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Bill· HRH.R. 9651 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 2022
Local Infrastructure Funding & Technical Assistance Act or the LIFT Act This bill authorizes the Department of Commerce to provide grants under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 for predevelopment projects—measures required to be completed before construction of resilient climate infrastructure occurs—and related technical assistance. Grants may be provided to economic development districts, states, Indian tribes, local governments, institutions of higher education, individuals, and other organizations as specified by the bill.
Bill· HRH.R. 9618 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2022
Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines Act or the STREAM Act This bill allows a state to set aside up to 30% of its annual grant for abandoned mine reclamation provided under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for the treatment and abatement of acid mine drainage, which is the release of acidic water from abandoned coal mines.
Bill· SS. 5294 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2022
Legacy Mine Cleanup Act of 2022 This bill establishes the Office of Mountains, Deserts, and Plains within the Environmental Protection Agency. The office must address abandoned hardrock mines, including by (1) establishing and annually updating a list of abandoned hardrock mine sites that are prioritized for response actions, and (2) updating every five years an interagency plan to carry out response actions at Navajo Nation abandoned uranium mine sites.
Bill· HRH.R. 9608 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 2022
Reducing Plastics in Wastewater Act This bill permits the use of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund to construct or improve municipal water treatment facilities to reduce and remove plastic waste, microplastics, and other post-consumer materials from wastewater. That fund provides low-cost financing to communities for a wide range of water quality infrastructure projects.
Bill· HRH.R. 9586 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 2022
Creating Low-cost, Efficient And Net-zero Emissions Resilient Buildings Act or the CLEANER Buildings Act This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a national model building performance standards initiative for specified purposes, including to assist state and local governments in the development and implementation of building performance standards. Not later than 2 years after the enactment of this bill, the EPA must develop national model building performance standards.
Bill· HRH.R. 9587 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 2022
Tenants' Right to Organize Act This bill provides for the right of tenants who receive certain rental assistance to establish, operate, and participate in a tenant organization. Specifically, tenants who participate in Housing Choice Voucher (i.e., Section 8 tenant-based housing assistance) or Low-Income Housing Tax Credit programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development have the right to engage in a tenant organization to address issues related to their living environment and participate in community development activities. Public housing agencies and unit owners are required to recognize tenant organizations and allow tenants to conduct protected activities, including distributing leaflets, initiating tenant contact, and convening meetings in the building. A public housing agency or building owner may not require prior permission for any of these activities. Further, these entities may not retaliate against a tenant for participating in a tenant organization. The bill also provides grants for state and local organizations for training and outreach with respect to tenant organization capacity building and technical assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 9576 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 2022
Leveraging Our Water and Energy data to Reduce Energy Bills Act of 2022 or the LOWER Energy Bills Act of 2022 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and implement a benchmarking and transparency initiative for certain types of properties (such as commercial or multifamily properties) to (1) advance the knowledge of owners and occupants regarding building energy and water use and greenhouse gas emissions, and (2) inform efforts to reduce energy and water use and greenhouse gas emissions nationwide.
Bill· HRH.R. 9534 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 2022
Space Safety and Situational Awareness Transition Act of 2022 or the Space SSA Transition Act of 2022 This bill sets out a process to transition responsibilities for space situational awareness capabilities (i.e., the knowledge and characterization of space objects and their operational environment to facilitate decisions that support safe, stable, and sustainable space activities) from the Department of Defense to the Department of Commerce by December 31, 2025. The bill requires the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish research and development programs related to space situational awareness.
