A concurrent resolution recognizing the essential role that the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 has played in development of peaceful uses of atomic energy.
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent. Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
A resolution recognizing the importance and contributions
of sportsmen to American society, supporting the traditions and values
of sportsmen, and recognizing the many economic benefits associated
with outdoor sporting activities.
A bill to initiate responsible Federal actions
that will reduce the risks from global warming and climate change to
the economy, the environment, and quality of life.
A bill to designate the Federal building and
United States courthouse located at 10 East Commerce Street in Youngstown,
Ohio, as the Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building and United States Courthouse.
Measure placed on H.J. Res. 2, and passed the
Senate
A bill to assist in the conservation of cranes
by supporting and providing, through projects of persons and organizations
with expertise in crane conservation, financial resources for the conservation
programs of countries the activities of which directly or indirectly
affect cranes.
A bill to provide for a program of
scientific research on abrupt climate change, to accelerate the reduction
of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States by establishing a market-driven
system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances that could be used interchangably
with passenger vehicle fuel economy standard credits, to limit greenhouse
gas emissions in the United States and reduce dependence upon foreign
oil, and ensure benefits to consumers from the trading in such allowances.
Discharged from committee per a unanimous
consent request for a limited debate in the Senate. After a vote on
October 30, 2003, the bill was again referred to the committee.
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code,
to provide for criminal and civil liability for permitting an intoxicated
arrestee to operate a motor vehicle.
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish
an inventory, registry, and information system of United States greenhouse
gas emissions to inform the public and private sector concerning, and
encourage voluntary reductions in, greenhouse gas emissions.
A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to
bring underground storage tanks into compliance with subtitle I of that
Act, to promote cleanup of leaking underground storage tanks, to provide
sufficient resources for such compliance and cleanup.
S.
Rept. 108-13
Passed the Senate.
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to
authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to
carry out certain authorities relating to the importation of municipal
solid waste under the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement
of Hazardous Waste between the United States and Canada.
A bill to direct the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the
National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.
A bill to amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991 to identify a route that passes through the States
of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas as a high priority corridor
on the National Highway System.
A bill to designate the Federal building and United
States courthouse located at 200 West 2nd Street in Dayton, Ohio, as
the Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
A bill to impose greater accountability on the
Tennessee Valley Authority with respect to capital investment decisions
and financing operations by increasing Congressional and Executive Branch
oversight.
A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act and the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the
use of arsenic-treated lumber as mulch, compost, or a soil amendment,
and to prohibit the manufacture of arsenic-treated wood for use as playground
equipment for children, fences, walkways, or decks or for other residential
or occupational purposes.
A bill to designate the Federal building and United
States courthouse located at 515 9th Street in Rapid City, South Dakota,
as the Andrew W. Bogue Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation
to establish the National Transportation Modeling and Analysis Program
to complete an advanced transportation simulation model.
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code,
to establish a program to make allocations to States for projects to
expand 2-lane highways in rural areas to 4-lane highways.
A bill to amend the National Environmental Policy
At of 1969 to require that Federal agencies consult with State agencies
and county and local governments on environmental impact statements.
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate
methyl tertiary butyl ether from the United States fuel supply , to
increase production and use of renewable fuel, and to increase the Nation's
energy independence.
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army
to carry out a project for flood damage reduction and ecosystem restoration
for the American River, Sacramento, California.
A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to
convey the remaining water supply storage allocation in Rathbun Lake,
Iowa, to the Rathbun Regional Water Association.
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army
to carry out a project for the mitigation of shore damages attributable
to the project for navigation, Saco River, Maine.
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish
requirements concerning the operation of fossil fuel-fired electric
utility steam generating units, commercial and industrial boiler units,
solid waste incineration units, medical waste incinerators, hazardous
waste combustors, chlor-alkali plants, and Portland cement plants to
reduce emissions of mercury to the environment.
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce air
pollution through expansion of cap and trade programs, to provide an
alternative regulatory classification for units subject to the cap and
trade program.
A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to
establish the Missouri River Monitoring and Research Program, to authorize
the establishment of the Missouri River Basin Stakeholder Committee.
