House Acts Referred to the Committee, 107th Congress

EPW Legislative Calendar, 107th Congress

SENATE BILLS REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

Number	Date of Introduction	Sponsor	Bill Title	Actions after referral
S. Res. 34	Feb. 28, 2001	Smith, NH	An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Environment and Public Works.	Referred to Committee on Rules and Administration
S. Res. 251	Apr. 23, 2002	Lott	A resolution making Minority party appointments for the Committees on Environment and Public Works and Governmental Affairs for the 107th Congress.	Passed the Senate.
S. Res. 288	June 19, 2002	Smith, NH	A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that New Hampshire residents Ken Curran and George McAvoy be honored for their initiative on behalf of the taxpayer and the environment in the construction of the Moore Reservoir Causeway in Littleton, New Hampshire.
S. Con. Res. 50	June 14, 2001	Levin	A concurrent resolution recognizing the important contributions that local governments make to sustainable development and ensuring a viable future for our planet.
S. Con. Res. 80	Oct. 31, 2001	Bond	A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.	Passed the Senate. Referred to House T&I
S.J. Res. 14	May 22, 2001	Boxer	A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the delay in the effective date of a new arsenic standard.
S. 49	Jan. 22, 2001	Stevens	A bill to amend the wetlands regulatory program under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide credit for the low wetlands loss rate in Alaska and recognize the significant extent of wetlands conservation in Alaska, to protect Alaskan property owners, and to ease the burden on overly regulated Alaskan cities, boroughs, municipalities, and villages.
S. 223	Jan. 31, 2001	Domenici	A bill to terminate the effectiveness of certain drinking water regulations.
S. 240	Feb. 1, 2001	Frist	A bill to authorize studies on water supply management and development.
S. 252	Feb. 6, 2001	Voinovich	A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds.	Hearing held.
S. 265	Feb. 6, 2001	Fitzgerald	A bill to prohibit the use of, and provide for remediation of water contaminated by, methyl tertiary butyl ether.
S. 285	Feb. 8, 2001	Wyden	A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the use of State revolving loan funds for construction of water conservation and quality improvements.	Hearing held.
S. 301	Feb. 8, 2001	Thomas	A bill to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to require that Federal agencies consult with state agencies and county and local governments on environmental impact statements.
S. 310	Feb. 13, 2001	Kennedy	A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 1 Courthouse Way in Boston, Massachusetts, as the "John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse".	Companion bill, H.R. 559, became P.L. 107-2
S. 347	Feb. 15, 2001	Thomas	A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to improve the processes for listing, recovery planning, and delisting.
S. 350	Feb. 15, 2001	Chafee	A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to promote the cleanup and reuse of brownfields, to provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, to enhance State response programs.	S. Rept. 107-2 Companion bill, H.R. 2869, became P.L. 107-118
S. 351	Feb. 15, 2001	Collins	A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce the quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling, and disposal of mercury.	S. Rept. 107-243 Passed the Senate. Referred to House Energy & Commerce.
S. 378	Feb. 15, 2001	Durbin	A bill to redesignate the Federal building located at 3348 South Kedzie Avenue, in Chicago, Illinois, as the "Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center".	P.L. 107-182
S. 411	Feb. 28, 2001	Lieberman	A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.
S. 468	Mar. 6, 2001	Feinstein	A bill to designate the Federal building located at 6230 Van Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys, California, as the "James C. Corman Federal Building".	P.L. 107-23
S. 482	Mar. 7, 2001	Frist	A bill to amend the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to add Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, and Wayne Counties, Tennessee, to the Appalachian region.
S. 485	Mar. 7, 2001	Hollings	A bill to amend Federal law regarding the tolling of the Interstate Highway System.
S. 503	Mar. 9, 2001	Reid	A bill to amend the Safe Water Act to provide grants to small public drinking water system.	Hearing held.
S. 537	Mar. 14, 2001	Torricelli	A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to require the use of dredged material in the construction of federally funded transportation projects.
S. 556	Mar. 15, 2001	Jeffords	A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from electric powerplants.	S. Rept. 107-347
S. 584	Mar. 21, 2001	Clinton	A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 40 Centre Street in New York, New York, as the "Thurgood Marshall States Courthouse".	Held at the desk in the House. Companion bill, H.R. 988, became P.L. 107-33
S. 585	Mar. 21, 2001	Crapo	A bill to provide funding for environmental and natural resource restoration in the Coeur d' Alene River Basin, Idaho.