Bill· HRH.R. 9535 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 2022
Federal Land Freedom Act This bill sets forth a process that allows a state (including the District of Columbia) to seek to transfer the responsibility of energy development on federal land within its boundaries from the federal government to the state. Federal land does not include land that, as of May 31, 2013, is (1) held for the benefit of an Indian tribe, (2) in the National Park System, (3) in the National Wildlife Refuge System, or (4) in a congressionally designated wilderness area. To qualify for such a transfer of responsibility, a state must have a program that regulates the exploration and development of oil, natural gas, and other forms of energy on its land. The federal responsibility transfers to the state once the state submits to the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Energy a declaration that it has such a program and that it seeks to transfer the responsibility. Any action taken by a state to lease, permit, or regulate the exploration and development of energy on federal land in lieu of the federal government is not subject to the Administrative Procedure Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, or the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
Bill· HRH.R. 9555 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 2022
Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2022 or the ZEVs Act of 2022 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a zero-emission passenger vehicle standard. Specifically, the bill sets a schedule for increasing the percentage of zero-emission vehicles a vehicle manufacturer delivers for sale, culminating in a requirement to sell only zero-emission vehicles from 2035 on. The bill also requires the EPA to establish a zero-emission vehicle credit program that approves one zero-emission vehicle credit for each zero-emission vehicle delivered for sale in the United States and partial credits for qualified electric vehicles based on the estimated proportion of the mileage driven on the battery. Manufacturers that fail to meet the minimum required percentage of zero-emission vehicle sales must submit to the EPA a quantity of zero-emission vehicle credits sufficient to offset the excess. Credits may also be sold, transferred, exchanged, or retired in certain circumstances. The bill imposes civil penalties for the failure to comply with zero-emission vehicle credit standards, with collected penalties being deposited into the Highway Trust Fund. After 2035, the EPA must issue injunctions on the manufacture of passenger vehicles other than zero-emission vehicles.
Bill· SS. 5263 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 2022
Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2022 or the ZEVs Act of 2022 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a zero-emission passenger vehicle standard. Specifically, the bill sets a schedule for increasing the percentage of zero-emission vehicles a vehicle manufacturer delivers for sale, culminating in a requirement to sell only zero-emission vehicles from 2035 on. The bill also requires the EPA to establish a zero-emission vehicle credit program that approves one zero-emission vehicle credit for each zero-emission vehicle delivered for sale in the United States and partial credits for qualified electric vehicles based on the estimated proportion of the mileage driven on the battery. Manufacturers that fail to meet the minimum required percentage of zero-emission vehicle sales must submit to the EPA a quantity of zero-emission vehicle credits sufficient to offset the excess. Credits may also be sold, transferred, exchanged, or retired in certain circumstances. The bill imposes civil penalties for the failure to comply with zero-emission vehicle credit standards, with collected penalties being deposited into the Highway Trust Fund. After 2035, the EPA must issue injunctions on the manufacture of passenger vehicles other than zero-emission vehicles.
Bill· SS. 5214 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2022
Methane Emissions Research Act of 2022 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a methane research pilot study to quantify methane emissions from infrastructure used for the production, gathering and boosting, processing, transmission, and storage of oil and natural gas in the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 9457 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2022
Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act of 2022 This bill establishes greenhouse gas emission reporting and related requirements for certain crypto-asset (e.g., Bitcoin) mining operations.
Bill· HRH.R. 9455 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2022
Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act This bill amends the Clean Air Act to address the limitations on Reid Vapor Pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) that are placed on gasoline during the summer ozone season, including by applying the Reid Vapor Pressure requirements that are applicable to gasoline blended with 10% ethanol (E10) to gasoline blended with more than 10% ethanol.
Bill· SS. 5205 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2022
Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a research, development, and demonstration program with respect to (1) data collection on the location of abandoned oil or gas wells; (2) the plugging, remediation, reclamation, and repurposing of the wells; and (3) strategies to mitigate potential environmental impacts of documented and undocumented abandoned wells.
Bill· SS. 5210 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2022
Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act of 2022 This bill establishes greenhouse gas emission reporting and related requirements for certain crypto-asset (e.g., Bitcoin) mining operations.
