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<title>P.L. 110-329, The Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $8032.37</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_PL_110-329.html</link>
<description> Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008....
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 6100, The Kid-Safe Chemicals Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6100.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6100 would amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the exposure of children, workers, and consumers to toxic chemical substances....
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3040, The Kid-Safe Chemicals Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3040.html</link>
<description> S. 3040 would amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the exposure of children, workers, and consumers to toxic chemical substances....
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5577, The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $10.29</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5577.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5577 would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to extend, modify, and recodify the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance security and protect against acts of terrorism against chemical facilities....
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5533, The Chemical Facilities Security Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5533.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5533 would revise and extend the chemical-facility security program under Public Law 109-295....
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2669, The Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2669.html</link>
<description> S. 2669 would provide for the implementation of a Green Chemistry Research and Development Program....
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2149, The Coal Fuels and Industrial Gasification Demonstration and Development Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2149.html</link>
<description> S. 2149 would amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to establish a program to provide incentives for projects to produce synthetic gas, liquid fuels, and other products from coal and other feedstocks while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reliance of the United States on petroleum and natural gas....
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2850, The Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1.77</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2850.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2850 would provide for the implementation of a Green Chemistry Research and Development Program....
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1644, The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $329.77</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1644.html</link>
<description> An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008....
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2651, The Greenhouse Gas Accountability Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2651.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2651 would require large publicly traded companies and significant emitters of greenhouse gases to report their emissions to the Environmental Protection Agency....
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1680, The Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.44</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1680.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1680 would authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to regulate the sale of ammonium nitrate to prevent and deter the acquisition of ammonium nitrate by terrorists....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200504255.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200504255.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>P.L. 110-28, The U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1348.47</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_PL_110-28.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2206 would make emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007....
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1591, The U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act, 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1405.85</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1591.html</link>
<description> The U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health and Iraq Accountability Act provides additional Fiscal Year 2007 spending for national defense and other purposes....
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1814, The Agricultural Business Security Tax Credit Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1814.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1814 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for the cost of protecting certain chemicals....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200504433.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200504433.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1633, To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from prescribing regulations that preempt more stringent State regulations governing chemical facility security</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1633.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1633 would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from prescribing regulations that preempt more stringent State regulations governing chemical facility security....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200504162.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200504162.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1574, The Safe Facilities Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1574.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1574 would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to preserve State authority to ensure the security of chemical facilities....
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1351, The Firefighters Special Operation Task Force Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1351.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1351 would amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to provide assistance to firefighting task forces....
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 544, The Agricultural Business Security Tax Credit Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_544.html</link>
<description> S. 544 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for the cost of protecting certain chemicals....
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 551, The Agricultural Business Security Tax Credit Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_551.html</link>
<description> S. 551 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for the cost of protecting certain chemicals....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200503071.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200503071.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 345, The Homeland Security Trust Fund Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_345.html</link>
<description> S. 345 would establish a Homeland Security and Neighborhood Safety Trust Fund and refocus Federal priorities toward securing the Homeland....
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5695, The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 - Cost per Average Family: $2.14</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_HR_5695.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5695 would authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to regulate the security of chemical facilities across the United States. Under the bill, DHS would identify such facilities and estimate the level of risk they pose to the nation’s security. DHS would develop regulations to require the owners and operators of those facilities to perform vulnerability assessments and to establish site security plans. The legislation would establish a chemical security office at DHS headquarters ...
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 4591, The Stockholm and Rotterdam Toxics Treaty Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $0.09</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_HR_4591.html</link>
<description> H.R. 4591 would amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement 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 Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in Internat...
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2145, The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $2.38</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_SN_2145.html</link>
<description> S. 2145 would authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to regulate the security of chemical facilities across the United States. Under the bill, DHS would identify such facilities and estimate the level of risk they pose to the nation’s security. DHS would develop regulations to require the owners and operators of those facilities to perform vulnerability assessments and to establish site security plans and emergency response plans. The legislation would establish a chemical security ...
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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