S. 588	Mar. 21, 2001	Schumer	A bill to reduce acid deposition under the Clean Air Act.
S. 606	Mar. 23, 2001	Crapo	A bill to provide additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman of the Environmental Protection Agency.	S. Rept. 107-320 Passed the Senate. Referred to House Energy & Commerce.
S. 632	Mar. 27, 2001	Nelson, FL	A bill to reinstate a final rule promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
S. 635	Mar. 27, 2001	Dodd	A bill to reinstate a standard for arsenic in drinking water.
S. 646	Mar. 29, 2001	Feingold	A bill to reform the Army Corps of Engineers.	Hearing held.
S. 670	Mar. 30, 2001	Daschle	A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate methyl tertiary butyl ether from the United States fuel supply and to increase production and use of ethanol.
S. 678	Apr. 3, 2001	Bond	A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a program for fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement.
S. 698	Apr. 4, 2001	Boxer	A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to designate chromium-6 as a contaminant, to establish a maximum contaminant level for chromium-6.
S. 707	Apr. 5, 2001	Crapo	A bill to provide grants for special environmental assistance for the regulation of communities and habitat (`SEARCH grants') to small communities.
S. 751	Apr. 6, 2001	Clinton	A bill to express the sense of the Senate concerning a new drinking water standard for arsenic.
S. 757	Apr. 23, 2001	Specter	A bill to designate the Federal building and United States Courthouse located at 504 West Hamilton Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania, as the "Edward N. Cahn Federal Building and United States Courthouse."	Passed the Senate. Companion bill, H.R. 558, became P.L. 107-31
S. 774	Apr. 25, 2001	Bayh	A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 121 West Spring Street in New Albany, Indiana, as the "Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and United States Courthouse".	Passed the Senate. Companion bill, H.R. 1583, became P.L. 107-49
S. 796	Apr. 26, 2001	Boxer	A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to ensure that drinking water consumers are informed about the risks posed by arsenic in drinking water.
S. 821	May 10, 2001	Frist	A bill to amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to modify provisions relating to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
S. 835	May 4, 2001	Levin	A bill to establish the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in the State of Michigan.	S. Rept. 107-112 Companion bill, H.R. 1230, became P.L. 107-91
S. 855	May 9, 2001	Boxer	A bill to protect children and other vulnerable subpopulations from exposure to environmental pollutants, to protect children from exposure to pesticides in schools, and to provide parents with information concerning toxic chemicals that pose risks to children.
S. 876	May 14, 2001	Inhofe	A bill to amend the National Environmental Education Act to redesignate that Act as the "John H. Chafee Environmental Education Act:, to establish the John H. Chafee Memorial Fellowship Program and the Theodore Roosevelt Environmental Stewardship Grant Program, to extend the programs under that Act.
S. 892	May 15, 2001	Harkin	A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to phase out the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether in fuels or fuel additives, to promote the use of renewable fuels.
S. 911	May 17, 2001	Smith, OR	A bill to reauthorize the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
S. 914	May 17, 2001	Boxer	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".
S. 927	May 22, 2001	Corzine	A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for a prohibition on use of mobile telephones while operating a motor vehicle.
S. 947	May 24, 2001	Feinstein	A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to permit the Governor of a State to waive the oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline.
S. 948	May 24, 2001	Lott	A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a grant program for providing financial assistance for local rail line relocation projects.
S. 950	May 24, 2001	Smith, NH	A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to address problems concerning methyl tertiary butyl ether.	S. Rept. 107-131
S. 956	May 24, 2001	Corzine	S.956 : A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to promote the use of safety belts and child restraint systems by children.
S. 975	May 25, 2001	Chafee	A bill to improve environmental policy by providing assistance for State and tribal land use planning, to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, and sustainable economic development.	S. Rept. 107-290
S. 990	June 6, 2001	Smith, NH	A bill to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to improve the provisions relating to wildlife conservation and restoration programs.	S. Rept. 107-123 Passed the Senate Amended and passed the House
S. 1033	June 13, 2001	Stabenow	A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to protect 1/5 of the world's fresh water supply by directing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on the known and potential environmental effects of oil and gas drilling on land beneath the water in the Great Lakes.
