 years (current law requires 5 contaminants every 5 years); revising the process and requirements for setting maximum containment levels in national primary drinking water regulations; directing the EPA to revise national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper; setting deadlines for the EPA to publish maximum contaminant level goals and promulgate national drinking water regulations for perchlorate, perfluorinated compounds, and microcystin (algal) toxin; establishing grant programs for reducing lead in drinking water in schools; requiring community water systems to assess their vulnerabilities to contamination, including vulnerabilities from climate change or sabotage, and develop plans for addressing those vulnerabilities; establishing the Drinking Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program, under which the EPA may award grants for community water systems to increase their resiliency to those threats; removing a regulatory exemption for hydraulic fracturing; requiring the EPA to develop a strategic plan for assessing and managing the risks of drought to drinking water provided by public water systems; revising requirements for the drinking water state revolving fund (SRF); creating a process for consolidating water systems that repeatedly fail to comply with drinking water standards; requiring the EPA to create an inventory of data about drinking water violations; directing the EPA to revise regulations for consumer confidence reports; establishing research grants for monitoring technology; and requiring the EPA to study the presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in drinking water sources. The bill reauthorizes specified programs under the Act, including reauthorizing through FY… | 2023-01-11T13:33:45Z | |
| 114-hr-6121 | 114 | hr | 6121 | Climate Resiliency, Security, and Source Water Protection Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-22 | 2016-09-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24] | CA | D | C001036 | 2 | Climate Resiliency, Security, and Source Water Protection Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring each community water system to submit to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) source water and distribution system vulnerability assessments that identify threats from: industrial activity, pipelines and storage tanks, contaminated sites, agricultural activity, and oil and gas exploration; climate change, extreme weather, drought, and temperature changes; and intentional acts, including intentional contamination, sabotage, and theft of any chemical of interest. Each community water system must also submit to the EPA protection plans that mitigate the threats to source water and distribution systems. The EPA must establish a grant program for increasing the resiliency or adaptability of the community water systems to threats. | 2023-01-11T13:33:45Z | |
| 114-hr-6125 | 114 | hr | 6125 | To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perfluorinated compounds, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-22 | 2016-09-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-13] | PA | D | B001296 | 2 | This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) within two years. (PFCs are manufactured compounds that are used in an array of consumer products and that accumulate in human blood.) | 2023-01-11T13:33:45Z | |
| 114-hr-6127 | 114 | hr | 6127 | To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the improvement of consumer confidence reports, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-22 | 2016-09-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | L000581 | 3 | This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to revise regulations about consumer confidence reports in order to increase their effectiveness and understandability. Currently, each community water system must mail their customers an annual consumer confidence report that provides information about local drinking water quality. | 2023-01-11T13:33:45Z | |
| 114-hr-6128 | 114 | hr | 6128 | Water, Cosmetics, and Unwanted Pharmaceuticals Study Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-22 | 2016-09-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] | IL | D | S001145 | 0 | Water, Cosmetics, and Unwanted Pharmaceuticals Study Act This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out a study on the presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in sources of drinking water, which must identify: pharmaceuticals and personal care products that have been detected in the sources; the levels at which the pharmaceuticals and products have been detected; the origins of pharmaceuticals and products found in drinking water; the effects of the pharmaceuticals and products on humans, the environment, and the safety of drinking water; and methods to control, limit, treat, or prevent them. | 2023-01-11T13:33:45Z | |
| 114-hr-6140 | 114 | hr | 6140 | To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-22 | 2016-09-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] | CA | D | C001097 | 0 | This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate, which is a naturally occurring and manufactured chemical. According to the EPA, perchlorate can disrupt the normal function of the thyroid gland. | 2023-01-11T13:33:44Z | |
| 114-hr-6143 | 114 | hr | 6143 | To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish revised guidance for school officials seeking to reduce exposure to lead from drinking water in schools, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-22 | 2016-09-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] | OH | D | F000455 | 0 | This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to publish revised guidance for school officials about reducing exposure to lead from drinking water in schools, including testing protocols for schools to detect lead contamination in school drinking water and its sources. | 2023-01-11T13:33:44Z | |
| 114-hr-6148 | 114 | hr | 6148 | To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for microcystin toxin, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-22 | 2016-09-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] | OH | D | K000009 | 9 | This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for microcystin toxin, which is a toxin produced by a blue-green algae called cyanobacteria. | 2023-01-11T13:33:44Z | |
| 114-hr-6154 | 114 | hr | 6154 | Reducing Lead in Drinking Water Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-22 | 2016-09-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] | CA | D | M001166 | 0 | Reducing Lead in Drinking Water Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to remove lead service lines from public water systems. Grant recipients may use grant funds to assist low-income homeowners with replacing privately owned lead service lines. | 2023-01-11T13:33:44Z | |
| 114-hr-6061 | 114 | hr | 6061 | No Lead in School Water Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-15 | 2016-09-15 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] | CA | D | S001175 | 29 | No Lead in School Water Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize through FY2022 a grant program for state programs that test and remediate lead contamination in the drinking water of schools and day care facilities. | 2023-01-11T13:33:47Z | |
| 114-s-3319 | 114 | s | 3319 | A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to appoint a harmful algal bloom coordinator. | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-13 | 2016-09-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 0 | This bill requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, acting as chair of the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, to appoint a coordinator to work with appropriate governments to address harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes. | 2023-01-11T13:33:34Z | |
| 114-hres-845 | 114 | hres | 845 | Supporting the designation of the week of September 17 through September 24, 2016, as National Estuaries Week. | Environmental Protection | 2016-09-06 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. | House | Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2] | NJ | R | L000554 | 35 | Supports the designation of 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 House of Representatives to continue working to understand, protect, and restore U.S. estuaries. | 2023-01-11T13:33:38Z | |
| 114-hr-5913 | 114 | hr | 5913 | Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-18 | 2016-07-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] | NC | R | E000291 | 3 | Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2016 This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize through FY2021 a diesel emissions reduction program. The program authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants, rebates, or loans for reducing diesel emissions from certain diesel vehicles or fleets by retrofitting or replacing their engines. | 2023-01-11T13:33:19Z | |
| 114-hr-5782 | 114 | hr | 5782 | Brownfields Authorization Increase Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-14 | 2016-07-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 1 | Brownfields Authorization Increase Act of 2016 This bill amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 by: (1) reauthorizing through FY2022 and revising the brownfield revitalization funding program, and (2) permanently reauthorizing a grant program for state and tribal response programs (programs responding to brownfields). (Brownfield sites are certain commercial properties that are hindered from reuse or redevelopment due to the presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.) Certain nonprofit organizations and community development entities are made eligible for brownfields revitalization funding. The bill increases the cap on the amount that may be given in grants for direct remediation of brownfield sites. The brownfield site characterization and assessment grant program is revised by authorizing eligible entities to receive grants for property they acquired on or before January 11, 2002. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must establish a program to provide multipurpose grants to carry out inventory, characterization, assessment, planning, or remediation activities at brownfield sites. In addition, the EPA must establish a grant program for brownfield projects that reduce the brownfield's environmental impact, increase community livability, and encourage sustainability. The EPA must establish a grant program that provides training, research, and technical assistance to facilitate the inventory of brownfield sites, site assessments, remediation of brownfield sites, community involvement, or site preparation. (Currently, the EPA may provide funding for this purpose.) The bill authorizes the EPA to use up to a specified amount of the funding made available for the grant program on grants to assist small communities, Indian tribes, rural areas, or disadvantaged areas. | 2023-01-11T13:33:23Z | |
