POLLUTION related term(s) Ecology and Environment

Amendments

CPSC: prohibit use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves (H.R. 1615), H2851 [13JN]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves (H.R. 1615), consideration (H. Res. 463), H2758 [6JN]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves (H.R. 1615), consideration (H. Res. 495), H2833 [13JN]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program—Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’ (H.R. 1640), H2862, H2863, H2864 [13JN]

——— prohibit from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program—Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’ (H.R. 1640), consideration (H. Res. 463), H2758 [6JN]

——— prohibit from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program—Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’ (H.R. 1640), consideration (H. Res. 495), H2833 [13JN]

Articles and editorials

Before Flint, Before East Chicago, There Was Smeltertown, H401 [26JA]

‘Eco-Friendly’ Paper Straws Contain Harmful PFAS Chemicals, H5359 [2NO]

Gas Stove Use and Respiratory Health Among Adults With Asthma in NHAMES III, H2754 [6JN]

It Turns Out All Those Paper Straws Are Bad for the Environment, H5358 [2NO]

Not So Eco-Friendly? Paper Straws Contain More ‘Forever Chemicals’ Than Plastic, Study Says, H5357 [2NO]

Paper Straws Are No Better Than Plastic, Research Says, H5359 [2NO]

What the Right’s Gas Stove Freakout Was Really About, H2754 [6JN]

Bills and resolutions

Air pollution: improve air quality management and safety of communities using best available monitoring technology and data (see S. 2045), S2145 [20JN] (see H.R. 4211), H2990 [20JN]

——— promote low-carbon, high-octane fuels to protect public health and to improve vehicle efficiency and performance (see S. 944), S910 [22MR] (see H.R. 2434), H1691 [30MR]

CERCLA: eliminate certain excise taxes on certain taxable chemicals and substances (see S. 1195), S1255 [19AP] (see H.R. 6454), H5899 [17NO]

——— exempt certain entities from liability relative to releases of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (see S. 1427, 1429, 1430, 1432, 1433), S1504 [3MY]

Clean Air Act: prohibit issuance of regulatory permits for certain emissions from agricultural livestock production (see S. 997), S999 [28MR]

Climate: acknowledge climate emergency which demands massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes (see S. Con. Res. 9), S1419 [27AP] (see H. Con. Res. 37), H2126 [2MY]

——— ban greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants, stop hydraulic fracking, ban crude oil and natural gas exports, and restrict new liquified natural gas terminal siting or construction (see H.R. 5606), H4437 [20SE]

——— establish Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy and authorize admission of climate-displaced persons (see S. 3340), S5541 [15NO] (see H.R. 6455), H5899 [17NO]

——— produce national climate adaptation and resilience strategy (see S. 3261), S5427 [8NO] (see H.R. 6311), H5651 [8NO]

——— protect through increasing renewable energy, enhancing energy efficiency standards, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (see H.R. 5496), H4345 [14SE]

——— provide for high-priority research and extension grants for natural climate solutions (see S. 3500), S5961 [13DE] (see H.R. 6811), H6984 [14DE]

——— support teaching climate change in schools (see H. Res. 262), H1528 [28MR]

Coast Guard: uphold anchoring ban on Hudson River (see H.R. 6356), H5668 [9NO]

Conservation of natural resources: protect and conserve at least 50 percent of land, freshwater, and ocean ecosystems in U.S. and encourage diplomatic efforts to achieve this goal worldwide (see H. Res. 430), H2500 [22MY]

Construction industries: conduct research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of technologies to reduce emissions of U.S. cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production (see S. 3439), S5851 [7DE]

CPSC: prohibit use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves (see S. 240), S229 [2FE] (see H.R. 1615), H1292 [17MR]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves (H.R. 1615), consideration (see H. Res. 463), H2740 [5JN] (see H. Res. 495), H2806 [12JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish alternative manure management program (see S. 2479), S3522 [25JY] (see H.R. 4327), H3141 [23JN]

——— provide grants to States, territories, and Indian Tribes to address contamination by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on farms (see S. 747), S742 [9MR] (see H.R. 1517), H1248 [9MR]

Dept. of Defense: ensure removal and remedial actions relative to per- and polyfluoroalkyl contamination result in levels meeting or exceeding certain standards (see H.R. 5263), H4197 [22AU]

——— publish information on status of certain cleanup efforts (see H.R. 5262), H4197 [22AU]

Dept. of Energy: create plan for research, development, and commercialization projects capable of making significant reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions or carbon intensity of qualified fuel production facilities (see H.R. 3182), H2243 [10MY]