S. 1044	June 14, 2001	Sarbanes	A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to States in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.	Hearing held
S. 1064	June 19, 2001	Bond	A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide certain relief from liability for small businesses.	Companion bill, H.R. 2869, became P.L. 107-118
S. 1071	June 20, 2001	Bond	A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to require consideration under the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program of the extent to which a proposed project or program reduces sulfur or atmospheric carbon emissions, to make renewable fuel projects eligible under that program.
S. 1079	June 21, 2001	Levin	A bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide assistance to communities for the redevelopment of brownfield sites.	S. Rept. 107-244
S. 1125	June 28, 2001	McConnell	A bill to conserve global bear populations by prohibiting the importation, exportation, and interstate trade of bear viscera and items, products, or substances containing, or labeled or advertised as containing, bear viscera.
S. 1137	June 28, 2001	Harkin	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.
S. 1150	June 29, 2001	Smith, NH	A bill to waive tolls on the Interstate System during peak holiday travel periods.
S. 1159	July 10, 2001	Collins	A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to repair and expand a wave attenuation system to protect fishermen and other boaters and promote the welfare of the town of Lubec, Maine.
S. 1176	July 12, 2001	Voinovich	A bill to strengthen research conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency.
S. 1182	July 16, 2001	Hollings	A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to lease land at the Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake Project, South Carolina, to the South Carolina Department of Commerce.
S. 1183	July 16, 2001	Snowe	A bill to authorize the modification of a pump station intake structure and discharge line of the Fort Fairfield, Maine, flood control project at full Federal expense.
S. 1194	July 18, 2001	Specter	A bill to impose certain limitations on the receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste, to authorize State and local controls over the flow of municipal solid waste.	Hearing held
S. 1206	July 19, 2001	Voinovich	A bill to reauthorize the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965.	S. Rept. 107-132 P.L. 107-149
S. 1270	July 30, 2001	Wyden	A bill to designate the United States courthouse to be constructed at 8th Avenue and Mill Street in Eugene, Oregon, as the "Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse".	P.L. 107-257
S. 1287	Aug. 1, 2001	Lott	A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 2015 15th Street in Gulfport, Mississippi, as the "Judge Dan M. Russell, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
S. 1288	Aug. 1, 2001	Shelby	A bill to amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to modify provisions relating to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
S. 1299	Aug. 1, 2001	Domenici	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.
S. 1309	Aug. 2, 2001	Domenici	A bill to amend the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to reauthorize that Act and to authorize the construction of a desalination research and development facility at the Tularosa Basin, New Mexico.
S. 1331	Aug. 2, 2001	Miller	A bill to amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to modify provisions relating to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
S. 1348	Aug. 3, 2001	Leahy	A bill to designate the Federal building located at 10th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, in Washington, District of Columbia, as the "Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building".
S. 1360	Aug. 3, 2001	Voinovich	To reauthorize the Price-Anderson provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
S. 1374	Aug. 3, 2001	Bingaman	A bill to provide for a study of the effects of hydraulic fracturing on underground drinking water sources.
S. 1384	Aug. 3, 2001	Smith, OR	A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to expand the definition of the term "Major disaster" to include an application of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 that souses severe economic hardship.
S. 1389	Aug. 3, 2001	Daschle	A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain real property in south Dakota to the State of South Dakota to the State of south Dakota with indemnification by the United States government.	Passed the Senate; Amended by the House and returned to Senate
S. 1443	Sept. 20, 2001	Miller	A bill to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to modify a provision relating to easement prohibitions.
S. 1453	Sept. 21, 2001	Smith, NH	A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for improved Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks.
S. 1459	Sept. 25, 2001	Crapo	A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 550 West Fort Street in Boise, Idaho, as the "James A. McClure Federal Building and United States Courthouse".	P.L. 107-80
S. 1495	Oct. 3, 2001	Smith, NH	A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to modify provisions concerning the liability associated with a release or threatened release of recycled oil.
S. 1586	Nov. 11, 2001	Inhofe	A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize the carrying of firearms by employees of licensees.	Hearing held
S. 1590	Oct. 30, 2001	Voinovich	A bill to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to improve the environmental review process that is associated with authorizations required under Federal law for construction, operation, or maintenance of energy facilities.
S. 1591	Oct. 30, 2001	Voinovich	A bill to promote the safe and efficient supply of energy while maintaining strong environmental protections.