Report· HearingH.Hrg.117published
United States · United States House of Representatives · 6 December 2022
Bill· HRH.R. 9433 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 2022
Social Enterprise Ecosystem and Economic Development Commission Act of 2022 or the SEEED Commission Act of 2022 This bill establishes the Commission on the Advancement of Social Enterprise to examine and make recommendations on ways the federal government can support and utilize social enterprises (i.e., businesses created to further a social purpose in a financially sustainable way). The commission must (1) establish criteria for identifying social enterprises, which may include nonprofit and for-profit organizations, for purposes of federal programs; and (2) identify opportunities for the federal government to engage social enterprises in creating jobs and strengthening local economies. The areas studied and potential recommendations offered shall include, among other things the role of social enterprises in addressing economic, social, and environmental policy challenges across all levels of government; corporate legal structures that foster or impede the development of social enterprises; how to encourage impact investing; and barriers to social enterprise growth. The commission shall (1) report to the President and Congress within one year after it establishes criteria by which to identify social enterprise, and (2) terminate 90 days after it submits its report.
Bill· HRH.R. 9372 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2022
Pipeline Permitting for Energy Security Act This bill modifies requirements under the Clean Water Act, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to expedite water quality certifications, environmental reviews, endangered species consultations, and make related changes. The bill also establishes requirements to expedite the approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which is a natural gas pipeline located in Virginia and West Virginia.
Bill· HRH.R. 9388 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2022
Protecting Communities from Plastics Act This bill sets forth a variety of requirements and incentives to reduce the production and use of plastics and other petrochemicals, including by directing the Environmental Protection Agency to place a temporary pause on certain new permits for petrochemical facilities under the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9386 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2022
Better Data for Cleaner Air Act of 2022 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to take specified actions related to monitoring and improving air quality, including by implementing a program to administer or conduct emissions measurement and quantification, promulgating regulations related to specified source categories, formulating recommendations on how to expand ambient air monitoring and access to air quality information for certain communities, and deploying not fewer than 1,000 air quality sensors.
Bill· SS. 5179 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2022
This bill requires congressional approval to list, remove from a list, or change the status of any endangered species or threatened species.
Bill· SS. 5166 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2022
Preparing Regulators Effectively for a Post-prohibition Adult-use Regulated Environment Act of 2022 or the PREPARE Act of 2022 This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish the Commission on the Federal Regulation of Cannabis to study a plausible and prompt pathway to cannabis regulation.
Bill· SS. 5165 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2022
Pipeline Permitting for Energy Security Act of 2022 This bill modifies requirements under the Clean Water Act, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to expedite water quality certifications, environmental reviews, endangered species consultations, and make related changes. The bill also establishes requirements to expedite the approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which is a natural gas pipeline located in Virginia and West Virginia.
Bill· SS. 5163 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2022
Protecting Communities from Plastics Act This bill sets forth a variety of requirements and incentives to reduce the production and use of plastics and other petrochemicals, including by directing the Environmental Protection Agency to place a temporary pause on certain new permits for petrochemical facilities under the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.
Bill· SS. 5180 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2022
Great Lakes Authority Act of 2022 This bill establishes a Great Lakes Authority to support economic growth and workforce development, water infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, broadband access, lead abatement, and other initiatives in the Great Lakes region (i.e., Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and parts of Ohio and Illinois). The authority must be composed of a cochairperson appointed by the President, a state cochairperson, and the governor of each Great Lakes region state that elects to participate in the authority.
Bill· SS. 5153 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 2022
This bill requires law enforcement officers of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide notice to state and local law enforcement agencies before executing and serving warrants.
Bill· HRH.R. 9357 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 November 2022
This bill requires congressional approval to list, remove from a list, or change the status of any endangered species or threatened species.
Bill· SS. 5145 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 November 2022
Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act This bill amends the Clean Air Act to address the limitations on Reid Vapor Pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) that are placed on gasoline during the summer ozone season, including by applying the Reid Vapor Pressure requirements that are applicable to gasoline blended with 10% ethanol (E10) to gasoline blended with more than 10% ethanol.
