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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 September 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to receive the £2 billion green dividend that the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food announced before the EU referendum on 23 June 2016.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 September 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to the (a) Soil Association, (b) Rivers Trust and (c) RSPCA on running eco-friendly accreditation schemes for farmers.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 2016
Supporting, Employing, and Recognizing Veterans in Communities Everywhere Act or the SERVICE Act TITLE I--ACCOUNTABILITY This bill establishes in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection and expands VA whistleblower protections. The VA may remove and suspend (without pay) employees based on performance or misconduct that threatens the health and safety of veterans. The VA: (1) shall reduce the federal annuity of an individual removed from the VA Senior Executive Service (SES) who is convicted of a felony that influenced his or her performance; (2) may reduce the federal annuity of an individual who was convicted of such a felony and was subject to removal or transfer from the SES but who left the VA before final action was taken; and (3) may recoup awards, bonus, or relocation expenses paid to a VA employee who has committed an act of fraud, waste, or malfeasance. TITLE II--HEALTH CARE The VA may enter into contracts or agreements with eligible providers to furnish hospital care and medical services to electing, eligible veterans, which include veterans who are unable to schedule an appointment with a VA health care provider within a specified time frame or who do not reside within 40 miles of a VA medical facility. Such provisions may be referred to as the Veterans Choice Program. VA emergency treatment reimbursement in non-VA facilities shall include reimbursement for urgent care. The bill: (1) expands and makes permanent the VA childcare program for beneficiaries,and (2) provides for adoption assistance for certain disabled veterans. The caregiver support program is terminated on October 1, 2020. The bill: (1) authorizes the transfer of entitlement to Post 9/11 education assistance to family members by veterans who are retired for a physical disability or who are seriously injured veterans in need of family caregiver services, without regard to length-of-service requirements; (2) expands the family caregiver program; (3) establishes the Office of Health Care Quality in the Veterans Health Administration; and (4) revises physician recruitment and retention provisions. The VA shall: (1) report annually, through 2020, on disability claims based on a mental health condition alleged to have been incurred or aggravated by military sexual trauma; (2) establish a pilot program for veterans with chronic pain issues, including those veterans who are dependent on opioids; and (3) establish a center of excellence for the treatment of burn pit and other environmental exposures. TITLE III--EDUCATION The bill increases oversight of schools eligible to receive veterans benefits and increases counseling and access to information for student veterans. The VA shall establish: (1) an interagency working group to share information on education programs that employ deceptive or misleading practices, and (2) the Grow Our Own Directive (G.O.O.D.) pilot program to provide educational assistance to certain former members of the Armed Forces for education and training as VA physician assistants. If, as a result of a permanent school closure, a veteran is forced to discontinue a course, did not receive credit, or lost training time toward completion of the education program, VA educational assistance payments shall not be: (1) charged against the individual's entitlement to educational assistance, or (2) counted against the aggregate assistance period. Certain reserves active duty time shall be considered for purposes of Post-9/11 educational assistance eligibility. TITLE IV--DISABILITY COMPENSATION AND PENSION The bill amends the disability benefits appeals process. The definition of "spouse" is amended for purposes of veterans' benefits to require the VA to recognize a marriage based on the law of the state where the marriage occurred. A marriage that occurs outside a state shall be recognized if such marriage is lawful in the place where it occurs and could have been entered into under the laws of any state. The bill allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability. The bill extends for two years: (1) the VA presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicides, including Agent Orange, with respect to specified veterans who served in Vietnam; and (2) VA authority to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate evidence regarding associations between diseases and exposure to dioxin and other chemical compounds in herbicides, including herbicides used in military operations in the Vietnam and each disease suspected to be associated with such exposure. TITLE V--HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS VA homeless veterans reintegration programs are extended. The VA shall begin a three-year pilot program to assess the feasibility of awarding grants to eligible entities to purchase and renovate abandoned homes for homeless veterans. The bill establishes the Veterans Homelessness Grant Fund. TITLE VI--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING The Department of Defense (DOD) may carry out a pilot program to enhance DOD efforts to provide job placement assistance and related employment services directly to members of the National Guard and Reserves and veterans of the Armed Forces. The VA may, in awarding a contract or task order for the procurement of goods or services, give preference to offerors based on the percentage of their full-time employees who are veterans. The Department of of Labor shall carry out a five-year pilot program to award grants to manufacturing employers and labor-management organizations that provide eligible veterans with training, apprenticeships, and certification. TITLE VII--CONSTRUCTION AND LEASES No funds may be appropriated for any major medical facility lease unless the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives adopt resolutions approving the lease. The VA shall: (1) enter into