A bill to provide for the implementation of air quality
programs developed in accordance with an Intergovernmental Agreement between
the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the State of Colorado concerning Air
Quality Control on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation.
A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce
the quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting the use of mercury
fever thermometers and improving the collection and proper management
of mercury.
A bill to designate the United States courthouse located
at 95 Seventh Street in San Francisco, California, as the James R. Browning
United States Courthouse."
A bill to authorize the project for hurricane and
storm damage reduction, Morganza, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi
River and Tributaries.
A bill to designate the regional headquarters building
for the National Park Service under construction in Omaha, Nebraska, as
the Carl T. Curtis National Park Service Midwest Regional Headquarters
Building".
A bill to designate the Federal building and United
States courthouse located at 46 Ohio Street in Indianapolis, Indiana,
as the Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act to make private, nonprofit medical facilities
that serve industry-specific clients eligible for hazard mitigation and
disaster assistance.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act to improve protection of treatment works from terrorist and other
harmful and intentional acts.
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate methyl
tertiary butyl ether from the United States fuel supply, to increase production
and use of renewable fuel, and to increase the Nation's energy independence.
A bill to provide for increased energy savings and
environmental benefits through the increased use of recovered mineral
component in federally funded projects involving procurement of cement
or concrete.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act to establish a perchlorate pollution prevention fund and to establish
safety standards applicable to owners and operators of perchlorate storage
facilities.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act to provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to States
in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act to establish a program to provide assistance
to enhance the ability of first responders to prepare for and respond
to all hazards.
A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to
carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through
control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive.
A bill to establish a final criterion for promulgation
of a rule with respect to sediments to be used as remediation material
at the Historic Area Remediation Site off the coast of the State of New
Jersey.
A bill to amend the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century with respect to national corridor planning and development
and coordinated border infrastructure and safety.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act to direct the Great Lakes National Program Office of the Environmental
Protection Agency to develop, implement, monitor, and report on a series
of indicators of water quality and related environmental factors in the
Great Lakes.
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to increase
penalties for individuals who operate motor vehicles while intoxicated
or under the influence of alcohol.
A bill to condition of receipt certain State revolving
funds on the restriction of development or construction of new colonia
and colonia structures along the border between the United States and
Mexico.
A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973
to require the Federal Government to assume all costs relating to implementation
of and compliance with that Act.
A bill to designate the newly-constructed annex to
the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse located at 333 Constitution Ave.,
N.W. in Washington D.C., as the James L. Buckley Annex to the E. Barrett
Prettyman United States Courthouse".
A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to carry out a
program for the protection of the health and safety of residents, workers,
volunteers, and others in a disaster area.
S.
Rept. 108-183
Passed the Senate.
Referred to House Energy&Commerce; House T&I.
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior
to make grants to State and tribal governments to assist State and tribal
efforts to manage and control the spread of chronic wasting disease in
deer and elk herds.
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to provide
State and local authorities a means by which to eliminate congestion on
the Interstate System.
A bill to authorize appropriations for conservation
grants of the Environmental Protection Agency, to direct the Secretary
of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct expedited feasibility
studies of certain water projects in the State of California.
A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to establish
a program to provide assistance to small communities for use in carrying
out projects and activities necessary to achieve or maintain compliance
with drinking water standards.
A bill to designate the United States Courthouse located
at 125 Bull Street, Savannah, Georgia, and associated structures, as the
Tomochichi Federal Judicial Center.
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry
out a project for the mitigation of shore damage attributable to the project
for navigation, Saco River, Maine.
A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act and
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to implement the
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Protocol on
Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary
Air Pollution, and the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent
Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International
Trade.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act to establish a National Clean and Safe Water Fund and to authorize
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to use amounts
in the Fund to carry out projects to promote the recovery of waters of
the United States from damage resulting from violations of that Act and
the Safe Drinking Water Act.
A bill to redesignate the Tensas River National Wildlife
Refuge in the State of Louisiana as the Theodore Roosevelt-Tensas River
National Wildlife Refuge".
A bill to provide an extension of highway programs
funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.
A bill to exempt certain coastal barrier property
from financial assistance and flood insurance limitations under the Coastal
Barriers Resources Act and the National Flood Act of 1968.
S.
