Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Industrial pollution

Bill Introduced: S.2669 Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2008

2008-02-26T00:00:00Z

A bill to provide for the implementation of a Green Chemistry Research and Development Program, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5402 Climate Change Center and Clearinghouse Act of 2008

2008-02-12T00:00:00Z

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

Bill Introduced: H.R.5146 Invest in Energy Security Act

2008-01-28T00:00:00Z

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to acquire petroleum in quantities sufficient to fill the available capacity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, subject to certain limitations, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.266 Expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to the world's freshwater resources.

2007-12-06T00:00:00Z

Expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to the world's freshwater resources.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4329 NAFTA Accountability Act

2007-12-06T00:00:00Z

To assess the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), to require further negotiation of certain provisions of the NAFTA, and to provide for the withdrawal from the NAFTA unless certain conditions are met.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4226 Climate Stewardship and Economic Security Act of 2007

2007-11-15T00:00:00Z

To accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States by establishing a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances that will limit greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, reduce dependence upon foreign oil, and ensure benefits to consumers from the trading in such allowances, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3319 Patriot Corporations of America Act of 2007

2007-08-02T00:00:00Z

To provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in the rate of income tax imposed on, Patriot corporations, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3236 Sustainable Energy Institutional Infrastructure Act of 2007

2007-07-31T00:00:00Z

To promote greater energy efficiency.

Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.187 Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the dumping of industrial waste into the Great Lakes.

2007-07-18T00:00:00Z

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the dumping of industrial waste into the Great Lakes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2906 10th Congressional District of Illinois School Conservation Corps Act

2007-06-28T00:00:00Z

To establish a pilot program under which the Secretary of Education makes grants to establish and support the 10th Congressional District of Illinois School Conservation Corps.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2850 Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2007

2007-06-25T00:00:00Z

To provide for the implementation of a Green Chemistry Research and Development Program, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2813 Children's Mercury Exposure Act of 2007

2007-06-21T00:00:00Z

To address the risks of exposure of children to mercury from mercury-contaminated industrial sites.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1087 Mercury Emissions Reduction Act

2007-02-15T00:00:00Z

To amend the Clean Air Act to require that mercury emissions from electric utility steam generating units be subject to the MACT standard for hazardous air pollutants, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1050 A Living Wage, Jobs For All Act

2007-02-14T00:00:00Z

To establish a living wage, jobs for all policy for all peoples in the United States and its territories, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1055 Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act

2007-02-14T00:00:00Z

To amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to strike a provision relating to modifications in reporting frequency.

Bill Introduced: S.595 Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act

2007-02-14T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to strike a provision relating to modifications in reporting frequency.

Bill Introduced: H.R.620 Global Warming bill

2007-01-22T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: S.309 Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act

2007-01-16T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.183 CAFE bill

2007-01-04T00:00:00Z

A bill to require the establishment of a corporate average fuel economy standard for passenger automobiles of 40 miles per gallon by 2017, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.3698 Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act

2006-07-20T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, and for other purposes.