partnership agreements with appropriate non-federal entities for major construction projects, and (2) carry out a pilot program to accept the donation of medical facilities and related property. The VA may carry out: (1) certain leases at the Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Campus in Los Angeles, California; and (2) a major medical facility lease for an outpatient clinic in Oxnard, California. TITLE VIII--OTHER MATTERS The Department of Homeland Security shall: (1) establish a program to permit eligible deported noncitizen veterans to enter the United States as, and to permit eligible noncitizen veterans in the United States to adjust their status to that of, a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence; and (2) cancel the removal of eligible noncitizen veterans and allow them to similarly adjust their status. Each military department shall ensure that its oral historians review the circumstances surrounding members of the Armed Forces who were discharged between World War II and September 2011 because of their sexual orientation. Certain service performed before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts is deemed to be active military service for VA benefits purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 2016
NAFTA Accountability Act This bill provides that unless the specified conditions set forth in this bill are met: Congress withdraws its approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) effective one year after enactment of this bill; and the President, not later than six months after this bill's enactment, shall provide written notice of withdrawal to the governments of Canada and Mexico. The bill requires the President to confer with the governments of Canada and Mexico and renegotiate NAFTA to correct: trade deficits, currency distortions, and the impact of agricultural imports on U.S. agricultural production. The bill also prescribes requirements for: gains in U.S. jobs and living standards, increased domestic manufacturing, health and environmental standards, a non-increase in crime with illegal drugs, and democracy and human freedoms in Mexico. The bill expresses the sense of Congress that, until the conditions set forth in this bill are met, the President should not engage in negotiations to expand NAFTA to include other countries, and trade promotion authority should not be renewed with respect to the approval of any such NAFTA expansion.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 2016
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.
Austria · National Council · 14 September 2016
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Christiane Brunner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Ausstieg aus der Bleimunition
France · Senate · 14 September 2016
France · Senate · 14 September 2016
European Union · European Parliament · 14 September 2016
European Union · European Parliament · 14 September 2016
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 September 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the framework for her Department's 25-year plan for the environment; and what the timetable will be for (a) consulting on the plan and (b) publishing the fina
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 September 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the 25 year plan for the environment.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2016
New Water Available To Every Reclamation State Act or the New WATER Act This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior, for 15 years after this bill's enactment, to provide financial assistance, such as secured loans or loan guarantees, to entities that contract under federal reclamation law to carry out water projects within the 17 western states served by the Bureau of Reclamation, other states where the Bureau is authorized to provide project assistance, Alaska, and Hawaii. Projects eligible for assistance include: non-federal water infrastructure projects that would contribute to a safe, adequate water supply for domestic, agricultural, environmental, or municipal and industrial use; projects for enhanced energy efficiency in the operation of a water system; projects for accelerated repair and replacement of aging water distribution facilities; brackish or sea water desalination projects; and the acquisition of real property or an interest therein for water storage, reclaimed or recycled water, or wastewater that is integral to such a project. To be eligible for assistance, a project must be deemed creditworthy. Eligible project costs must be reasonably anticipated to be at least $20 million. Interior shall establish criteria for project selection and may enter into a master credit agreement for projects secured by a common security pledge on terms acceptable to it. Interior may enter into agreements with obligors to make secured loans to finance or refinance eligible project costs or to refinance long-term project obligations or federal credit instruments to provide additional funding capacity for the completion, enhancement, or expansion of a project. The total amount of federal assistance for a project shall not exceed 80% of its total cost. Interior shall establish: (1) a repayment schedule for each secured loan based on the useful life of the project, and (2) a uniform system to service the federal credit instruments made available under this bill. Interior shall report biennially on the financial performance of the projects that receive assistance under this bill.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2016
Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act This bill amends the Fair Housing Act to identify certain unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature in or around a dwelling that is sufficiently severe or pervasive as to constitute a discriminatory housing practice based on hostile environment sexual harassment. Such conduct consists of: (1) an unwelcome touching of a sexual nature or groping; or (2) any other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that is intended to be coercive, threatening, or intimidating.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 14 September 2016
Verzoek aan de staatssecretaris van Infrastructuur en Milieu om geen onomkeerbare stappen te zetten met de wijziging van het Activiteitenbesluit milieubeheer met betrekking tot gewasbescherming in glastuinbouw en open teelt
Austria · National Council · 13 September 2016