Rept. 108-178
Passed the Senate.
Referred to House Resources; House Financial Services.
A bill to ensure that recreational benefits are given
the same priority as hurricane and storm damage reduction benefits and
environmental restoration benefits.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act to authorize the use of funds made available for nonpoint source management
programs for projects and activities relating to the development and implementation
of phase II of the storm water program of the Environmental Protection
Agency.
A bill to amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate the La Entrada al Pacifico Corridor
in the State of Texas as a high priority corridor on the National Highway
System.
A bill to designate the building located at 15 Henry
Street in Binghamton, New York, as the Kevin J. Tarsia Federal Building
and United States Courthouse".
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce air pollution
through expansion of cap and trade programs, to provide an alternative
regulatory classification for units subject to the cap and trade program.
A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to encourage
greater recycling of certain beverage containers through the use of deposit
refund incentives.
A bill to designate the United States courthouse
located at 400 North Miami Avenue in Miami, Florida, as the "Wilkie D.
Ferguson, Jr. United States Courthouse".
A bill to designate a portion of the United States
courthouse located at 2100 Jamieson Avenue, in Alexandria, Virginia, as
the "Justin W. Williams United States Attorney's Building".
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act and the Water Resources Development Act if 1992 to provide for the
restoration, protection, and enhancement of the environmental integrity
and social and economic benefits of the Anacostia Watershed in the State
of Maryland and the District of Columbia.
A bill to authorize the Economic Development Administration
to make grants to producers of taconite for implementation of new technologies
to increase productivity, to reduce costs, and to improve overall product
quality and performance.
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to
provide a highway safety improvement program that includes incentives
to States to enact primary safety belt laws.
A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973
to require the Secretary of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific
or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed.
A bill to amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1979 to establish in the Environmental Protection Agency the position of Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology.
A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to maintain a minimum quantity of stored water in certain reservoirs in the vicinity of the upper portion of the Missouri River.
A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to ensure that the District of Columbia and States are provided with a safe, lead free supply of drinking water.
A bill to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to direct the Secretary of the Army to provide assistance to design and construct a project to provide a continued safe and reliable municipal water supply system for Devils Lake, North Dakota.
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act to improve water and wastewater infrastructure in the United States.
Reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. S.
Rept. 108-386. Additional views filed. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 772.
A bill to provide for the consideration and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States and for other purposes.
Ordered reported with amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. For further action see related bill, S. 2773.
A bill to designate the annex to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Building and United States Courthouse located at 333 Constitution Ave. Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as the "Judge William B. Bryant Annex to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to exempt nonprofit small public water systems from certain drinking water standards relating to naturally occurring contaminants.
A bill to require a study and report regarding the designations and construction of a new interstate route from Savannah, Georgia to Knoxville, Tennessee.
An original bill to provide for the consideration and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes.
A bill to provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st century.
To establish the "Twenty-First Century Water Commission" to study and develop recommendations for a comprehensive water strategy to address future water needs.
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the property in Cecil County, Maryland, known as Garrett Island for inclusion in the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.
An act to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 200 West 2nd Street in Dayton, Ohio, as the ``Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse''.
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to revise a repayment contract with the Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo project, Texas.
To designate the building located at 1 Federal Plaza in New York, New York, as the James L. Watson United States Court of International Trade Building".
To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to establish requirements for the award of concessions in the National Wildlife Refuge System, to provide for maintenance and repair of properties located in the System by concessionaires authorized to use such properties.
To designate the United States courthouse located at 100 North Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the "Winston E. Arnow United States Courthouse".
To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize volunteer programs and community partnerships for national wildlife refuges and for other purposes.
To provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes.
To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.
To designate a portion of the United States courthouse located at 2100 Jamieson Avenue, in Alexandria, Virginia, as the "Justin W. Williams United States Attorney's Building".
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 615 East Houston Street in San Antonio, Texas, as the "Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
To designate the annex to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Building and United States Courthouse located at 333 Constitution Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia as the "William B. Bryant Annex".
To provide that in preparing an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement required under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to any action authorizing a renewable energy project, no Federal agency is required to identify alternative project locations or actions other than the proposed action and the no action alternative, and for other purposes.