| 114-hr-5788 | 114 | hr | 5788 | Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-14 | 2016-07-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] | WV | R | M001180 | 0 | Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016 This bill amends subtitle D (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to establish a permit program for coal combustion residuals (coal ash) that states may elect to administer. The program outlines the criteria that a state must use if it chooses to adopt and enforce a permit program regulating the management and disposal of coal ash generated by electric utilities and independent power producers. The program applies to the disposal of coal ash into landfills or surface impoundments, sand or gravel pits, quarries, or lateral expansions of the structures. The structural criteria concern: (1) design, location, and integrity; (2) financial assurance; (3) groundwater and surface water protections; (4) closure procedures; and (5) air quality with respect to fugitive dust. A state that chooses to adopt a coal ash program is given sole enforcement authority. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must implement a program for a state if: (1) a state's program fails to meet those criteria, or (2) a state does not implement a program. The bill revises implementation of the EPA rule governing the disposal of coal ash, entitled "Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System; Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities." The rule may be implemented only through the permit program established by the bill. The agency implementing the permit program must ensure that certain information concerning the program is publicly available. | 2023-01-11T13:33:23Z | |
| 114-hr-5829 | 114 | hr | 5829 | ADVISE Now Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-14 | 2016-09-21 | Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] | IL | R | D000619 | 7 | Agriculture Delivering Vastly Improved Science at the EPA Now Act or the ADVISE Now Act This bill amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to require the Environmental Protection Agency and its Science Advisory Board to establish a standing agriculture-related committee (as the Act currently requires without a deadline) within 30 days of enactment of this bill. If an agriculture committee is not established by this deadline, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall establish and appoint members to such a committee within 15 days. If such a contingent establishment occurs, USDA shall have the continuing authority to appoint members to it. | 2023-01-11T13:33:22Z | |
| 114-hr-5833 | 114 | hr | 5833 | Get the Lead Out of Schools Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-14 | 2016-07-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8] | IL | D | D000622 | 0 | Get the Lead Out of Schools Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation that addresses lead in drinking water in schools and day care facilities. The EPA must also establish a grant program for: (1) testing such drinking water for lead contamination, and (2) replacing lead pipes and certain plumbing materials with lead-free material. | 2023-01-11T13:33:22Z | |
| 114-hr-5870 | 114 | hr | 5870 | Federal Partnership for Clean Water Land Acquisition Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-14 | 2016-07-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18] | FL | D | M001191 | 1 | Federal Partnership for Clean Water Land Acquisition Act of 2016 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program that assists states in acquiring private lands, if the acquisition of the land will substantially improve water quality for an area (including by means of water storage, water treatment, estuary restoration, or ecosystem restoration). | 2023-01-11T13:33:20Z | |
| 114-hr-5886 | 114 | hr | 5886 | To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide assistance to schools to replace drinking water fountains that may contain lead, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-14 | 2016-07-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] | IL | D | R000515 | 2 | This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program that assists local educational agencies in replacing drinking water fountains manufactured prior to 1988 and located in schools. Grant recipients may also use funding for monitoring and reporting lead levels in the drinking water of schools. | 2023-01-11T13:33:20Z | |
| 114-hr-5891 | 114 | hr | 5891 | To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using funds to carry out the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program. | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-14 | 2016-08-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs. | House | Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | S000018 | 0 | This bill prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from using funds to carry out the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program, which helps communities understand and address exposure to multiple environmental harms and risks. | 2023-01-11T13:33:19Z | |
| 114-hr-5895 | 114 | hr | 5895 | Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-14 | 2016-08-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] | NY | D | S000480 | 1 | Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2016 This bill sets forth a regulatory process for preventing the introduction and establishment in the United States of certain injurious wildlife that is likely to cause harm to: (1) humans; (2) interests in agriculture, horticulture, or forestry; or (3) wildlife or wildlife resources. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) may: (1) designate certain wildlife as injurious, and (2) make immediate and temporary emergency designations if the injurious wildlife poses an imminent threat. Interested persons may petition the USFWS to designate wildlife as injurious. The bill: (1) gives the Department of the Interior the primary authority to prevent the importation and sale of wildlife pathogens and harmful parasites, and (2) establishes requirements that address those pathogens and parasites. The bill prohibits: (1) importing into the United States, or transporting between states, injurious wildlife or wildlife not in trade; and (2) possessing or releasing into the wild such wildlife. The USFWS may issue permits that authorize the importation or transport of injurious wildlife for scientific, zoological, medical research, or educational purposes. The USFWS must establish user fees for live wildlife imports. The bill establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations. Interior must establish a grant program for supporting states and Indian tribes in: (1) inspecting and monitoring interstate transport of wildlife, and (2) assessing risks associated with the intentional importation of wildlife. The bill establishes the Injurious Wildlife Prevention Fund to carry out this bill. Revenues generated by user fees and penalties must be deposited into the fund. | 2023-01-11T13:33:19Z | |
| 114-s-3278 | 114 | s | 3278 | Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-14 | 2016-07-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] | NY | D | G000555 | 3 | Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2016 This bill sets forth a regulatory process for preventing the introduction and establishment in the United States of certain injurious wildlife that is likely to cause harm to: (1) humans; (2) interests in agriculture, horticulture, or forestry; or (3) wildlife or wildlife resources. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) may: (1) designate certain wildlife as injurious, and (2) make immediate and temporary emergency designations if the injurious wildlife poses an imminent threat. Interested persons may petition the USFWS to designate wildlife as injurious. The bill: (1) gives the Department of the Interior the primary authority to prevent the importation and sale of wildlife pathogens and harmful parasites, and (2) establishes requirements that address those pathogens and parasites. The bill prohibits: (1) importing into the United States, or transporting between states, injurious wildlife or wildlife not in trade; and (2) possessing or releasing into the wild such wildlife. USFWS may issue permits that authorize the importation or transport of injurious wildlife for scientific, zoological, medical research, or educational purposes. USFWS must establish user fees for live wildlife imports. The bill establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations. Interior must establish a grant program for supporting states and Indian tribes in: (1) inspecting and monitoring interstate transport of wildlife, and (2) assessing risks associated with the intentional importation of wildlife. The bill establishes the Injurious Wildlife Prevention Fund to carry out this bill. Revenues generated by user fees and penalties must be deposited into the fund. | 2023-01-11T13:33:11Z | |
