3.0.0 1516 2023-01-11T13:22:18Z 2023-01-11T13:22:18Z Senate S S 2011-09-07 112 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-09-07T15:54:02Z Sustainable States Act of 2011 112 3424 HR 2011-11-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. Identical bill CRS 2011-09-07 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2011-09-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N Environmental Protection Economic performance and conditions Energy efficiency and conservation Energy storage, supplies, demand Public-private cooperation Solid waste and recycling State and local government operations Water use and supply Environmental Protection 00 2011-09-07 Introduced in Senate 2011-12-02T18:32:49Z Sustainable States Act of 2011 - Establishes a program under which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall provide no more than 20 grants to sustainable state consortia (partnerships consisting of local governments, states, public universities, and other municipal organizations, businesses, or nonprofit organizations) to establish and carry out municipal sustainability certification programs. Requires each grant to have a three year term. Defines "municipal sustainability certification program" as a program that: (1) determines a set of state-specific benchmarks for use in evaluating sustainability, and (2) certifies a municipality as sustainable based on documented achievement of those benchmarks.

Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish flexible guidelines that reflect regional differences for use by such consortia in establishing such programs; (2) annually compile data from such consortia and report to Congress on municipal actions undertaken to obtain municipal sustainability certification; (3) encourage such consortia to establish certification standards beyond the guidelines established by the Administrator, adapt the administration of the program to meet regional or local needs, and plan for public-private partnership agreements that will sustain the operation of the certification program of a state beyond the term of the grant; and (4) establish a website that permits interactive dialogue and collaboration among community leaders and citizens engaged in municipal sustainability certification.

Establishes a program under which the Administrator shall award no more than 20 project grants to municipalities certified by sustainable state consortia to extend the leadership of the municipalities in meeting sustainability challenges.

]]> Sustainable States Act of 2011 Display Title Sustainable States Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a program under which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall provide grants to eligible State consortia to establish and carry out municipal sustainability certification programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Sustainable States Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-09-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1516is/xml/BILLS-112s1516is.xml 2011-09-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.