WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Coal mines and mining

S. 3036, The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $12298.28

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3036 would direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases....

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P.L. 110-229, The Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2739 would authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy, it would implement further the Act approving the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, and it would amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003....

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S. 2483, The National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of 2007 - Savings per Average Family: $0.47

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2483 would authorize certain programs and activities in the Forest Service, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Energy....

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S. 2263, The Mine Communications Technology Innovation Act

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2263 would require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish an initiative to promote the research, development, and demonstration of miner tracking and communications systems and it would promote the establishment of standards and other measurement services regarding underground communications to protect miners in the United States....

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H.R. 3998, The America's Historical and Natural Legacy Study Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.01

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3998 would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct special resources studies of certain lands and structures to determine the appropriate means for preservation, use, and management of the resources associated with such lands and structures....

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H.R. 3958, The Truth in Accounting Act of 2007

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3958 would amend title 31, United States Code, to require certain additional calculations to be included in the annual financial statement submitted under section 331(e) of that title....

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S. 2191, The America's Climate Security Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $17015.38

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2191 would direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases....

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H.R. 3877, The Mine Communications Technology Innovation Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.01

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3877 would require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish an initiative to promote the research, development, and demonstration of miner tracking and communications systems and to promote the establishment of standards regarding underground communications to protect miners in the United States....

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H.R. 3809, To amend the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 regarding the local coordinating entity of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3809 would amend the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 regarding the local coordinating entity of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor....

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S. 2127, The Mine Disaster Family Assistance Act of 2007

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2127 would provide assistance to families of miners involved in mining accidents....

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H.R. 2769, The Miner Health Enhancement Act of 2007

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2769 would establish improved mandatory standards to protect and enhance the health of miners....

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H.R. 2768, The S-MINER Act - Cost per Average Family: $1.75

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2768 would establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies....

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H.R. 2337, The Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $27.39

Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2337 would promote energy policy reforms and public accountability, alternative energy and efficiency, and carbon capture and climate change mitigation....

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H.R. 1933, The Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Storage Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $12.00

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1933 would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and improve the carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration program of the Department of Energy....

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S. 1081, The Flat Tax Act of 2007

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1081 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a flat tax only on individual taxable earned income and business taxable income....

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S. 962, The Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Storage Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2007

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 962 would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and improve the carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration program of the Department of Energy and for other purposes....

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H.R. 1483, To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for certain national heritage areas, and for other purposes - Cost per Average Family: $0.17

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1483 would amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for certain national heritage areas....

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H.R. 1123, The Black Lung Benefits Survivors Equity Act of 2007

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1123 would amend the Black Lung Benefits Act....

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H.R. 646, The Kentucky Artisan Heritage Trails National Heritage Area Act

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 646 would establish the Kentucky Artisan Heritage Trails National Heritage Area Act in the Commonwealth of Kentucky....

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H.R. 576, The Federal Mine Ventilation Safety Act of 2007

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 576 would direct the Secretary of Labor to revise the regulations under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to require that belt haulage entries not be used to ventilate active working places in mines....

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H.R. 408, To amend title 23, United States Code, to permit the State of West Virginia to allow the operation of certain vehicles for the hauling of coal and coal by-products on Interstate Route 77 in Kanawha County, West Virginia

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 408 would amend title 23, United States Code, to permit the State of West Virginia to allow the operation of certain vehicles for the hauling of coal and coal by-products on Interstate Route 77 in Kanawha County, West Virginia....

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H.R. 5970, The Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006 - Savings per Average Family: $2197.96

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5970, the Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006,�would increase the estate and gift tax exemption amounts and reduce the rates, as well as extend and modify various other tax relief provisions. It also would make several changes to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, and it would increase the minimum wage.
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H.R. 1640, The Energy Policy Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $351.29

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1640 would authorize funding for several programs aimed at energy production, conservation, and research and development. It would authorize the use of energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs), make several changes to the regulatory framework governing the nation's electricity system, reauthorize the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and establish a program for hydrogen and other alternative fuel-powered cars....

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H.R. 2830, The Pension Protection Act of 2005 - Savings per Average Family: $50.79

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 2830 would make changes to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) that would affect the operations of private pension plans. It would do so mostly by changing the funding requirements for taxqualified, defined-benefit pension plans and the premiums paid to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). It would also extend certain tax incentives for retirement savings and modify tax provisions related to spending for health care. Ma...

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H.R. 5386, The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $174.95

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5386 spends money for the operations and activities of Department of the Interior (except the Bureau of Reclamation and the Central Utah Project), the Environmental Protection Agency, and other agencies such as the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (HHS), the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, the Commission of Fine Arts, the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality, the Forest Service (US...

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