——— prohibit from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program—Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’ (see S. 1859), S2005 [7JN] (see H.R. 1640), H1293 [17MR] (see H.R. 3818), H2741 [5JN]

——— prohibit from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program—Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’ (H.R. 1640), consideration (see H. Res. 463), H2740 [5JN] (see H. Res. 495), H2806 [12JN]

——— study and report on greenhouse gas emissions intensity of certain products produced in U.S. and in certain foreign countries (see S. 1863), S2005 [7JN]

Dept. of Labor: promulgate occupational safety and health standard to protect workers from adverse air (see H.R. 6221), H5403 [3NO]

Dept. of State: provide that Executive order to establish Climate Change Support Office shall have no force or effect (see H.R. 6289), H5650 [8NO]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize partnerships between States and nongovernmental entities to reclaim and restore land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining activities before certain date (see H.R. 6233), H5465 [6NO]

——— carry out watershed pilots (see S. 2169), S2223 [22JN]

——— conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 4778), H3886 [20JY]

——— prohibit use of lead ammunition on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands (see H.R. 5281), H4204 [25AU]

——— require entities extracting fossil fuels on Federal lands to record and publicly disclose sources and amounts of greenhouse gases emitted (see H.R. 4302), H3109 [22JN]

Dept. of the Interior and Forest Service: improve revegetation and carbon sequestration activities in U.S. (see S. 2991), S4760 [28SE]

Dept. of Transportation: enter into agreement with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to produce report that identifies and recommends system of measuring aviation noise (see H.R. 2561), H1717 [10AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for presumption of service connection for illnesses associated with firefighting (see H.R. 4306), H3109 [22JN]

——— take actions necessary to ensure that certain individuals may update burn pit registry with registered individual’s cause of death (see S. 2078), S2185 [21JN] (see H.R. 2472), H1698 [3AP]

Developing countries: increase development, distribution, and use of clean cookstoves and fuels to improve health, protect climate and environment, empower women, create jobs, and help consumers save time and money (see S. 2179), S2224 [22JN]

Ecology and environment: address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate such events (see S. 3348), S5598 [27NO] (see H.R. 6235), H5465 [6NO]

——— prohibit funding for Civilian Climate Corps or American Climate Corps (see H.R. 6849), H6997 [19DE]

——— prohibit funding for Justice40 Initiative or American Climate Corps (see H.R. 6215), H5403 [3NO]

——— restore, reaffirm, and reconcile environmental justice, health equity, climate justice, and civil rights (see S. 919), S909 [22MR] (see H.R. 1705), H1325 [22MR]

EPA: assess certain fees on shipping and other vessels (see S. 1920), S2029 [8JN]

——— clarify when physical changes in, or changes in method of operation of, stationary sources that emit air pollutants constitute modification or construction relative to Clean Air Act standards (see H.R. 165), H104 [9JA]

——— conduct measurement-based national methane research pilot study to quantify methane emissions from certain oil and gas infrastructure (see S. 1947), S2071 [13JN] (see H.R. 4072), H2883 [13JN]

——— create additional opportunities for small refineries to generate credits under Renewable Fuel Program (see S. 2390), S3148 [19JY]

——— designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under CERCLA (see H.R. 6805), H6984 [14DE]

——— develop pilot grant programs to research and collect data on aircraft and airport noise and emissions and use such information and data to develop mitigation strategy (see H.R. 1048), H839 [14FE]

——— develop risk-communication strategy to inform public about hazards or potential hazards of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (see H.R. 6808), H6984 [14DE]

——— disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Finding That Lead Emissions From Aircraft Engines That Operate on Leaded Fuel Cause or Contribute to Air Pollution That May Reasonably Be Anticipated To Endanger Public Health and Welfare’’ (see S.J. Res. 52), S5807 [6DE]

——— establish Federal program of cumulative impact assessments under Federal Water Pollution Control Act and Clean Air Act (see H.R. 4592), H3477 [12JY]

——— establish pilot program that promotes cleanup of abandoned hardrock mines by good samaritans (see S. 2781), S4440 [13SE]

——— establish standards to limit carbon intensity of fuel used by certain vessels and set requirements to eliminate in-port ship emissions (see S. 1917), S2029 [8JN] (see H.R. 4024), H2807 [12JN]

——— exclude certain air emissions from emergency notification requirements (see S. 2430), S3459 [20JY]

——— exempt nonroad engines and vehicles that are used for agricultural purposes from Clean Air Act emission standards (see H.R. 6878), H6998 [19DE]