| 114-hr-5765 | 114 | hr | 5765 | Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-13 | 2016-07-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12] | MI | D | D000624 | 5 | Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2016 This bill reauthorizes for FY2016-FY2021 the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 and revises requirements for: (1) funding requests to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for proposals and regional projects that restore the fish and wildlife resources and habitat of the Great Lakes Basin, and (2) cost-share requirements for the proposals and projects. The bill renames: (1) the Lower Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office as the Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, and (2) the Upper Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office as the Upper Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office. | 2023-01-11T13:33:24Z | |
| 114-s-3197 | 114 | s | 3197 | Quiet Communities Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-13 | 2016-07-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 1 | Quiet Communities Act of 2016 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control; and (2) arrange for independent scientists who have expertise in noise measurements, noise effects, and noise abatement techniques to carry out a study of airport noise. The Quiet Communities Program must include: (1) establishing and implementing training programs on the use of noise abatement equipment, and (2) implementing noise abatement plans. | 2023-01-11T13:33:14Z | |
| 114-s-3163 | 114 | s | 3163 | Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-12 | 2016-07-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 10 | Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate: (1) the $1 billion per incident limitation on expenditures from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for cleanup of oil spills, (2) the $500 million per incident limitation on expenditures from the trust fund for natural resource damage assessments and claims in connection with oil spills, and (3) the limitation on the borrowing authority of the trust fund. The bill also amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to direct the President to promulgate regulations to allow advance payments from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to states and localities to prepare for and mitigate substantial threats from the discharge of oil. | 2023-01-11T13:33:15Z | |
| 114-s-3165 | 114 | s | 3165 | Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-12 | 2016-07-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 10 | Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2016 This bill amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to revise requirements governing the liability of parties that are responsible for oil discharges from offshore facilities into navigable waters or adjoining shorelines. Currently, responsible parties are liable for the total of all removal costs plus $75 million. The bill: (1) removes the cap of $75 million on liability, and (2) makes the responsible parties liable for all covered damages. Covered damages includes damages for: (1) loss of natural resources, property, revenue, or profits; or (2) costs of providing increased public services during or after removal activities, such as fire protection. | 2023-01-11T13:33:15Z | |
| 114-hr-5685 | 114 | hr | 5685 | Farm Regulatory Certainty Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-08 | 2016-07-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] | WA | R | N000189 | 25 | Farm Regulatory Certainty Act This bill amends the Resources Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 to specify that animal waste, manure, and fertilizer are excluded from the Act's requirements. Citizen suits may not be brought under the Act if federal or state legal and enforcement actions are already underway. | 2023-01-11T13:33:27Z | |
| 114-hr-5656 | 114 | hr | 5656 | Trash Reduction and Sensible Handling Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-07 | 2016-07-07 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] | PA | D | C001090 | 4 | Trash Reduction and Sensible Handling Act of 2016 or the TRASH Act This bill amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize state solid waste management plans to restrict the importation of out-of-state waste at the state and local level by requiring out-of-state waste to be from states with waste handling and reduction standards that are equivalent or higher than the standards of the state receiving the waste. Those plans may impose a community benefit fee on out-of-state waste, which may be higher than the fees for in-state waste. States may provide those fees to affected communities and may differentiate community benefit fees based on whether the imported waste was disposed of at a landfill, an incinerator, a resource recovery facility, a waste-to-energy facility, or other waste handling facility. | 2023-01-11T13:33:28Z | |
| 114-hr-5668 | 114 | hr | 5668 | Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-07 | 2016-07-07 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3] | WV | R | J000297 | 24 | Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2016 This bill prohibits the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from considering the social cost of carbon or methane as part of any cost benefit analysis, unless a federal law is enacted authorizing such consideration. The EPA must report on the number of proposed and final rulemakings, guidance documents, and agency actions since January 2009 that use either of those social costs, including as part of any cost benefit analysis required under Executive Order 12866 and other relevant authorities. | 2023-01-11T13:33:27Z | |
| 114-hr-5629 | 114 | hr | 5629 | California New River Restoration Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-06 | 2016-07-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. | House | Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51] | CA | D | V000130 | 1 | California New River Restoration Act of 2016 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a California New River restoration program for the river that starts in Mexicali, Mexico, flows north into the United States through Calexico, passes through the Imperial Valley, and drains into the Salton Sea. In carrying out the program, the EPA must: (1) adopt a New River-wide strategy, and (2) provide grants and technical assistance for coordinating restoration and protection activities. | 2023-01-11T13:33:29Z | |
| 114-hr-5650 | 114 | hr | 5650 | Recovering America's Wildlife Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-06 | 2016-07-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 19 | Recovering America's Wildlife Act of 2016 This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to direct the Department of the Treasury to transfer, beginning in FY2016, revenues from energy and mineral development on federal lands totaling $1.3 billion to the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Subaccount of the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Fund, to be available without further appropriation. The purpose of the subaccount is to fund state wildlife conservation and restoration programs for managing fish and wildlife species of the greatest conservation need as determined by a state fish and wildlife agency. | 2023-01-11T13:33:28Z | |
| 114-s-3131 | 114 | s | 3131 | Made in America Water Infrastructure Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-07-06 | 2016-07-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] | WI | D | B001230 | 0 | Made in America Water Infrastructure Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring all of the steel used in projects funded by the drinking water state revolving fund program to be produced in the United States, unless: (1) it would be inconsistent with the public interest, (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality, or (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall product by more than 25%. | 2023-01-11T13:33:16Z | |
| 114-s-3121 | 114 | s | 3121 | A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to carry out a comprehensive assessment and management plan to restore aquatic ecosystems in the North Atlantic coast region. | Environmental Protection | 2016-06-29 | 2016-06-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] | RI | D | W000802 | 0 | This bill amends the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to direct the Army Corps of Engineers to develop a comprehensive assessment and management plan to restore aquatic ecosystems in the North Atlantic coast region. (Current law requires the Corps to determine the feasibility of carrying out projects to restore such ecosystems.) | 2023-01-11T13:32:37Z | |
| 114-s-3086 | 114 | s | 3086 | Marine Debris Act Amendments of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-06-22 | 2016-12-12 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001288 | 0 | Marine Debris Act Amendments of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Marine Debris Act to revise the Marine Debris Program by requiring the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to work with: (1) other agencies to address both land- and sea-based sources of marine debris, and (2) the Department of State and other agencies to promote international action to reduce the incidence of marine debris. (Sec. 3) The bill also revises the program by allowing NOAA to make sums available for assisting in the cleanup and response required by severe marine debris events. (Sec. 4) The bill urges the President to: (1) work with foreign countries that produce the largest amounts of unmanaged municipal solid waste that reaches the ocean in order to find solution to the marine debris; and (2) study issues related to marine debris, including the economic impacts of marine debris. (Sec. 5) The Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee must expand to include a senior official from the Department of State. (Sec. 6) This bill reauthorizes through FY2021: (1) the Marine Debris Program, (2) an information clearinghouse on marine debris, and (3) enforcement of laws about discarded marine debris from ships. | 2023-01-11T13:32:38Z | |