S. 1593	Oct. 30, 2001	Jeffords	A bill to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to support research projects on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems.	S. Rept. 107-118
S. 1602	Oct. 30, 2001	Corzine	A bill to help protect the public against the threat of chemical attack.	S. Rept. 107-342
S. 1608	Oct. 31, 2001	Smith, NH	A bill to establish a program to provide grants to drinking water and wastewater facilities to meet immediate security needs.	S. Rept. 107-119 Passed the Senate
S. 1621	Nov. 1, 2001	Clinton	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 community members, volunteers, and workers in a disaster area.	S. Rept. 107-114
S. 1622	Nov. 1, 2001	Clinton	A bill to extend the period of availability of unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in the case of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.	S. Rept. 107-120 H. Rept. 107-377 Companion bill, H.R. 3986, became P.L. 107-154
S. 1623	Nov. 8, 2001	Clinton	A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President to appoint Children's Coordinating Officers for disaster areas in which children have lost 1 or more custodial parents.	S. Rept. 107-115
S. 1624	Nov. 11, 2001	Clinton	A bill to establish the Office of World Trade Center Attack Claims to pay claims for injury to businesses and property suffered as a result of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City that occurred on September 11, 2001.	S. Rept. 107-116
S. 1631	Nov. 8, 2001	Jeffords	A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to conduct a study to determine the resources that are needed for development of an effective nationwide communications system for emergency response personnel.	S. Rept. 107-127
S. 1632	Nov. 8, 2001	Jeffords	A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to extend the deadline for submission of State recommendations of local governments to receive assistance of predisaster hazard mitigation and to authorize the President to provide additional repair assistance to individuals and households.	S. Rept. 107-124
S. 1637	Nov. 8, 2001	Clinton	A bill to waive certain limitations in the case of use of the emergency fund authorized by section 125 of title 23, United States Code, to pay the costs of projects in response to the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City that occurred on September 11, 2001.	S. Rept. 107-121 Passed the Senate Referred to House T&I
S. 1646	Nov. 7, 2001	Bingaman	A bill to identify certain routes in the States of Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico as part of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor, a high priority corridor on the National Highway System.	S. Rept. 107-165 P.L. 107-259
S. 1657	Nov. 8, 2001	Snowe	A Bill to deauthorize the project for navigation, Tenants Harbor, Maine.
S. 1708	Nov. 15, 2001	McConnell	A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to ensure the continuity of medical care following a major disaster by making private for-profit medical facilities eligible for Federal disaster assistance.
S. 1721	Nov. 16, 2001	Clinton	A bill 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".	Passed the Senate
S. 1724	Nov. 16, 2001	Frist	A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to permit States to place supplemental guide signs relating to veterans' cemeteries on Federal-aid highways.
S. 1746	Nov. 29, 2001	Reid	A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to strengthen security at sensitive nuclear facilities.	S. Rept. 107-335
S. 1769	Dec. 5, 2001	Boxer	A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out a project for flood protection and ecosystem restoration for Sacramento, California.
S. 1773	Dec. 5, 2001	Boxer	A bill to designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center at Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California.	Companion bill, H.R. 3334, became P.L. 107-130
S. 1790	Dec. 8, 2001	Specter	A bill to designate the lobby of the James A. Byrne United States Courthouse located at 601 Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the "Edward R. Becker Lobby".
S. 1842	Dec. 18, 2001	Cleland	A bill to modify the project for beach erosion control, Tybee Island, Georgia.
S. 1850	Dec. 19, 2001	Chafee	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. 107-316
S. 1870	Dec. 20, 2001	Corzine	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 emissions.
S. 1875	Dec. 20, 2001	Leahy	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.
S. 1898	Jan. 25, 2002	McConnell	A bill to establish the Green River National Wildlife Refuge in the State of Kentucky.
S. 1912	Feb. 5, 2002	Smith, OR	A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce to give greater weights to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed.
S. 1917	Feb. 7, 2002	Jeffords	A bill to provide for highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level contained in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.	S. Rept. 107-163
S. 1961	Feb. 15, 2002	Graham	A bill to improve financial and environmental sustainability of the water programs of the United States.	S. Rept. 107-228
S. 1963	Feb. 15, 2002	Bill Nelson	A bill to prohibit the use of arsenic-treated lumber to manufacture playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, and decks, and for all other residential purposes.
