Mountaintop Removal Mining: Background on Recent Controversies
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- HR 1837113th Congress
Clean Water Protection Act
May 7, 2013 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- HR 3547113th Congress
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014
Jan 17, 2014 · Became Public Law No: 113-76.
- HR 4854113th Congress
Regulatory Certainty Act of 2014
Nov 12, 2014 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 453.
- HR 524113th Congress
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to disapprove a permit after it has been issued by the Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.
Jun 20, 2014 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 361.
- HR 83113th Congress
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015
Dec 16, 2014 · Became Public Law No: 113-235.
- S 2156113th Congress
Regulatory Fairness Act of 2014
Mar 25, 2014 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- S 830113th Congress
EPA Fair Play Act
Apr 25, 2013 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- HR 1203114th Congress
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to disapprove a permit after it has been issued by the Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.
Mar 3, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- HR 1644114th Congress
STREAM Act
Jan 19, 2016 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- HR 2029114th Congress
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016
Dec 18, 2015 · Became Public Law No: 114-113.
- HR 2822114th Congress
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016
Jul 8, 2015 · Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 2822 as unfinished business.
- HR 2824114th Congress
Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2015
Nov 16, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- HR 3614114th Congress
Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015
Sep 30, 2015 · Became Public Law No: 114-55.
- HR 3937114th Congress
To designate the building utilized as a United States courthouse located at 150 Reade Circle in Greenville, North Carolina, as the "Randy D. Doub United States Courthouse".
Oct 7, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-234.
- HR 5077114th Congress
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
May 25, 2016 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
- HR 896114th Congress
Regulatory Certainty Act of 2015
Feb 12, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- HR 912114th Congress
ACHE Act
Mar 16, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- S 1458114th Congress
STREAM Act of 2015
May 22, 2015 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- S 234114th Congress
Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015
Jan 22, 2015 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- S 55114th Congress
Offshore Fairness Act
Jan 7, 2015 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.