3.0.0 1812 2022-11-01T07:02:33Z 2022-11-01T07:02:33Z Senate S 2019-06-12 116 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-12T19:43:24Z Smoke Planning and Research Act of 2019 116 4924 HR 2019-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. Identical bill CRS 2019-06-12 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2019-06-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-06-12 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-10-15 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-10-31 False Environmental Protection Air quality Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Environmental technology Fires Forests, forestry, trees Government studies and investigations Higher education Research administration and funding Environmental Protection 00 2019-06-12 Introduced in Senate 2020-01-30T23:23:41Z Smoke Planning and Research Act of 2019

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to research and mitigate the impacts of smoke emissions from wildland fires.

Specifically, the EPA must establish (1) four Centers of Excellence for Wildfire Smoke at institutions of higher education, and (2) a grant program to support community mitigation efforts.

]]> Smoke Planning and Research Act of 2019 Display Title Smoke Planning and Research Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Smoke Planning and Research Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct research on wildfire smoke, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1812is/xml/BILLS-116s1812is.xml 2019-06-12 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.