| 114-hr-5551 | 114 | hr | 5551 | End EPA Rogue Spending Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-06-21 | 2016-09-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. | House | Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8] | MO | R | S001195 | 0 | End EPA Rogue Spending Act This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deposit any fees it collects into the general fund of the Treasury and prohibits the EPA from spending the fees unless the authority is provided in advance by an appropriations Act. | 2023-01-11T13:32:44Z | |
| 114-s-3074 | 114 | s | 3074 | Climate Change Education Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-06-16 | 2016-06-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] | MA | D | M000133 | 9 | Climate Change Education Act This bill declares that the evidence for human-induced climate change is overwhelming and undeniable. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must 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. NOAA must establish a grant program for climate change education. This grant program must be included in the climate change program. | 2023-01-11T13:32:38Z | |
| 114-hconres-136 | 114 | hconres | 136 | Expressing the sense of Congress opposing the President's proposed Coastal Climate Resilience Program. | Environmental Protection | 2016-06-10 | 2016-06-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. | House | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | AZ | R | G000565 | 14 | Expresses Congress's opposition to: (1) the proposed Coastal Climate Resilience Program, a grant program for aiding coastal states and their communities in preparing for and adapting to climate change; and (2) federal funds being made available for the Coastal Climate Resilience Fund, the program, or any substantially similar successor program. | 2023-01-11T13:32:51Z | |
| 114-hr-5430 | 114 | hr | 5430 | Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-06-09 | 2016-06-23 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] | TX | R | G000552 | 7 | Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of 2016 This bill amends the Lacey Act and Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 by exempting certain water transfers between public water supplies located on, along, or across the boundaries of Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana from prohibitions on illegal trade of plants and wildlife. Specifically, the prohibitions do not apply to covered water transfers containing a prohibited species if: (1) the species are present in both public water supplies before the transfer and the water is transferred directly between them; or (2) the water is transferred in a closed conveyance system (a closed system that collects, contains, and transports the flow of water, e.g., pipe systems) and sent directly to treatment facilities where the species will be destroyed. | 2023-01-11T13:32:48Z | |
| 114-s-2993 | 114 | s | 2993 | FUELS Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-05-26 | 2016-05-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] | NE | R | F000463 | 13 | Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act or the FUELS Act This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ease the application of the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule on certain farms. The rule requires certain non-transportation-related facilities to prevent, prepare, and respond to oil discharges that may reach navigable waters or adjoining shorelines. Among other requirements, the rule requires those facilities to: (1) certify compliance with their SPCC plans; and (2) based on the plan, construct containment facilities that would hold the contents of aboveground oil storage tanks if they should spill. The bill increases the oil storage thresholds that necessitate compliance with those requirements by raising the aggregate aboveground oil storage capacity thresholds for: (1) farms required to have an SPCC plan, (2) farms that self-certify their SPCC plan, and (3) farms that require a certification of their SPCC plan from a professional engineer. The bill also raises the aboveground oil storage capacity of containers that must be included in calculating the aggregate aboveground storage capacity. The calculations of the aggregate aboveground oil storage capacity of a farm and the aboveground storage capacity of an individual oil tank on a farm must not include containers holding animal feed ingredients that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in livestock feed. | 2023-01-11T13:32:52Z | |
| 114-hres-754 | 114 | hres | 754 | Expressing the commitment of the House of Representatives to work to combat the nationwide problem of invasive species threatening native ecosystems. | Environmental Protection | 2016-05-25 | 2016-06-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. | House | Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] | NY | R | S001196 | 19 | Expresses the commitment of the House of Representatives to create a comprehensive solution to the threat of invasive, nonnative species throughout the United States by controlling and eradicating established invasive species populations, and preventing the further introduction of nonnative species into native ecosystems. (An invasive species is an organism that is not native to an ecosystem and is ecologically or economically harmful in the new environment where it is not native.) | 2023-01-11T13:32:56Z | |
| 114-hr-5313 | 114 | hr | 5313 | Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-05-24 | 2016-05-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] | MI | D | C000714 | 16 | Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish a Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Trust Fund; (2) modify the definition of subpart F income (i.e., income of a controlled foreign corporation earned outside the United States that is not tax-deferred) to include income of a controlled foreign corporation derived from a foreign country; and (3) transfer that income to the fund. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must allocate funds from the trust fund to specified clean water programs and drinking water programs, including the grant programs authorized or established by this bill. The bill amends Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) by authorizing the EPA to make grants for providing technical assistance concerning water and sanitation infrastructure and drinking water systems to rural and small municipalities and tribal governments. The EPA must establish a grant program for repairing, replacing, or upgrading septic tanks and drainage fields. The bill revises requirements concerning the clean water state revolving fund (SRF) and the drinking water SRF. The bill revises the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring the EPA to establish a program to make grants to local educational agencies for: (1) installing, repairing, or replacing the infrastructure necessary for drinking water coolers, drinking water fountains, or bottle filling station; and (2) testing the quality of drinking water at schools in such local education agency. | 2023-01-11T13:33:00Z | |
| 114-hr-5281 | 114 | hr | 5281 | Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-05-18 | 2016-05-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] | MO | R | L000569 | 0 | Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) by requiring the Department of Interior and the Department of Commerce to obtain the consent of each state for adding species to the list of threatened or endangered plants and animals when the species is present in the state. Interior must submit to Congress a list of all endangered or threatened species. Congress must give its approval by a joint resolution before the list may take effect. Species are automatically taken off the list after five years. Interior may petition for the species to be relisted. The bill eliminates provisions of the ESA allowing interested persons to petition for the addition or removal of a species from the list. A state may regulate intrastate endangered or threatened species that are only present within its boundaries. If a state elects to regulate those species, it is given exclusive authority with respect to managing species and their habitats. State action with respect to intrastate species is not subject to judicial review. The Bonneville, Southeastern, Southwestern, and Western Area Power Administrations must include in customer monthly billing statements information on the share of costs to the customer incurred as a result of compliance with the ESA, unless the costs are for intrastate species regulated by states. Owners or lessees of property may apply to Interior for a determination of whether a proposed property use will violate the ESA. The use is deemed compliant if Interior fails to respond within 90 days. The owners and lessees may seek monetary compensation for unfavorable determinations. The bill eliminates awards of attorney fees in citizen suits under the ESA. | 2023-01-11T13:33:01Z | |
| 114-s-2949 | 114 | s | 2949 | Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-05-18 | 2016-05-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 5 | Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2016 This bill reauthorizes for FY2016-FY2021 the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 and revises requirements for: (1) funding requests to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for proposals and regional projects that restore the fish and wildlife resources and habitat of the Great Lakes Basin, and (2) cost-share requirements for the proposals and projects. The bill renames: (1) the Lower Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office as the Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, and (2) the Upper Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office as the Upper Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office. | 2023-01-11T13:32:54Z | |