S. 1986	Mar. 5, 2002	Bingaman	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.
S. 1987	Mar. 5, 2002	Smith, NH	A bill to provide for reform of the Corps of Engineers.
S. 2024	Mar. 15, 2002	Smith, NH	A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, authorize use of electric personal assistive mobility device on trails and pedestrian walkways constructed or maintained with Federal-aid highway funds.	S. Rept. 107-164
S. 2034	Mar. 19, 2002	Voinovich	A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to impose certain limits on the receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste.	Hearing held
S. 2038	Mar. 20, 2002	Clinton	A bill to provide for homeland security block grants.
S. 2061	Mar. 21, 2002	Bond	A bill to establish a national response to terrorism, a national urban search and rescue task force program to ensure local capability to respond to the threat and aftermath of terrorist activities and other emergencies.
S. 2064	Mar. 21, 2002	McCain	A bill to reauthorize the United States Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution.	S. Rept. 107-168 Passed the Senate.
S. 2065	Mar. 21, 2002	Campbell	A bill to provide for the implementation of air quality programs developed pursuant to an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Southern Ute Indian Tribes and the State of Colorado concerning Air Quality Control on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation.	S. Rept. 107-346
S. 2071	Mar. 22, 2002	Smith, NH	A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to prohibit the collection of tolls from vehicles or military equipment under the actual physical control of a uniformed member of the Armed Forces.
S. 2077	April 9, 2002	Collins	A bill to make grants to improve public safety in order to prepare for and respond to terrorist threats.
S. 2080	Apr. 9, 2002	Boxer	A bill to designate a United States courthouse to be constructed in Fresno, California, as the "Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse".
S. 2118	Apr. 11, 2002	Jeffords	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 and the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution.
S. 2128	Apr. 15, 2002	Lincoln	A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 600 West Capitol Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the "Richard S. Arnold United States Courthouse".
S. 2220	Apr. 22, 2002	Jeffords	A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require implementation by brand owners of management plans that provide refund values for certain beverage containers.
S. 2242	Apr. 24, 2002	Smith, NH	A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to prohibit the collection of tolls from vehicles or military equipment under the actual physical control of a uniformed member of the Armed Forces.
S. 2243	Apr. 24, 2002	Hutchinson	A bill to specify the amount of Federal funds that may be expended for intake facilities for the benefit of Lonoke and White Counties, Arkansas, as part of the project for flood control, Greers Ferry Lake, Arkansas.
S. 2332	Apr. 25, 2002	Voinovich	A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse to be constructed at 10 East Commerce Street in Youngstown, Ohio, as the "Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building And United States Courthouse".	Reported to the Senate
S. 2495	May 9, 2002	Domenici	A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 100 Federal Plaza in Central Islip, New York, as the "Alfonse M. D'Amato United States Courthouse".
S. 2500	May 9, 2002	Schumer	A bill to authorize the use of certain funds to compensate New York City public schools for operating and education-related expenses (including expenses relating to the provision of mental health and trauma counseling and other appropriate support services) resulting from the terrorist attack on that city on September 11, 2001.
S. 2507	May 14, 2002	Smith, NH	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.	Hearing held
S. 2522	May 15, 2002	Bingaman	A bill to establish the Southwest Regional Border Authority.
S. 2528	May 16, 2002	Domenici	A bill to establish a National Drought Council within the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to improve national drought preparedness, mitigation, and response efforts.
S. 2544	May 22, 2002	Levin	A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants for remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern, to authorize assistance for research and development of innovative technologies for such remediation.	Companion bill, H.R. 1070, became P.L. 107-303
S. 2579	June 5, 2002	Bond	A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to limit access to off-site consequences analysis information in order to reduce the risk of criminal release from stationary sources.
S. 2599	June 6, 2002	Domenici	A bill to establish the Water Supply Technologies Program within the Office of Energy Efficiency and renewable Energy of the Department of Energy.
S. 2604	June 10, 2002	Enzi	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.
S. 2618	June 13, 2002	Torricelli	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.
S. 2636	June 18, 2002	Torricelli	A bill to ensure that the Secretary of the Army treats recreation benefits the same as hurricane and storm damage reduction benefits and evironmental protection and restoration.
S. 2641	June 18, 2002	Murray	A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products.
S. 2646	June 19, 2002	Bingaman	A bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to establish the National Transportation Modeling and Analysis Program to complete an advanced transportation simulation model.
S. 2664	June 20, 2002	Jeffords	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 respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction.	S. Rept. 107-295
S. 2684	June 26, 2002	Clinton	A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to establish a task force to identify legislative and administrative action that can be taken to ensure the security of sealed sources of radioactive material.