Antrag der Abgeordneten Josef Schellhorn, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Rahmenbedingungen für die bessere Nutzung von Wasserstoff für die Industrie und das Energiesystem
Austria · National Council · 13 September 2016
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ing. Robert Lugar, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend rechtswidrige und umweltgefährdende Asphaltentsorgung
Austria · National Council · 13 September 2016
Antrag der Abgeordneten Josef Schellhorn, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend industrielle Abwärmepotenziale besser nutzbar zu machen
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 September 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on producing a 25-Year Plan for the environment.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2016
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.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2016
Burma Strategy Act of 2016 This bill authorizes FY2017 appropriations for assistance to Burma to: (1) support civil society organizations and strengthen anti-corruption efforts, (2) implement a specified democracy and human rights strategy, (3) support refugee-assistance organizations operating in Thailand, (4) promote ethnic reconciliation, and (5) reduce the military's position in the economy. Funds may not be provided to: (1) the military of Burma or any individual or organization credibly alleged to have committed gross violations of human rights, or (2) any individual or organization that advocates violence against ethnic or religious groups and individuals in Burma. The bill provides for a U.S. national security waiver. The Department of the Treasury shall instruct the U.S. executive director of each international financial institution to use U.S. influence to support only those projects in Burma that meet specified accountability, social and cultural, environmental and natural resource, and indigenous peoples protections. Foreign military sales funds are made available for English language training for Burma's military under the Defense Language Institute English Language Center. The Department of State may establish an exchange program between military and civilian personnel of Burma and their counterparts in: (1) countries that are strengthening a democratic form of government and demonstrating civilian oversight of the military, or (2) North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries. The President may designate a private, nonprofit organization as the Win Tin Burma-American Enterprise Fund to receive financial assistance and support under this bill. No military-owned enterprises are eligible for fund participation. The U.S. Trade Representative is urged to: (1) help Burma achieve eligibility for the generalized system of preferences, and (2) urge other countries to support such eligibility. The State Department shall submit a strategy to promote transparency and good governance in Burma's jadeite, ruby, and gemstones sector.
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 13 September 2016
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 13 September 2016
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 13 September 2016
Austria · National Council · 12 September 2016
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Dagmar Belakowitsch-Jenewein, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Justiz betreffend zwei qualvoll verendete Hunde in Wien-Liesing
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2016
Environmental and Economic Benefits Restoration Act of 2016 This bill amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to direct the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a landscape-scale restoration program to provide financial and technical assistance for landscape-scale restoration projects on state, political subdivision, and private forest lands that maintain or improve benefits from trees and forests on such lands. The program shall: address the national private forest conservation priorities specified under the Act; and enhance public benefits from trees and forests, as identified in a state-wide assessment and a long-term state-wide forest resource strategy under the Act. The program shall also have one or more objectives, including to: protect or improve water quality or quantity; reduce wildfire risk; protect or enhance wildlife habitat, consistent with wildlife objectives established by the applicable state fish and wildlife agency; improve forest health, including addressing native, nonnative, and invasive pests; or enhance opportunities for new and existing markets in which the production and use of wood products strengthens local and regional economies. USDA shall establish a measurement system to measure the results of landscape-scale restoration projects assisted under this bill. USDA shall allocate from the amounts made available under this bill: 50% for the competitive process for distributing funds for landscape-scale restoration projects; and 50% proportionally to states to maximize the achievement of the restoration program's objectives and to address the highest national priorities, as identified in state-wide assessments and long-term state-wide forest resource strategies. The bill amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to allocate funds and use specified authorities of the USDA or of the Department of the Interior, as appropriate, to assist cross-boundary hazardous fuel reduction and wildfire mitigation programs.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 2016
This bill authorizes the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to approve and allow the construction and use of a floating cabin (a watercraft or other floating structure primarily designed and used for human habitation or occupation and not primarily designed or used for navigation or transportation on water) on TVA waters if: (1) such cabin is maintained by the owner to reasonable health, safety, and environmental standards; and (2) the TVA has authorized the use of recreational vessels on such waters. The TVA may levy necessary and reasonable fees on the owners of such cabins. The TVA may not require removal of floating cabins located on TVA waters on the date of enactment of this bill for specified periods after enactment of this bill and must allow continued use of such cabins that meet the requirements of this bill for the duration of such periods.
