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H.R. 2050 (116th)

ACHE Act

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Introduced

3 April 2019

Last action

9 April 2019 · Committee

Status

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Sponsors

John Yarmuth, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Gerald Connolly, Diana DeGette, Matt Cartwright, Paul Tonko, Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Earl Blumenauer, Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8], Raúl Grijalva, Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17], Betty McCollum, Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8], Tom Malinowski, LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, Harley Rouda, Alan Lowenthal, Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2], Debra Haaland

Subjects

Healthcare, Environment

Source updated

7 April 2025

Healthcare · Environment

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Summary

Appalachian Communities Health Emergency Act or the ACHE Act This bill requires the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to conduct or support studies on the health impacts of mountaintop-removal coal mining on individuals in the surrounding communities. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), upon receiving the results of these studies, must determine whether such mining presents any health risks to individuals in those communities. The bill applies to surface coal mining that uses blasting with explosives in the steep slope regions of Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia. The bill prohibits specified agencies from issuing permits for any mountaintop-removal coal mining project or expansion unless HHS determines that such mining does not present any health risk to individuals in the surrounding communities. The bill requires monitoring of air, water, and soil for pollution, including noise pollution, until HHS makes its determination. HHS must publish pollution-monitoring results. The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement of the Department of the Interior must assess a one-time fee upon existing mining projects, sufficient to cover the federal cost of the studies and pollution monitoring required by the bill.

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Timeline

  1. 3 April 2019

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 3 April 2019

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 3 April 2019

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 4 April 2019

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

    Source: Committee

  5. 9 April 2019

    Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

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