AIR POLLUTION related term(s) Clean Air Act; Ecology and Environment
Bills and resolutions
Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 5700), H4794 [28JN]
———require all gasoline sold for use in motor vehicles to contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see S. 3553), S6283 [21JN]
———require that gasoline contain a certain amount of renewable fuel by the year 2012 (see H.R. 5370), H2585 [11MY]
Climate: establish a market-driven system to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and promote advanced energy research and technology development and deployment (see H.R. 5049), H1320 [29MR]
———reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 5642), H4327 [20JN]
Electric power: establish a national uniform multiple air pollutant regulatory program for the electric generating sector (see S. 2724), S4050 [4MY]
EPA: establish Federal Fuels List applicable to State Clean Air Act implementation plans (see S. 2700), S3893 [2MY] (see H.R. 5124), H1677 [6AP]
Hazardous substances: implement certain conventions dealing with organic pollutants, chemicals, and pesticides (see H.R. 4800), H388 [16FE]
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and improve passenger automobile and light truck fuel economy and safety (see S. 3543), S6154 [20JN]
———require an increasing percentage of new automobiles be dual fueled automobiles and revise the method for calculating corporate average fuel economy for such vehicles (see H.R. 4673), H24 [31JA]
———require that automobiles and light trucks are able to operate on a fuel mixture that has a certain percentage of ethanol (see S. 2263), S978 [9FE]
National Academy of Sciences: evaluate certain Federal regulations for potential harmful impacts on public health and the environment and direct Federal agencies to reverse those harmful impacts (see H.R. 5235), H1916 [27AP]
National Asbestos Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 368), S769 [7FE] (see S. Res. 402), S2202 [15MR]
Power resources: enhance energy efficiency and conserve oil and natural gas (see S. 2747), S4051 [4MY]
———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see S. 2446), S2313 [16MR]
———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (see H.R. 4774), H387 [16FE]
Smith, Damu A.I.: tribute (see H. Res. 827), H2961 [19MY]
Taxation: facilitate increased use of alternative fuels for motor vehicles (see S. 2680), S3704 [27AP]
———permit issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air and water pollution control facilities (see H.R. 4918), H866 [9MR]
Lists
Studies on impact of global warming, S6365 [22JN]
Remarks in House
Altoona, PA: prohibit funding for Juanita Ultra Low Emission Locomotive Demonstration, H3206, H3207 [24MY]
Clean Air Act: require all gasoline sold for use in motor vehicles to contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (H.R. 4357), H1956 [2MY], H2480 [10MY]
Climate: establish a market-driven system to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and promote advanced energy research and technology development and deployment (H.R. 5049), H1399 [4AP], H2829 [18MY], E446 [29MR]
———global warming, H946, H947 [14MR], H1200, H1293 [29MR], H2481 [10MY], H2784, H2785, H2826 [18MY], H3913 [14JN], H4209 [19JN], E899 [19MY]
———reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (H.R. 5642), E1213 [20JN]
Dept. of Commerce: global warming impact study funding, H4701, H4702 [28JN]
Dept. of Energy: implement accelerated research, development, and demonstration program for advanced clean coal technologies and provide financial incentives to encourage early commercial deployment, H143 [1FE], H1984 [3MY]
EPA: global warming programs funding, H2826-H2829 [18MY]
———monitor and control fine particulate matter emissions, H2800 [18MY]
———National Clean Diesel Initiative funding, H2815 [18MY]
FEMA: global warming impact study funding, H3292 [25MY]
Motor vehicles: require an increasing percentage of new automobiles be dual fueled automobiles and revise the method for calculating corporate average fuel economy for such vehicles (H.R. 4673), E33 [31JA]
National objectives: ensure that the U.S. leads the world in next generation energy technologies, grow the economy, create high-skill American jobs, eliminate overdependence on foreign oil, and address global warming (H.R. 2828), H1640 [6AP], H4207-H4212 [19JN]
Power resources: diesel emissions reduction programs funding, H2794 [18MY]
———eliminate methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from U.S. fuel supply, expand production and use of renewable fuel, and increase energy independence, H1842 [26AP]
———expand production and use of renewable fuel and increase energy independence, H2874 [18MY], H3219 [24MY]
———increase the production and use of ethanol, H1169 [28MR], H1902-H1905 [27AP], H2480, H2492, H2493 [10MY], H3124, H3132 [23MY]
———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology, H144, H148 [1FE], H2334 [9MY], E40 [1FE]
———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (H.R. 4409), H1293 [29MR], H2342 [10MY], H3345 [25MY], H4373 [21JN]
———reduce emission levels of carbon dioxide, H2767, H2768, H2770, H2787 [18MY]
———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of ethanol and diesel fuel contain a certain percentage of biodiesel (H.R. 1398), H1823 [26AP]
———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel, H3720 [9JN]
60 Minutes (television program): report on Bush administration treatment of global warming, H1135 [28MR]
Remarks in Senate
Clean Air Act: require all gasoline sold for use in motor vehicles to contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel (S. 3553), S6287 [21JN]
Climate: address global climate change through the negotiation of fair and effective international commitments (S. Res. 312), S4962 [23MY]
———global warming, S2795 [4AP], S6365 [22JN], S6593 [28JN], S7261 [10JY]
EPA: establish Federal Fuels List applicable to State Clean Air Act implementation plans (S. 2700), S3931 [2MY], S3994 [3MY]
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and improve passenger automobile and light truck fuel economy and safety (S. 3543), S6159 [20JN]
———require that automobiles and light trucks are able to operate on a fuel mixture that has a certain percentage of ethanol, S3547 [26AP]
National Academy of Sciences: evaluate certain Federal regulations for potential harmful impacts on public health and the environment and direct Federal agencies to reverse those harmful impacts (H.R. 5235), S5433 [5JN]
National Asbestos Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 368), S704 [6FE], S774 [7FE]
———designate (S. Res. 402), S2222 [15MR]
Power resources: enhance energy efficiency and conserve oil and natural gas (S. 2747), S4059 [4MY]
———expand production and use of renewable fuel and decrease energy dependence, S2230 [16MR]
———increase the production and use of ethanol, S1860 [8MR], S4106 [5MY]
———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology, S3529-S3532 [26AP], S3855 [2MY], S3933 [3MY], S4006 [4MY], S6771 [29JN]
———reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (S. 2025), S2089 [14MR], S3783 [1MY], S4691 [17MY], S6610 [28JN]
———require that gasoline sold in the U.S. contain a certain percentage of renewable fuel, S4106 [5MY]
Reports filed
Address Global Climate Change Through the Negotiation of Fair and Effective International Commitments: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 312), S5226 [25MY]
Statements
Methyl Bromide—Are U.S. Interests Being Served by the Critical Use Exemption Process? Representative Kucinich, E168 [15FE]
Texts of
S. 2747, Enhanced Energy Security Act, S4060-S4068 [4MY]
S. 3543, Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act, S6160-S6162 [20JN]
S. 3553, 10 by 10 Act, S6288 [21JN]
S. Res. 368, National Asbestos Awareness Day, S774 [7FE]
S. Res. 402, National Asbestos Awareness Day, S2207, S2223 [15MR]
Tributes