France · Senate · 8 September 2016
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 8 September 2016
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 8 September 2016
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 8 September 2016
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 8 September 2016
Brief van de minister van Infrastructuur en Milieu over het bericht ‘Veiligheid niet leidend bij kernreactor in Petten’ (Nos.nl, 7 september 2016)
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to amend her Department's budget to meet additional workload arising from preparation for leaving the EU.
European Union · EUR-Lex · 7 September 2016
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 7 September 2016
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 2016
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.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 6 September 2016
Brief van de minister van Infrastructuur en Milieu over het bericht dat de Europees Unie rekeningrijden wil invoeren (Telegraaf, 1 september 2016)
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2016
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to comply with the European Court of Justice judgment of 2015 on VAT on green products such as solar panels.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a list of all secondees to her Department from (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) KPMG and (e) other consulting firms in the last three financial years
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to ensure that regulatory standards on clean beaches and seas, marine wildlife protection and fish population levels will not be lowered after the UK leave
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times her Department has used the services of (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) KPMG and (e) other consulting firms in the last three financial years; and what (
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ensure that the UK continues to comply with the (a) Bathing Waters Directive and (b) Marine Strategy Framework Directive when the UK leaves the EU.
Germany · German Bundestag · 2 September 2016
Politisch motivierte Kriminalität (PMK) in den Themenfeldern "Ausländer-/Asylthematik", "Konfrontation/Politische Einstellung" und "Innen- und Sicherheitspolitik", Definition und Erfassung "asylkritisch" motivierter Straftaten, Änderungen der PMK-Kriterien durch die Innenministerkonferenz, rechtsextreme Einstellungsmuster und Befürwortung von Pegida, rechtsterroristische Bestrebungen bzw. Gruppierungen, rechtsextreme Gefährder, Bedeutung "formloser Gruppierungen" für die Entwicklung rechtsextremen Personenpotentials, Internetaktivitäten, Fanzines, Kenntnisse zur "Identitären Bewegung", Vernetzung im rechten und rechtsextremen Milieu, Werbestrategien, Radikalisierung; Gruppierungen bzw. Einzelpersonen der Reichsbürgerbewegung, Bezug gewaltbereiter Rechtsextremisten auf die Reichsbürgerideologie, Waffenfunde; Präferenz rechtsextremer Personen für die AfD<br /> (insgesamt 27 Einzelfragen)
Germany · German Bundestag · 2 September 2016
Zahlr. Einzelfragen zum Umrüstungsstand von Pkw mit Abschalteinrichtungen oder Thermofenstern bei VW, Rückrufanordnung oder Typzulassungsentzug infolge der Manipulation bei Opel, Umrüstkonzepte anderer Hersteller, Kontrolle der Messverfahren zur Grenzwerteinhaltung, Reduktion der Stickoxid-Emissionen, zusätzlich überprüfte Fahrzeugmodelle, neue KBA-Typgenehmigungen, Einzelheiten zu "Doping-Tests", Tätigkeit der Untersuchungskommission, Vorlage des Berichts zu CO2-Emissionen sowie des juristischen Gutachtens zur Zulässigkeit vorhandener Abschalteinrichtungen<br /> (insgesamt 22 Einzelfragen)
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what changes she plans to make to cost protection rules for environmental legal challenges.
European Union · European Commission · 30 August 2016
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 29 August 2016
Voorstel van het lid Van Veldhoven (D66) om het AO Duurzaamheid en milieu te verplaatsen
Austria · National Council · 24 August 2016
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Christiane Brunner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Mehrweg-Heros auf der Suche nach der verschwundenen Flasche
Austria · National Council · 22 August 2016
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ulrike Weigerstorfer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Pestizideinsatz in Österreich
Austria · National Council · 22 August 2016
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ulrike Weigerstorfer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Gesundheit und Frauen betreffend Pestizideinsatz in Österreich