S. 2715	July 7, 2002	Clinton	A bill to provide an additional extension of the period of availability of unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief an Emergency Assistance Act in the case of victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.	S. Rept. 107-336
S. 2719	July 11, 2002	Domenici	A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out critical restoration projects along the Middle Rio Grande.
S. 2725	July 11, 2002	Corzine	A bill to amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to restrict ocean dumping at the site off the coast of New Jersey, known as the "Historic Area Remediation Site", to dumping of dredged material that does not exceed polychlorinated biphenyls levels of 113 arts per billion..
S. 2730	July 16, 2002	Graham	A bill to modify certain water rescources projects for Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.	S. Rept. 107-338
S. 2771	July 22, 2002	Jeffords	A bill to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a project for construction of a plaza adjacent to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.	Passed the Senate Companion bill, H.R. 5012, became P.L. 107-224
S. 2780	July 24, 2002	Feingold	A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the United States.
S. 2792	July 25, 2002	Levin	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.
S. 2805	July 26, 2002	Corzine	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.
S. 2813	July 29, 2002	Smith, NH	A bill to improve the financial and environmental sustainability of the water programs of the United States.
S. 2815	July 29, 2002	Smith, NH	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 programs.
S. 2847	August 1, 2002	Feingold	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..	S. Rept. 107-302
S. 2853	August 1, 2002	Johnson	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.
S. 2858	August 1, 2002	Snowe	A bill to modify the project for navigation, Union River, Maine.
S. 2859	August 1, 2002	Snowe	A bill to deauthorize the project for navigation, Northeast harbor, Maine.
S. 2868	August 1, 2002	Domenici	A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to carry out a research and demonstration program concerning control of salt cedar and other nonnative phreatophytes.
S. 2888	August 1, 2002	Boxer	A bill to direct the Administrator of General Services to convey to Fresno County, California, the existing Federal courthouse in that country.
S. 2897	September 3, 2002	Jeffords	A bill to assist in the conservation of marine turtles and the nesting habitats of marine turtles in foreign countries.	S. Rept. 107-303
S. 2906	Sept. 5, 2002	Bingaman	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.
S. 2928	Sept. 12, 2002	Jeffords	A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to modify provisions relating to the Lake Champlain basin.	S. Rept. 107-339
S. 2953	Sept. 18, 2002	Campbell	A bill to redesignate the Colonnade Center in Denver, Colorado, as the "Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Building".
S. 2963	Sept. 18, 2002	Johnson of SD	A bill to reform the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
S. 2964	Sept. 18, 2002	Levin	A bill to amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to reauthorize and improve that Act.
S. 2973	Sept. 19, 2002	Domenici	A bill to to designate the Federal building located at Fifth and Richardson Avenues in Roswell, New Mexico, as the "Joe Skeen Federal Building".
S. 2975	Sept. 19, 2002	Breaux	A bill to authorize the project for hurricane and storm damage reduction, Morganza, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River and Tributaries.	S. Rept. 107-325
S. 2977	Sept. 19, 2002	Bayh	A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to assist in the continued development of the Indianapolis Central Waterfront project in Indianapolis, Indiana.
S. 2978	Sept. 19, 2002	Bayh	A bill to modify the project for flood control, Little Calumet River, Indiana.	S. Rept. 107-326
S. 2979	Sept. 19, 2002	Allard	A bill to identify certain routes in the States of Colorado, Nebraska, and South Dakota as part of the Heartland Expressway, a high priority corridor on the National Highway System.
S. 2983	Sept. 19, 2002	Frist	A bill to authorize a project for navigation, Chickamauga Lock and Dam, Tennessee.	S. Rept. 107-327
S. 2984	Sept. 20, 2002	Sarbanes	A bill to authorize a project for restoration at Smith Island, Maryland.	S. Rept. 107-328
S. 2985	Sept. 20, 2002	Nelson, FL	A bill to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to provide technical assistance for the cleanup at the site of the first anthrax attack.
S. 2988	Sept. 20, 2002	Nelson, FL	A bill to provide for the cleanup of the site of the first anthrax attack.
S. 2999	Sept. 24, 2002	Boxer	A bill to authorize the project for environmental restoration, Pine Flat Dam, Fresno County, California.	S. Rept. 107-329
S. 3011	Sept. 26, 2002	Baucus	A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to establish programs to encourage economic growth in the United States.
S. 3015	Sept. 30, 2002	Bingaman	A bill to designate the United States courthouse at South Federal Place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the "Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse".