| 114-s-2950 | 114 | s | 2950 | Gold King ACT | Environmental Protection | 2016-05-18 | 2016-05-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] | CO | R | G000562 | 1 | Gold King Accountability and Compensation for Taxpayers or the Gold King ACT This bill allows a person to bring a compensation claim for allowable damages (i.e., property, business, or financial losses) under the Federal Tort Claims Act if the claim is related to an injury resulting from the spill in Cement Creek from the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado. The spill occurred on August 5, 2015. The bill prohibits certain exemptions and limitations on tort claims against the United States under the Act from applying to claims for injuries resulting from the spill. The EPA must receive, process, and pay under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 claims related to the Gold King Mine spill, including claims that otherwise would be ineligible under that Act or the national oil and hazardous substances pollution contingency plan if the response action carried out by the claimant is not inconsistent with the plan. The EPA must pay claims from unobligated balances in its accounts. The EPA must develop and implement a program for long-term water quality monitoring of the Animas River. | 2023-01-11T13:32:54Z | |
| 114-s-2951 | 114 | s | 2951 | Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-05-18 | 2016-05-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | AK | R | M001153 | 3 | Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2016 This bill amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to make foreign facilities that are located offshore and outside the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) liable for removal costs and damages that result from oil spills that reach (or threaten to reach) U.S. navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, or the EEZ. Specifically, the following parties may be held liable: (1) the owners or operators of the foreign facilities, including facilities located in, on, or under any land within foreign countries; and (2) the holders of a right of use and easement granted under applicable foreign law for the area in which the facility is located. | 2023-01-11T13:32:54Z | |
| 114-hr-5180 | 114 | hr | 5180 | Food and Fuel Consumer Protection Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-05-10 | 2016-05-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17] | TX | R | F000461 | 118 | Food and Fuel Consumer Protection Act of 2016 This bill amends the Clean Air Act by revising the renewable fuel program, which requires transportation fuel to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must cap the total volume of ethanol blended into the transportation fuel supply at 9.7% of projected gasoline demand as determined by the Energy Information Administration. | 2023-01-11T13:33:04Z | |
| 114-hr-5110 | 114 | hr | 5110 | Protecting Families from Lead Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-04-28 | 2016-04-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. | House | Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | K000380 | 0 | Protecting Families from Lead Act of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to revise the national primary drinking water regulation by lowering the action level for lead in drinking water to no more than: (1) 10 parts per billion by December 31, 2020; and (2) 5 parts per billion by December 31, 2026. (An action level for lead is a certain contaminant level that triggers a requirement for the public water system to take additional actions to control corrosion from lead. The current action level for lead is 15 parts per billion.) | 2023-01-11T13:31:32Z | |
| 114-s-2882 | 114 | s | 2882 | Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-04-28 | 2016-06-22 | Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-363. | Senate | Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] | WV | R | C001047 | 9 | Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 This bill amends the Clean Air Act by revising the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) program. The bill delays the implementation of the ozone NAAQS that were published in 2015. The bill extends until: (1) October 26, 2024, the deadline for states to submit designations to implement the 2015 ozone NAAQS; and (2) October 26, 2025, the deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate state areas as attainment, nonattainment, or unclassifiable areas with respect to the 2015 ozone NAAQS. States must submit a state implementation plan (SIP) by October 26, 2026, to implement, maintain, and enforce the 2015 ozone NAAQS. The bill also changes the review cycle for criteria pollutant NAAQS from a 5-year review cycle to a 10-year review cycle. The EPA may not complete its next review of ozone NAAQS before October 26, 2025. Prior to establishing or revising NAAQS, the EPA must obtain advice from its scientific advisory committee regarding potential adverse public health, welfare, social, economic, or energy effects which may result from attaining and maintaining NAAQS. The EPA must publish regulations and guidance for implementing NAAQS concurrently with the issuance of a new or revised standard. New or revised NAAQS must not apply to preconstruction permits for constructing or modifying a major emitting facility or major stationary source of air pollutants until those regulations and guidance have been published. The bill revises requirements concerning SIPs for extreme ozone nonattainment areas and particulate matter nonattainment areas. | 2023-01-11T13:33:06Z | |
| 114-s-2884 | 114 | s | 2884 | EPA Accountability in Flint Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-04-28 | 2016-04-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] | AR | R | C001095 | 0 | EPA Accountability in Flint Act This bill makes the Federal Tort Claims Act exemption inapplicable to any claim brought against the federal government relating to an act or omission of, exercise or performance of, or failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty by, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) relating to the lead contamination of the drinking water of the city of Flint, Michigan, between April 1, 2014, and the date on which the EPA determines that the drinking water of the city complies with federal standards. A civil action relating to the EPA's conduct in relation to such contamination must be commenced within 10 years after the cause of action accrues. Any award against, or compromise settlement by, the government relating to the EPA's conduct in relation to such contamination shall be paid out of unobligated balances in the Environmental Programs And Management account. The EPA shall work with any affected state or local government to implement a program for the long-term monitoring of the quality of Flint's drinking water in response to such contamination. | 2023-01-11T13:33:06Z | |
| 114-s-2899 | 114 | s | 2899 | Zika Response and Regulatory Relief Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-04-28 | 2016-04-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] | SD | R | T000250 | 0 | Zika Response and Regulatory Relief Act This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) by revising requirements for state permit programs under the national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must waive for 180 days after this bill's enactment: (1) state NPDES permit requirements for public health pesticide applications of a mosquito control program, and (2) certain reporting requirements for such pesticide applications in permits issued by the EPA before this bill's enactment. The EPA may extend the period during which permit and reporting requirements may be waived for up to an additional 180 days beyond the original period to protect the public health. States administering NPDES programs must also waive reporting requirements with respect to the pesticide applications during those periods. | 2023-01-11T13:33:06Z | |
| 114-s-2860 | 114 | s | 2860 | Climate Change Adapt America Bond Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-04-27 | 2016-04-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 1 | Climate Change Adapt America Bond Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to issue Climate Change Bonds. The proceeds from the bonds must be deposited in the Adapt America Fund established by this bill within the Department of Commerce. Commerce must carry out an investment program to fund projects, using bond revenue, that aid in adaption to climate change. The bill establishes the Climate Change Advisory Commission to: (1) establish recommendations, frameworks, and guidelines for the program; and (2) identify categories of the most cost-effective investments and projects that emphasize multiple benefits to commerce, human health, and ecosystems. | 2023-01-11T13:33:07Z | |
| 114-hr-5070 | 114 | hr | 5070 | Lead Testing in School and Child Care Drinking Water Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-04-26 | 2016-04-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. | House | Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] | NJ | D | P000096 | 0 | Lead Testing in School and Child Care Drinking Water Act of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a voluntary school and child care lead testing program of grants to states to assist local educational agencies in voluntary testing for lead contamination in drinking water at schools and child care programs. The bill repeals the current program of federal assistance for state programs regarding lead contamination in school drinking water. | 2023-01-11T13:31:33Z | |