——— expand ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure limitations of motor vehicle fuels (see S. 785), S772 [14MR] (see S. 2707), S3757 [27JY] (see H.R. 1608), H1286 [14MR]

——— extend maximum term for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits (see H.R. 1181), H874 [24FE]

——— facilitate efficient State implementation of certain national ambient air quality standards (see S. 2125), S2222 [22JN]

——— identify low-income or predominantly minority communities with unusually high number of environmental-law violations, work with State and local officials to identify root causes, and clean them up (see H.R. 1673), H1300 [21MR]

——— impose dioxide emission surcharge on private jet travel and certain first class and business tickets (see S. 2599), S3754 [27JY]

——— issue final rule adding all per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom to hazardous air pollutants list (see H.R. 6834), H6985 [14DE]

——— modify permitting requirements relative to discharge of any pollutant from Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1720), H1326 [22MR]

——— prohibit from using funds for methane monitoring to monitor emissions of methane from livestock (see S. 937), S909 [22MR]

——— promulgate certain limitations relative to pre-production plastic pellet pollution (see S. 2337), S2984 [18JY]

——— reauthorize diesel emissions reduction program (see S. 2195), S2224 [22JN] (see H.R. 5444), H4296 [13SE]

——— reauthorize Long Island Sound programs (see S. 2793), S4440 [13SE] (see H.R. 5441), H4296 [13SE]

——— regulate wastes associated with exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy (see H.R. 4777), H3886 [20JY]

——— repeal certain Clean Air Act provisions relative to greenhouse gas reduction fund (see H.R. 1023), H838 [14FE]

FAA: enter into appropriate arrangements with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to provide report on health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution (see H.R. 2562), H1717 [10AP]

——— establish advisory committee for communities impacted by aviation (see H.R. 2565), H1717 [10AP]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit from banning gas-burning stoves (see S. 244), S229 [2FE] (see H.R. 263), H150 [10JA] (see H.R. 337), H233 [12JA]

——— provide that Executive order to pursue whole-of-government approach to environmental justice shall have no force or effect (see H.R. 3256), H2309 [11MY]

Federal aid programs: provide additional assistance to rural water and waste disposal systems affected by coronavirus pandemic (see S. 1079), S1088 [30MR]

FEMA: authorize transitional sheltering assistance for individuals who live in areas with unhealthy air quality caused by wildfires (see H.R. 481), H277 [24JA]

Government: establish National Biodiversity Strategy (see S. Res. 494), S5919 [12DE] (see H. Res. 195), H1114 [3MR]

Government regulations: improve environmental review process for energy, infrastructure, and transportation projects (see S. 1449), S1533 [4MY]

——— reform Federal regulatory permitting and project review processes for energy and infrastructure projects (see S. 1399), S1463 [2MY]

Hazardous substances: establish national mercury monitoring program to protect human health, safeguard fisheries, and track environmental effects of emissions reductions (see S. 1772), S1843 [31MY]

——— prohibit procurement of certain items containing perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) or perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and prioritize procurement of products without per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) (see S. 2283), S2360 [12JY]

Medicare: provide no-cost coverage for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) testing (see H.R. 4917), H4029 [26JY]

Mining and mineral resources: place moratorium on issuance and renewal of certain Federal authorizations for mountaintop removal coal mining until health study is conducted (see H.R. 5022), H4139 [27JY]

Minnesota: withdraw from mineral exploration Federal lands and waters in Rainy River Watershed, including in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Voyageurs National Park, and Superior National Forest (see H.R. 668), H575 [31JA]

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: study and report on Federal research agenda to advance understanding of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (see S. 466), S455 [16FE]

National Clean Energy Week: designate (see S. Res. 388), S4827 [29SE] (see S. Res. 398), S4948 [4OC] (see H. Res. 726), H4499 [26SE]

NOAA: clarify that during lapse in appropriations certain services relative to Harmful Algal Bloom Operational Forecasting System are excepted services under Anti-Deficiency Act (see H.R. 325), H232 [12JA]

——— establish grant program to award grants to eligible entities to carry out projects on conservation, restoration, or management of kelp forest ecosystems (see S. 2807), S4525 [14SE] (see H.R. 5487), H4345 [14SE]

NRC: enable timely licensing reviews for nuclear reactor facilities at brownfield sites and retired fossil fuel sites (see H.R. 6268), H5543 [7NO]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: add CPSC to list of agencies required to be represented on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) interagency working group (see S. 820), S798 [15MR]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: produce national intelligence estimates on certain effects of climate change (see H.R. 2903), H2048 [26AP]

