WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Pollution control

H.R. 6860, The Oil and Gas Lease Reform Act of 2008

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6860 would exempt exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas under leases on Federal lands from State environmental and pollution control laws....

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H.R. 6271, To provide for a green building certification program as part of the Energy Star program

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6271 would provide for a green building certification program as part of the Energy Star program....

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H.R. 5809, The Environmental Hormone Disruption Research Act of 2008

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5809 would amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to conduct and coordinate a research program on hormone disruption....

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S. 2669, The Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2008

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2669 would provide for the implementation of a Green Chemistry Research and Development Program....

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H.R. 5402, The Climate Change Center and Clearinghouse Act of 2008

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5402 would amend the Small Business Act to establish the Office of Environment, Energy, and Climate Change and to establish the Climate Change Center and Clearinghouse to provide support and information on climate change to small business concerns....

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H.R. 4652, The Environmental Justice Access and Implementation Act of 2007

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4652 would direct each Federal agency to establish an Environmental Justice Office....

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H.R. 3235, The Nanotechnology Advancement and New Opportunities Act

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3235 would ensure the development and responsible stewardship of nanotechnology....

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H.R. 2850, The Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1.77

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2850 would provide for the implementation of a Green Chemistry Research and Development Program....

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H.R. 2773, The Biofuels Research and Development Enhancement Act - Cost per Average Family: $9.95

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2773 would enhance research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of biofuels related technologies....

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H.R. 1180, The Western Waters and Farm Lands Protection Act

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1180 would assure that development of certain Federal oil and gas resources will occur in ways that protect water resources and respect the rights of the surface owners....

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S. 232, The Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreements Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 232 would make permanent the authorization for watershed restoration and enhancement agreements....

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H.R. 1050, The A Living Wage, Jobs For All Act

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1050 would establish a living wage, jobs-for-all policy for all peoples in the United States and its territories....

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H.R. 611, The Haiti Economic and Infrastructure Reconstruction Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.42

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 611 would authorize a program that would provide qualified individuals, especially Haitian-Americans, to assist agencies of the Haitian government in their efforts to improve the nation's physical infrastructure and governmental institutions. The bill also would authorize a program to provide grants to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to establish programs to prevent the spread of infectious diseases and to provide basic health care services. Additionally, H.R. 611 would authorize schol...

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S. 2611, The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 - Cost per Average Family: $307.53

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT

The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 would amend laws governing immigration, authorize numerous initiatives to improve enforcement of those laws, and increase the limits on legal immigration....

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H.R. 3849, The PIC and POPs Conventions and the LRTAP POPs Protocol Implementation Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.19

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3849 would amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement pesticide-related provisions of three international environmental agreements: the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention), the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution for POPs (POPs Protocol to LRTAP), and the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazar...

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H.R. 1215, The Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $1.03

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1215 would authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2006 through 2008 for chemistry and chemical engineering research aimed at reducing or eliminating the use and production of hazardous substances (known as ¿green chemistry¿). It would authorize funding for such green chemistry programs at four agencies: the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Energy (DOE), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Environmental Protection Ag...

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