PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Resolution · HRES

H.Res. 477 (109th)

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the crisis of Hurricane Katrina should not be used to weaken, waive, or roll back Federal public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations, and for other purposes.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

29 September 2005

Last action

7 October 2005 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.

Sponsors

Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32], ALCEE HASTINGS, Frank Pallone, Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7], Jerrold Nadler, Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], JOSEPH CROWLEY, Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17], Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1], Tammy Baldwin, Earl Blumenauer, Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2], JOSE SERRANO, Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-12], Doris Matsui, Rep. Davis, Jim [D-FL-11], Raúl Grijalva, JOHN LEWIS, James Clyburn, Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-26], Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13], Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19], Marcy Kaptur, James McGovern, Barbara Lee, Lloyd Doggett, Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Linda Sánchez, JOHN CONYERS, Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1], EDDIE JOHNSON, Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19], Chris Van Hollen, Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO], Grace Napolitano, Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13], Diana DeGette, Janice Schakowsky, Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8], Edward Markey, Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16]

Subjects

Healthcare, Environment

Source updated

2 January 2025

Healthcare · Environment

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) Hurricane Katrina and other such disasters should not be used to weaken, waive, or roll back federal public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations; (2) state, local, and regional authorities must retain their authority for compliance and permitting of industrial and other facilities and their role in monitoring and cleanup; (3) testing, monitoring, cleanup, and recovery in areas of national emergency should be completed in a manner designed to protect public health and the environment, ensure habitability, and mitigate against the effects of future storms and in compliance with Executive Order 12898 (requires federal actions to address environmental justice in minority and low-income populations); and (4) the federal rebuilding of the Gulf Region communities and economy should be a model of an integrated, diverse, and sustainable society.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 29 September 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 29 September 2005

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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

  3. 29 September 2005

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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

  4. 29 September 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 7 October 2005

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

Sponsors

Showing 48 of 96 sponsors and actors.

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.