| 114-hr-5024 | 114 | hr | 5024 | Clean Air and Vehicle Technology Accountability Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-04-21 | 2016-05-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. | House | Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11] | CA | D | D000623 | 4 | Clean Air and Vehicle Technology Accountability Act of 2016 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to establish criminal penalties for any person who: prior to the sale, or knowingly after sale, removes or renders inoperative an air pollution control device installed on or in a motor vehicle or engine; or manufactures, sells, or installs, parts or components that bypass, defeat, or render inoperative air pollution control devices installed on or in a motor vehicle or engine if the person knows or should know that the part or component is being offered for sale or installed for that use. | 2023-01-11T13:31:35Z | |
| 114-s-2820 | 114 | s | 2820 | Contaminant and Lead Electronic Accounting and Reporting Requirements (CLEARR) for Drinking Water Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-04-20 | 2016-04-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] | MA | D | M000133 | 0 | Contaminant and Lead Electronic Accounting and Reporting Requirements (CLEARR) for Drinking Water Act of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by revising requirements governing the drinking water state revolving funds, including by prioritizing grant applications that improve continuous electronic monitoring or transmission of water quality testing results. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must issue formal guidance that develops a process for protecting and improving the drinking water of minority, tribal, or low-income communities. In developing the process, the EPA must establish within the Office of Environmental Justice a process for the communities to request expedited testing of the quality of drinking water. The EPA must develop an electronic database of drinking water quality and health screening tests. The EPA may make grants for educating residents in minority, tribal, or low-income communities about: (1) drinking water contaminants that may have adverse effects on human health, and (2) the assistance that the EPA may provide in addressing the contaminants. The EPA may create a partnership for researching contaminants in drinking water. The bill revises reporting requirements, inspection requirements, and enforcement provisions concerning violations of national primary drinking water standards. The EPA must issue a rule establishing requirements for electronic submission of compliance data by public water systems and states with primary enforcement responsibilities. The bill establishes additional requirements for those states with respect to notifications of violations of drinking water regulations that have the potential to have serious adverse effects on human health. | 2023-01-11T13:33:08Z | |
| 114-s-2821 | 114 | s | 2821 | True LEADership Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-04-20 | 2016-04-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] | MD | D | C000141 | 30 | Testing, Removal, and Updated Evaluations of Lead Everywhere in America for Dramatic Enhancements that Restore Safety to Homes, Infrastructure, and Pipes Act of 2016 or the True LEADership Act of 2016 This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)to establish grant programs to assist communities and states fund projects that reduce lead in drinking water. The bill establishes a mandatory reporting requirement for states to report elevated levels of lead in children's blood to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the EPA to promulgate lead and copper pipe regulations that would set household action levels for lead and copper in drinking water.The EPA must develop a process to protect and improve the drinking water of minority, tribal, and low-income communities.Additionally, the EPA must establish a voluntary school and child care lead testing grant program. The bill creates a new tax credit for homeowners to invest in eliminating lead hazards.Additionally, the bill revises how the Department of Housing and Urban Development deals with lead in homes. The EPA must establish a grant program to accelerate the testing, deployment and commercialization of new drinking water technologies. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is authorized to provide funding from its disaster relief fund in response to a major incident of lead contamination in drinking water. The bill creates a grant program for local educational agencies to assist children that have been affected by lead poisoning. | 2023-01-11T13:33:08Z | |
| 114-s-2830 | 114 | s | 2830 | Lead Testing in School and Child Care Drinking Water Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-04-20 | 2016-04-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 4 | Lead Testing in School and Child Care Drinking Water Act of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a voluntary school and child care lead testing program of grants to states to assist local educational agencies in voluntary testing for lead contamination in drinking water at schools and child care programs. The bill repeals the current program of federal assistance for state programs regarding lead contamination in school drinking water. | 2023-01-11T13:33:08Z | |
| 114-s-2816 | 114 | s | 2816 | Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-04-19 | 2016-06-21 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 525. | Senate | Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] | DE | D | C000174 | 4 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize through FY2021 a diesel emissions reduction program. The program authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants, rebates, or loans for reducing diesel emissions from certain diesel vehicles or fleets by retrofitting or replacing their engines. | 2023-01-11T13:32:41Z | |
| 114-hr-4954 | 114 | hr | 4954 | Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-04-15 | 2016-04-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 43 | Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2016 The bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize through FY2021 and revise specified wastewater infrastructure programs and water pollution control programs, including the clean water state revolving fund program and a grant program for protecting groundwater quality. | 2023-01-11T13:31:37Z | |
| 114-s-2776 | 114 | s | 2776 | TEST for Lead Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-04-11 | 2016-04-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001288 | 0 | Transparent Environment in School Testing for Lead Act or the TEST for Lead Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to: (1) allow funds from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to be used to train school personnel on issues relating to lead contamination in drinking water and to assist in lead remediation efforts, and (2) condition a state's receipt of funding from such Fund on the state establishing a program to test for lead in school drinking water. Program requirements include testing water from: (1) faucets used for food preparation, (2)sinks in bathrooms, and (3)drinking water coolers.Testing must be conducted at least biannually at schools built prior to 1996 and at least annually at schools built in 1996 or after. Additionally, local education agencies must notify parents or guardians, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the state in which they are located, the local municipal government, and local health agencies within 48 hours if a level of lead exceeds the EPA's lead action level. | 2023-01-11T13:31:26Z | |
| 114-s-2768 | 114 | s | 2768 | Clean Water Affordability Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-04-07 | 2016-04-07 | 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 2016 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to revise and reauthorize through FY2021 a grant program for intercepting, transporting, controlling, or treating combined sewer overflows or sanitary sewer overflows. The bill: (1) expands the grant program to include support for measures that manage, reduce, treat, or recapture stormwater or subsurface drainage water; (2) allows local or regional authorities to receive grant funds; and (3) increases the federal cost-sharing requirement by requiring the federal share of the costs of a project carried out using grant funds to be at least 75% of the total costs of the project. The bill also revises the Clean Water Act by establishing requirements concerning managing water pollution during periods of heavy precipitation, including by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a green infrastructure portfolio standard, which contains voluntary goals for increasing the percentage of annual water managed by eligible entities that use green infrastructure. (Green infrastructure is an approach used to manage stormwater by capturing stormwater in vegetation or porous surfaces.) The EPA must update the guidance entitled "Combined Sewer Overflows - Guidance for Financial Capability Assessment and Schedule Development" to ensure that the evaluations of community financial capability and schedule development meet specified criteria. | 2023-01-11T13:31:26Z | |
| 114-hr-4879 | 114 | hr | 4879 | TEST for Lead Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-03-23 | 2016-03-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. | House | Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | P000604 | 44 | Transparent Environment in School Testing for Lead Act or the TEST for Lead Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to condition a state's receipt of funding from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund on the state establishing a program to test for lead in school drinking water. Program requirements include testing water from: (1) faucets used for food preparation, (2)sinks in bathrooms, and (3)drinking water coolers.Testing must be conducted at least biannually at schools built prior to 1996 and at least annually at schools built in 1996 or after. Additionally, local education agencies must notify parents, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the state in which they are located within 48 hours if a level of lead exceeds the EPA's lead action level. | 2023-01-11T13:31:49Z | |