Bill· SS. 5128 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 2022
Fertilizer Stewardship, Utilization, Sustainability, Technology, Access, Innovation, and Nourishment Act or the Fertilizer SUSTAIN Act This bill (1) directs the Department of the Interior to designate potash and phosphates as critical minerals, (2) revises the Federal Register and National Environmental Policy Act permitting process for mining and phosphate and potash exploration, and (3) requires the Environmental Protection Agency to allow phosphogypsum to be used in government road projects.
Bill· SS. 3 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 2022
Interactive Federal Review Act This bill revises the environmental review process for federal-aid highway projects. Specifically, the Department of Transportation (DOT) must encourage recipients of federal highway funding to utilize interactive, digital, cloud-based platforms when carrying out environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA); select at least 10 federal-aid highway projects to demonstrate the use of interactive, digital, cloud-based platforms in carrying out the environmental impact analysis and community engagement processes under NEPA; and publish technology-neutral best practice guidance to encourage sponsors of projects that receive federal funds from DOT to use an interactive, digital, cloud-based platform in carrying out the environmental impact analysis and community engagement processes required under NEPA.
Bill· HRH.R. 9338 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 2022
This bill modifies requirements relating to opportunity zone investment (i.e., investment in economically distressed areas) to require its funds to meet specified investment advisory board, diversity, and affordable housing requirements. It also requires that at least 5% of a fund's qualified opportunity zone property is controlled-environment agriculture property.
Bill· HRH.R. 9339 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 2022
Interactive Federal Review Act This bill revises the environmental review process for federal-aid highway projects. Specifically, the Department of Transportation (DOT) must encourage recipients of federal highway funding to utilize interactive, digital, cloud-based platforms when carrying out environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA); select at least 10 federal-aid highway projects to demonstrate the use of interactive, digital, cloud-based platforms in carrying out the environmental impact analysis and community engagement processes under NEPA; and publish technology-neutral best practice guidance to encourage sponsors of projects that receive federal funds from DOT to use an interactive, digital, cloud-based platform in carrying out the environmental impact analysis and community engagement processes required under NEPA.
Bill· HRH.R. 9318 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2022
Carbon Removal and Emissions Storage Technologies Act of 2022 or the CREST Act of 2022 This bill expands the current research and development programs of the Department of Energy (DOE) for capturing and storing carbon dioxide to include methods that harness natural processes, such as the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and its storage in geological, biobased, or ocean reservoirs. In addition, the bill establishes a five-year pilot program under which DOE must purchase from certain facilities carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere or upper hydrosphere.
Bill· SS. 5081 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2022
Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2022 This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of Justice's Office of Environmental Justice. It also establishes grants to improve the capacity of state, local, and tribal governments to enforce environmental laws involving environmental justice matters.
Bill· HRH.R. 9255 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 2022
Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act This bill revises provisions governing the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation and the Marine Debris Program. Specifically, the bill allows the foundation to use appropriated funds for employee salaries for the two years following the bill's enactment. The bill also allows the foundation to locate its principal office outside of the District of Columbia and encourages the foundation to locate it in a coastal state. In addition, the bill requires the foundation to develop best practices for conducting outreach to Indian tribes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) may enter into other agreements, outside of contracts, under the Marine Debris Program. NOAA may also make in-kind contributions for projects under the program.
Bill· HRH.R. 9230 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 2022
State Efforts to Create Underground Regulatory Efficiency Act or the SECURE Act This bill increases the authorized appropriations for certain grants to support states, tribes, and territories with developing and implementing underground injection control programs for wells that are used to inject carbon dioxide into deep rock formations (i.e., geologic sequestration).
Bill· HRH.R. 9218 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 2022
Cumulative Impacts Act of 2022 This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine whether issuing or renewing certain permits under the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act will have cumulative impacts that will harm the health of the general population, or to any potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation. If the EPA determines that, due to those potential cumulative impacts, there does not exist a reasonable certainty of no harm to the health to such populations, then the EPA must deny the permit application.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 113 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 October 2022
This concurrent resolution commemorates the 50th anniversary of the enactment of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, commonly known as the Clean Water Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9124 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 2022
Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2022 This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of Justice's Office of Environmental Justice. It also establishes grants to improve the capacity of state, local, and tribal governments to enforce environmental laws involving environmental justice matters.