Plastic: reduce production and use of single-use plastics, improve responsibility of producers over consumer products and packaging, and prevent plastics from entering animal and human food chains and waterways (see S. 3127), S5182 [25OC] (see H.R. 6053), H5104 [25OC]

Plastic Pollution Action Month: designate (see S. Res. 296), S2461 [13JY] (see H. Res. 584), H3575 [13JY]

Power resources: address measuring methane emissions (see S. 3496), S5961 [13DE]

——— clarify that States have sole authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on Federal land within their boundaries (see S. 19), S54 [23JA]

——— include fuel for ocean going vessels as additional renewable fuel for which credits may be generated under renewable fuel program (see H.R. 6681), H6740 [7DE]

——— update Federal purchase requirement to ensure transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050 (see H.R. 2703), H1885 [19AP]

Presidents of the U.S.: clarify inability to declare national emergencies on premise of climate change (see S. 2118), S2222 [22JN] (see H.R. 4300), H3108 [22JN]

Taxation: establish excise tax on plastics (see S. 2844), S4589 [19SE] (see H.R. 5564), H4406 [19SE]

——— exclude per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) remediation reimbursements from gross income (see H.R. 2615), H1725 [13AP]

——— extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (see H.R. 6438), H5892 [15NO]

——— impose fee on certain imported products based on pollution intensity associated with production of such products (see S. 3198), S5338 [2NO]

——— impose tax on carbon dioxide emissions from energy and industrial facilities and use revenues to establish Carbon Dioxide Trust Fund to support families and encourage clean energy technologies (see H.R. 5744), H4712 [27SE]

Trucking industry: establish voucher program for purchase and installation of emission reducing technologies for Class 8 trucks (see S. 3315), S5540 [15NO]

U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity: urge Senate ratification (see S. Con. Res. 11), S1844 [31MY] (see H. Con. Res. 47), H2500 [22MY]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: authorizing appropriations for Green Climate Fund (see H.R. 3961), H2786 [9JN]

——— prohibit U.S. contributions to Green Climate Fund (see H.R. 3053), H2125 [2MY]

Water: provide assistance for disadvantaged communities (see H.R. 2521), H1708 [6AP]

——— restore national minimum standard of protection for water resources of U.S. while providing certainty to regulated entities (see H.R. 5983), H5028 [18OC]

Letters

Impact of Canadian wildfires on U.S. air quality: Senator Schumer, S2014 [8JN]

Motions

CPSC: prohibit use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves (H.R. 1615), consideration (H. Res. 463), H2760 [6JN]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program—Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’ (H.R. 1640), consideration (H. Res. 463), H2760 [6JN]

Remarks in House

Biden, President: evaluation of administration relative to environment, H6132 [5DE]

Climate: address effects of climate change, H4374 [18SE], H5549 [8NO]

——— effects of climate change, H1319 [22MR]

Coast Guard: uphold anchoring ban on Hudson River, H5187 [1NO]

CPSC: expand prohibition on Federal funding to ban gas stoves to include regulations that would result in unavailability in U.S. of types of products based on type of fuel the products consume, H2851, H2852 [13JN]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves (H.R. 1615), H2795 [12JN], H2844–H2855 [13JN], H2891, H2901, H2902, H2928 [14JN], E573, E574 [15JN]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves (H.R. 1615), consideration (H. Res. 463), H2750–H2760 [6JN]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves (H.R. 1615), consideration (H. Res. 495), H2822–H2834 [13JN], E556 [13JN]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit funding for promotion of sustainable building materials or net-zero emissions construction, H3555, H3556 [13JY]

Dept. of Energy: allow enforcement of efficiency standards for gas stoves rule unless certified that prohibition on such rule would not have negative effect on energy security, H2863, H2864 [13JN]

——— prohibit from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program—Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’, H1591, H1592 [29MR]

——— prohibit from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program—Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’ (H.R. 1640), H2795 [12JN], H2856–H2865 [13JN], H2891, H2901, H2902, H2928 [14JN], H2947 [15JN], H3218 [12JY], E573, E574 [15JN]

——— prohibit from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program—Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’ (H.R. 1640), consideration (H. Res. 463), H2750–H2760 [6JN]

——— prohibit from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program—Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’ (H.R. 1640), consideration (H. Res. 495), H2822–H2834 [13JN], E556 [13JN]

——— prohibit limitation on future rulemaking authority relative to gas stoves, H2864, H2865 [13JN]