S. 3021	Oct. 1, 2002	Voinovich	A bill to establish in the State of Ohio a wildlife refuge complex comprised of land designated as national wildlife refuges.
S. 3025	Oct. 1, 2002	Sarbanes	A bill to reauthorize and improve the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Restoration and Protection Program.
S. 3030	Oct. 2, 2002	DeWine	A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 200 West 2d Street in Dayton, Ohio, as the "Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
S. 3031	Oct. 2, 2002	Baucus	A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to reduce delays in the development of highway and transit projects.
S. 3036	Oct. 3, 2002	Daschle	A bill to establish a commission to assess the performance of the civil works functions of the Secretary of the Army.
S. 3037	Oct. 3, 2002	Jeffords	A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to improve protection of treatment works from terrorists and other harmful intentional acts.
S. 3038	Oct. 3, 2002	Jeffords	A bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to further the conservation of certain wildlife species.
S. 3045	Oct. 3, 2002	Clinton	A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the protection and enhancement of the environmental integrity and the social and economic benefits of the Finger Lakes Region in the State of New York.
S. 3049	Oct. 3, 2002	Allen	A bill to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing or renewing certain national pollutant discharge elimination system permits.
S. 3055	Oct. 3, 2002	Clinton	A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to modify the terms of the community disaster loan program.
S. 3056	Oct. 3, 2002	Corzine	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.
S. 3061	Oct. 4, 2002	Lott	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.
S. 3127	Oct. 17, 2002	Reed	A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide assistance to States to support testing of private wells in areas of suspected contamination to limit or prevent human exposure to contaminated groundwater.
S. 3132	Oct. 17, 2002	Baucus	A bill to improve the economy and the quality of life for all citizens by authorizing funds for Federal-aid highways.
S. 3134	Oct. 17, 2002	Baucus	A bill to amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to encourage economic growth in the United States by increasing transportation investments in rural areas.
S. 3135	Oct. 17, 2002	Carper	A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish a national uniform multiple air pollutant regulatory program for the electric generating sector.
S. 3136	Oct. 17, 2002	Baucus	A bill to establish a trust fund for the purpose of making medical benefit payments to current and former residents of Libby, Montana.
S. 3152	Nov. 13, 2002	Allen	A bill to clarify the boundaries of the Plum Island Unit of the Coastal Barrier Resources System.

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EPW Legislative Calendar, 107th Congress  

Number	Date of Referral to EPW	House Sponsor	Bill Title	Actions after referral
H. Con. Res. 275	March 7, 2002	Hansen	Expressing the sense of the Congress that hunting seasons for migratory mourning doves should be modified so that individuals have a fair and equitable opportunity to hunt such birds.
H. Con. Res. 408	July 16, 2002	Gilchrest	Honoring the American Zoo and Aquarium Association and its accredited member institutions for their continued service to animal welfare, conservation education, conservation research, and wildlife conservation programs.
H.R. 64	May 1, 2002	Ehlers	To provide for the establishment of the position of Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology of the Environmental Protection Agency.
H.R. 495	May 22, 2001	Christenson	To designate the Federal building located in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, as the "Ron de Lugo Federal Building".	P.L. 107-175
H.R. 558	Mar. 1, 2001	Toomey	To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 504 West Hamilton Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania, as the "Edward N. Cahn Federal Building and United States Courthouse."	P.L. 107-31
H.R. 559	Mar. 1, 2001	Toomey	To designate the the United States courthouse located at 1 Courthouse Way in Boston, Massachusetts, as the "John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse".	P.L. 107-2
H.R. 581	May 10, 2001	Hefley	To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds appropriated for wildland fire management in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, to reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to facilitate the interagency cooperation required under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in connection with wildland fire management.	P.L. 107-13
H.R. 621	Mar. 1, 2001	Berman	To designate the Federal building located at 6230 Van Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys, California, as the "James C. Corman Federal Building".	Companion bill, S. 468, became P.L. 107-23
H.R. 643	June 13, 2001	Gilchrest	To reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act.	S. Rept. 107-104 P.L. 107-111
H.R. 645	June 26, 2001	Gilchrest	To reauthorize the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994.	S. Rept. 107-105 P.L. 107-112
H.R. 700	June 13, 2001	Saxton	To reauthorize the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997.	S. Rept. 107-113 P.L. 107-141
H.R. 819	June 20, 2001	Sherrod Brown	To designate the Federal building located at 143 West Liberty Street, Medina, Ohio, as the "Donald J. Pease Federal Building".	P.L. 107-176
H.R. 852	Nov. 7, 2001	Traficant	To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse to be constructed at 10 East Commerce Street in Youngstown, Ohio, as the "Nathaniel R. Jones and Frank J. Battisti Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
H.R. 988	Aug. 3, 2001	Engel	To designate the United States courthouse located at 40 Centre Street in New York, New York, as the "Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse".	P.L. 107-33
H.R. 1070	Sept. 5, 2001	Ehlers	To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out projects and conduct research for remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern to the Great Lakes.	S. Rept. 107-312 P.L. 107-303
H.R. 1230	Nov. 28, 2001	Dingell	To provide for the establishment of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in the State of Michigan.	P.L. 107-91
H.R. 1370	May 15, 2002	Souder	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.