Bill· HRH.R. 9139 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 2022
Apache County and Navajo County Conveyance Act of 2022 This bill requires the Forest Service to convey certain lands within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest to Navajo County and Apache County, Arizona. As a condition of each conveyance the counties must pay all associated costs, including the costs of surveys and environmental analyses.
Bill· HRH.R. 9119 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 2022
Targeting and Offsetting Existing Illegal Contaminants Act This bill provides for a program within the Forest Service to identify, investigate, research, and remediate the environmental damage caused by trespass cultivation of cannabis on National Forest System lands and increases criminal penalties for illegal pesticide application on government property. Specifically, the bill directs the Forest Service to carry out a program of environmental remediation on its land, to be known as the Trespass Cannabis Cultivation Site Restoration Program.
Bill· HRH.R. 9106 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 2022
Chincoteague Water Well Replacement Act This bill authorizes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to reimburse the town of Chincoteague, Virginia, for costs associated with the removal, relocation, and replacement of drinking water wells located on NASA property.
Bill· HRH.R. 9108 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 2022
Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2022 This bill revises requirements concerning determinations on whether a species is a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) and caps attorney's fees to prevailing parties in ESA citizen suits. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) must publish online, subject to privacy or administrative limitations, the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for each determination. The bill states that the term best scientific and commercial data available includes all data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government. Thus, the USFWS and NMFS would no longer consider whether data from those sources are the best scientific and commercial data available. Instead, the data would be automatically deemed the best scientific and commercial data available regardless of the quality of the data. Before making a determination on whether a species is an endangered or threatened species, the USFWS and NMFS must provide affected states with all of the data that is the basis of the determination. The Department of the Interior must also publish and maintain an online searchable database that discloses federal expenditures related to litigation under the ESA.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 46 (117th)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2022
This concurrent resolution commemorates the 50th anniversary of the enactment of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, commonly known as the Clean Water Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9087 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2022
Transparency And Production of American Energy Act or the TAP American Energy Act This bill modifies requirements related to the exploration and development of energy resources (e.g., oil, gas, and renewable energy projects). For example, it sets forth provisions to (1) resume sales of onshore and offshore oil and gas leases and restrict the President from imposing bans on or otherwise limiting energy leasing and mineral withdrawals without congressional approval, (2) set timeframes for and makes other changes to certain environmental requirements that apply to energy projects, and (3) address various aspects of permitting and regulating pipelines and energy infrastructure projects.
Bill· HRH.R. 9035 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2022
Farmers Deserve Notification Act This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to provide at least 270 days advance notice in the Federal Register when a pesticide registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act is to be canceled, suspended, or restricted, except in cases where the Scientific Advisory Panel votes to not require the notification period with respect to a pesticide.
Bill· HRH.R. 9047 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2022
Precision Agriculture Loan Program Act of 202 2 This bill establishes a loan program within the Farm Service Agency to assist agricultural producers in purchasing precision agriculture equipment, such as geospatial mapping, data management and analytics software, and network connectivity products and solutions. Precision agriculture refers to managing, tracking, or reducing crop or livestock production inputs, including seed, feed, fertilizer, chemicals, water, and time, at a heightened level of spatial and temporal granularity to improve efficiencies, reduce waste, and maintain environmental quality.
Bill· HRH.R. 9026 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2022
Climate Adaptation Plan Act or the CAP Act This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to award competitive grants to Indian tribes or localities for developing climate adaptation plans (i.e., a framework for measuring, tracking, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adopting climate change adaptation measures).
Bill· HRH.R. 9078 (117th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2022
Permit Reform In Mining for Energy and Defense Act or the PRIMED Act This bill makes certain mineral production projects and certain actions taken by the Department of Defense eligible for an expedited environmental review by including those projects within the scope of covered projects under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.