| 114-hr-4827 | 114 | hr | 4827 | Coal Ash Landfill Safety Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-03-22 | 2016-03-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. | House | Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] | GA | D | J000288 | 10 | Coal Ash Landfill Safety Act This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)to review regulations related to the disposal of coal combustion residuals (coal ash) in municipal solid wastelandfills to determine if such regulations provide public health and environmental protection that is at least equivalent to the protection provided by the coal combustion residuals rule for certain other landfills and surface impoundments.The review must be completed within six months. To the extent the EPA determines that the regulations fails to provide at least equivalent protection, it must revise the regulations to provide equivalent or greater protection. | 2023-01-11T13:31:51Z | |
| 114-hr-4775 | 114 | hr | 4775 | Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-03-17 | 2016-06-09 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | House | Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] | TX | R | O000168 | 43 | Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 This bill amends the Clean Air Act by revising the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) program. (Sec. 2) The bill delays the implementation of the ozone NAAQS that were published in 2015. The bill extends until: (1) October 26, 2024, the deadline for states to submit designations to implement the 2015 ozone NAAQS; and (2) October 26, 2025, the deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate state areas as attainment, nonattainment, or unclassifiable areas with respect to the 2015 ozone NAAQS. States must submit a state implementation plan (SIP) by October 26, 2026, to implement, maintain, and enforce the 2015 ozone NAAQS. The bill exempts from the 2015 ozone standards certain preconstruction permit applications that were completed or submitted before a final designation was made. (Sec. 3) The bill also changes the review cycle for criteria pollutant NAAQS from a 5-year review cycle to a 10-year review cycle. The EPA may not complete its next review of ozone NAAQS before October 26, 2025. The EPA may consider, as a secondary consideration, likely technological feasibility in establishing and revising NAAQS for a pollutant if a range of air quality levels for such pollutant are requisite to protect public health with an adequate margin of safety. Prior to establishing or revising NAAQS, the EPA must obtain advice from its scientific advisory committee regarding potential adverse public health, welfare, social, economic, or energy effects which may result from attaining and maintaining NAAQS. The EPA must publish regulations and guidance for implementing NAAQS concurrently with the issuance of a new or revised standard. New or revised NAAQS shall not apply to preconstruction permits for constructing or modifying a stationary source of air pollutants until those regulations and guidance have been published. The bill provides that in Extreme Ozone Nonattainment Areas, contingency measures are not required to be included in nonattainment plans. … | 2023-01-11T13:31:52Z | |
| 114-hr-4797 | 114 | hr | 4797 | GET THE LEAD OUT Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-03-17 | 2016-03-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. | House | Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8] | IL | D | D000622 | 3 | Grants and Education To Tackle Homeowner Exposure to Lead Ensuring America Drinks Only from Unpolluted Taps Act of 2016 or the GET THE LEAD OUT Act of 2016 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a grant program to provide assistance to eligible entities (i.e., certain water systems, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies) for reducing lead levels in water for human consumption. Grant funds may be used to assist low-income homeowners in carrying out lead reduction projects, as long as the grant amount does not exceed the cost of replacing the privately owned portion of the service line. If an eligible entity uses funds for replacing lead service lines, it must: (1) notify customers of the planned replacement of any publicly owned portions of the lead service line; (2) inform each customer that it will replace the public portions of the line only if it obtains the customer's consent to simultaneously replace the privately owned portions of the line; and (3) demonstrate that it has considered multiple options for reducing lead in drinking water, including an evaluation of options for corrosion control. | 2023-01-11T13:31:52Z | |
| 114-hr-4806 | 114 | hr | 4806 | CLEAR Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-03-17 | 2016-03-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. | House | Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] | IL | D | Q000023 | 6 | Copper and Lead Evaluation and Reporting Act of 2016 or the CLEAR Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate new lead and copper regulations that would set a health-based, household action level for lead and copper that triggers: (1) a consumer notification of drinking water contamination; (2) a report to the appropriate public health agency; and (3) an examination by the public water system of service line material and, if applicable, the removal of lead portions of the service line. That action level must be based on the amount of lead that would result in a blood lead level greater than five micrograms per deciliter in an average, healthy infant who consumes infant formula made with water. The regulations must also: provide outreach about the health risk and protection available to consumers with known or suspected lead service lines, institutions and facilities that serve other vulnerable populations, and the caregivers and health care providers of those consumers or populations; require reporting by public water systems for each monitoring period to the populations they serve on information concerning lead and copper levels; require public water systems to provide a public statement of lead service line ownership where a community has such lines; modify monitoring requirements to provide for voluntary, consumer-requested tap samples for lead; and provide for utilizing the results of those samples. | 2023-01-11T13:31:51Z | |
| 114-s-2727 | 114 | s | 2727 | A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting State or Indian land, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2016-03-17 | 2016-03-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] | AK | R | S001198 | 1 | This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow a permittee under the Act to satisfy compensatory mitigation requirements for discharging dredged or fill material into the waters of the United States (permitted activity) by entering into a preservation lease with a state or Indian tribe whose wetlands are affected. A preservation lease is an agreement under which a permittee leases wetlands or other aquatic sites on state or Indian land for the sole purpose of preserving the wetlands or other aquatic sites in an undisturbed state during the term of the lease to mitigate for a permitted activity. The term of the lease must not be less than the life of the permitted activity and must be adjusted to account for the cessation of the impacts caused by such activity. If a permittee enters into a preservation lease and subsequently ceases to maintain the permitted activity, or seeks to abandon the permitted activity without a good faith transfer, the permittee must obtain a permit modification from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which may require restoration and rehabilitation of the area. | 2023-01-11T13:31:43Z | |
| 114-s-2732 | 114 | s | 2732 | A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt Indian tribes from compensatory mitigation requirements in connection with certain discharges of dredged or fill material, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2016-03-17 | 2016-03-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] | AK | R | S001198 | 1 | This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to exempt Indian tribes from any requirement to provide compensatory mitigation as a condition of a permit to discharge dredged or fill material into waters of the United States when the permitted activity is conducted on Indian land. If the Indian tribe ceases to maintain the permitted activity on that land, or seeks to abandon that activity without a good faith transfer, the Indian tribe must obtain a permit modification from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps of Engineers may require restoration and rehabilitation of the area. | 2023-01-11T13:31:43Z | |
| 114-s-2673 | 114 | s | 2673 | Water Technology Acceleration Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-03-14 | 2016-03-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] | WI | D | B001230 | 0 | Water Technology Acceleration Act of 2016 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act to accelerate the testing, deployment, and commercialization of innovative water technologies. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)must evaluate the barriers impacting greater use of innovative water technology and provide technical assistance to facilitate financial assistance tohelp communities use new technology.The new technology is designed to help communities address wastewater, storm runoff, and drinking water challenges. Additionally, the EPA must carry out a grant program to accelerate the testing and deployment of innovative water technologies that address water challenges. Priority funding must be given to projects that have the potential to: (1)provide substantial cost savings across a sector, or (2)significantly improve human health or the environment. | 2023-01-11T13:31:45Z | |