H.R. 1583	Nov. 25, 2001	Hill	To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 121 West Spring Street in New Albany, as the "Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and United States Courthouse".	P.L. 107-49
H.R. 1801	May 22, 2001	Granger	To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 West 10th Street in Fort Worth, Texas, as the "Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse".
H.R. 1831	June 13, 2001	Gillmor	To provide certain relief for small businesses from liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980.	Companion bill, H.R. 2869, became P.L. 107-118
H.R. 2501	Aug. 3, 2001	Young, AK	To reauthorize the Appalachian Development Act of 1965.	Companion bill, S. 1206, became P.L. 107-149
H.R. 2595	Feb. 4, 2002	Kingston	To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey a parcel of land to Chatham County, Georgia.	P.L. 107-320
H.R. 2841	Nov. 14, 2001	Rangel	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".
H.R. 2869	Dec. 12, 2001	Gillmor	To provide certain relief for small businesses from liability under the Comprehension Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, and to amend such Act to promote the cleanup and reuse of brownfields, to provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, to enhance State response programs.	P.L. 107-118
H.R. 2911	May 8, 2002	Hoyer	To designate the Federal building located at 5100 Paint Branch Parkway in College Park, Maryland, as the ``Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building''.
H.R. 3093	Nov. 21, 2001	Costello	To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 501 Bell Street in Alton, Illinois, as the "William L. Beatty Federal Building and United States Courthouse".	P.L. 107-177
H.R. 3282	Dec. 14, 2001	Rehberg	To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 400 North Main Street in Butte, Montana, as the "Mike Mansfield Federal Building and United States Courthouse".	P.L. 107-178
H.R. 3322	Dec. 6, 2001	Hansen	To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct an education and administrative center at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Box Elder County, Utah.	Reported to the Senate
H.R. 3334	Dec. 19, 2001	Mike Thompson	To designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center at Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California.	P.L. 107-130
H.R. 3480	Apr. 10, 2001	Kind	To promote Department of the Interior efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin.	S. Rept. 107-169
H.R. 3880	Sept. 12, 2001	Fosello	To provide a temporary waiver from certain transportation conformity requirements and metropolitan transportation planning requirements under the Clean Air Act and under other laws for certain areas in New York where the planning offices and resources have been destroyed by acts of terrorism.	P.L. 107-230
H.R. 3908	May 8, 2002	Hansen	To reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act.	S. Rept. 107-304 Passed the Senate P.L. 107-308
H.R. 3958	Apr. 10, 2001	Hansen	To provide a mechanism for the settlement of claims of the State of Utah regarding portions of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge located on the shore of the Great Salt Lake, Utah.	Reported to the Senate
H.R. 4006	May 8, 2002	King	To designate the United States courthouse located at 100 Federal Plaza in Central Islip, New York, as the "Alfonse M. D'Amato United States Courthouse".
H.R. 4028	May 9, 2002	Boozman	To designate the United States courthouse located at 600 West Capitol Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the "Richard S. Arnold United States Courthouse".
H.R. 4044	May 15, 2002	Gilchrest	To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to the State of Maryland and the State of Louisiana for implementation of a program to eradicate or control nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria.	Reported to the Senate
H.R. 4727	Sept. 5, 2001	Shuster	To reauthorize the national dam safety program.	P.L. 107-310
H.R. 4807	July 16, 2002	Gilchrest	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.	S. Rept. 107-305
H.R. 5012	Sept. 5, 2002	Young, AK	To amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a project for construction of a plaza adjacent to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.	P.L. 107-224
H.R. 5169	October 8, 2002	Young, AK	To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to enhance the security of wastewater treatment works.