| 114-s-2659 | 114 | s | 2659 | RPM Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-03-09 | 2016-03-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] | NC | R | B001135 | 28 | Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2016 or the RPM Act of 2016 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to allow the modification of a vehicle's air emission controls if the vehicle is used solely for competition. | 2023-01-11T13:31:45Z | |
| 114-hr-4715 | 114 | hr | 4715 | RPM Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-03-07 | 2016-03-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10] | NC | R | M001156 | 120 | Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2016 or the RPM Act of 2016 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to allow the modification of a vehicle's air emission controls if the vehicle is used solely for competition. | 2023-01-11T13:31:54Z | |
| 114-hr-4648 | 114 | hr | 4648 | Green Stormwater Infrastructure Investment Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-02-29 | 2016-03-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] | WA | D | K000381 | 2 | Green Stormwater Infrastructure Investment Act This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to assist state, tribal, and local governments toinvest in green stormwater infrastructure.Green stormwater infrastructure is a stormwater management technique that uses natural or engineered systems designed to promote the uptake and filtration of stormwater at its source to protect habitats and reduce flood risks. The bill establishes a 20% reserve within each state's Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund for installation, operation, and maintenance of green stormwater infrastructure. The Department of Transportation must prioritize projects that include green stormwater infrastructure for competitive federal transportation infrastructure grants. The bill also authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to extend National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits for green stormwater infrastructure systems for up to 10 years. | 2023-01-11T13:32:04Z | |
| 114-hr-4653 | 114 | hr | 4653 | Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-02-29 | 2016-03-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. | House | Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] | NY | D | T000469 | 66 | Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the Act through FY2021. The bill sets forth requirements concerning Safe Drinking Water Act State Revolving Fund (SRF) projects, including mandates for the use of bond sales, mandates to produce goods in the United States, and mandates to provide prevailing wages to laborers and mechanics. The bill makes changes to provisions that states must include in their Intended Use Plans, including data on variances, exemptions, and persistent violations. The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide additional assistance to public water systems that serve disadvantaged communities. The bill increases the portion of SRF funds that states may reserve to provide technical assistance to public water systems.Additionally, the bill increases the funds that may be reserved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use in the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. The EPAmust:(1)study the presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in drinking water sources, (2)establish requirements for electronic submission of compliance monitoring data by public water systems, (3)collect data on best practices for administration of SRF programs, (4)implement a certification program for effective water leak control technology, (5)develop a strategic plan for assessing and managing the risks of drought to drinking water, (6)establish a grant program to assist water systems in improving drinking water resiliency and sustainability, and (7)establish a grant program to remove lead service lines from public water systems. | 2023-01-11T13:32:04Z | |
| 114-hr-4630 | 114 | hr | 4630 | CLEANUP Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-02-25 | 2016-02-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. | House | Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] | IL | D | R000515 | 1 | Compensating Losses to the Environment from Automobiles with Noxious Undisclosed Pollution Act of 2016 or the CLEANUP Act This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to deny Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)credits to any automobile manufacturer that circumvents emission control requirements to obtain CAFE credits unlawfully. Manufacturers earn CAFE credits when the average fuel economy for a given annualfleet of vehicles exceeds the minimalrequiredCAFE standards. Additionally, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA)is authorized to collect additional penalties from manufacturers that obtain CAFE credits unlawfully. The bill also establishes an Air Quality RestorationTrust Fund funded with deposits from penalties NHTSA collects from manufacturers under this bill. The fund must be used solely forproviding grants to support specific programs that restore and improve air quality. | 2023-01-11T13:32:05Z | |
| 114-s-2583 | 114 | s | 2583 | FUND Water Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-02-25 | 2016-02-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] | MD | D | C000141 | 0 | Firm, Unwavering National Dedication to Water Act or the FUND Water Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize through FY2021 the drinking water state revolving fund program. The bill also amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize through FY2021 the state revolving fund program for water pollution control. | 2023-01-11T13:31:58Z | |
| 114-s-2587 | 114 | s | 2587 | CLEAR Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-02-25 | 2016-02-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] | MD | D | C000141 | 1 | Copper and Lead Evaluation and Reporting Act of 2016 or the CLEAR Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate new lead and copper regulations that would set a health-based, household action level for lead and copper that triggers: (1) a consumer notification of drinking water contamination; (2) a report to the appropriate public health agency; and (3) an examination by the public water system of service line material and, if applicable, the removal of lead portions of the service line. That action level must be based on the amount of lead that would result in a blood lead level greater than five micrograms per deciliter in an average, healthy infant who consumes infant formula made with water. The regulations must also: provide outreach about the health risk and protection available to consumers with known or suspected lead service lines, institutions and facilities that serve other vulnerable populations, and the caregivers and health care providers of those consumers or populations; require reporting by public water systems for each monitoring period to the populations they serve on information concerning lead and copper levels; require public water systems to provide a public statement of lead service line ownership where a community has such lines; modify monitoring requirements to provide for voluntary, consumer-requested tap samples for lead; and provide for utilizing the results of those samples. | 2023-01-11T13:31:58Z | |
| 114-s-2588 | 114 | s | 2588 | GET THE LEAD OUT Act of 2016 | Environmental Protection | 2016-02-25 | 2016-02-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] | MD | D | C000141 | 2 | Grants and Education To Tackle Homeowner Exposure to Lead Ensuring America Drinks Only from Unpolluted Taps Act of 2016 or the GET THE LEAD OUT Act of 2016 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a grant program to provide assistance to eligible entities (i.e., certain water systems, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies) for reducing lead levels in water for human consumption. Grant funds may be used to assist low-income homeowners in carrying out lead reduction projects, as long as the grant amount does not exceed the cost of replacing the privately owned portion of the service line. If an eligible entity uses funds for replacing lead service lines, it must: (1) notify customers of the planned replacement of any publicly owned portion of the lead service line; (2) inform each customer that it will replace the public portion of the line only if it obtains the customer's consent to simultaneously replace the privately owned portion of the line; and (3) demonstrate that it has considered multiple options for reducing lead in drinking water, including an evaluation of options for corrosion control. | 2023-01-11T13:31:58Z | |
| 114-s-2603 | 114 | s | 2603 | CLEANUP Act | Environmental Protection | 2016-02-25 | 2016-02-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] | MA | D | M000133 | 2 | Compensating Losses to the Environment from Automobiles with Noxious Undisclosed Pollution Act of 2016 or the CLEANUP Act This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to deny Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)credits to any automobile manufacturer that circumvents emission control requirements to obtain CAFE credits unlawfully. Manufacturers earn CAFE credits when the average fuel economy for a given annualfleet of vehicles exceeds the minimalrequiredCAFE standards. Additionally, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA)is authorized to collect additional penalties from manufacturers that obtain CAFE credits unlawfully. The bill also establishes an Air Quality RestorationTrust Fund funded with deposits from penalties NHTSA collects from manufacturers under this bill. The fund must be used solely forproviding grants to support specific programs that restore and improve air quality. | 2023-01-11T13:31:58Z |
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