——— require disclosure of meetings with entities with ties to China, produced studies on policies that limit or ban use of any type of energy, or received Federal funding relative to efficiency standards for gas stoves, H2862, H2863 [13JN]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit funding to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out ban on use of plastic straws on public lands and national parks, H5357–H5359 [2NO]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: allow funding to consider or incorporate social cost of carbon as part of any cost-benefit analysis required or performed pursuant to any law or Executive order, H5275 [2NO]

——— prohibit funding to implement certain Executive orders relative to clean cars and trucks, Federal sustainability, and environmental justice, H5333 [2NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: prohibit funding to implement certain Executive orders relative to clean cars and trucks, Federal sustainability, and environmental justice, H5521 [7NO]

Ecology and environment: maintain U.S. commitment under U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change Paris Agreement, H366 [26JA]

EPA: establish Federal program of cumulative impact assessments under Federal Water Pollution Control Act and Clean Air Act (H.R. 4592), H3862 [20JY]

——— establish standards to limit carbon intensity of fuel used by certain vessels and set requirements to eliminate in-port ship emissions (H.R. 4024), H3648 [18JY]

——— extend maximum term for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits (H.R. 1181), E142 [24FE]

——— Office of Air and Radiation funding, H5356, H5357 [2NO]

——— oppose proposed regulation on national ambient air quality standard for fine particle pollution, H4414 [20SE]

——— prohibit funding for community-scale ambient air monitoring, H5322, H5323 [2NO]

——— prohibit funding to finalize, implement, or enforce proposed rule entitled ‘‘Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter’’, H5324 [2NO]

——— prohibit funding to implement final EPA rule entitled ‘‘Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act’’, H5315 [2NO]

——— prohibit funding to implement final rule entitled ‘‘Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act’’, H5316 [2NO]

——— prohibit funding to implement rule entitled ‘‘Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles—Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards’’, H5337 [2NO]

——— prohibit funding to take backstop actions related to Chesapeake Bay pollution standards, H5290 [2NO]

——— provide regulatory certainty by explicitly authorizing common practice of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System general permits and providing for continuances during times of administrative delay, H1670–H1672 [30MR]

——— repeal certain Clean Air Act provisions relative to greenhouse gas reduction fund, H1553 [29MR]

Executive Office of the President: Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases funding, H5338 [2NO]

——— prohibit funding to implement Executive order entitled ‘‘Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad’’, H5597 [8NO]

FAA: prohibit use of leaded fuel by aircraft, E701 [20JY]

Federal Acquisition Regulation Council: prohibit from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing proposed rule entitled ‘‘Federal Acquisition Regulation—Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk’’, H5658, H5659 [9NO]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit from banning gas-burning stoves, H220 [12JA], H1544, H1545 [29MR]

FERC: withdraw policy statements titled ‘‘Certification of New Interstate Natural Gas Facilities’’ and ‘‘Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Natural Gas Infrastructure Project Reviews’’, H1595, H1596 [29MR]

Hazardous substances: transport of toxic waste from East Palestine, OH, train derailment to Michigan, H920 [28FE]

Inflation Reduction Act: impact, H1549 [29MR]

Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases: prohibit funding, H5134, H5135 [26OC]

Minorities: affirm that minority and low-income communities disproportionately bear costs of climate change, H402 [26JA]

National Clean Energy Week: observance, H4961 [3OC]

Power resources: include fuel for ocean going vessels as additional renewable fuel for which credits may be generated under renewable fuel program (H.R. 6681), E1202 [11DE]

——— prohibit increase in net carbon emissions in plan to increase oil and gas production on Federal land in conjunction with drawdown from Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H405, H406 [26JA]

——— prohibit increase in percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas production if new drilling would perpetuate environmental injustice, H401, H402 [26JA]

——— require oil and gas companies whose lease is part of plan to increase oil and gas production on Federal land in conjunction with drawdown from Strategic Petroleum Reserve to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, H409 [26JA]

——— require Presidential certification that increased oil and gas production for placement in Strategic Petroleum Reserve is meeting U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change Paris Agreement targets, H404, H405 [26JA]

Republican Party: national agenda, H5648 [8NO]

SEC: prohibit funding to regulate or require disclosure of data on agricultural emissions, H5605, H5606 [8NO]

U.N.: plans to reduce carbon emissions, H6824 [12DE]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: authorizing appropriations for Green Climate Fund, H2771 [7JN]

Remarks in Senate

Canada: impact of wildfires, S1987 [7JN], S2013, S2018 [8JN]

Climate: effects of climate change, S159 [31JA], S558–S560 [1MR], S1375–S1377 [26AP], S1484 [3MY], S1987 [7JN], S2013, S2018 [8JN], S3579 [26JY], S3716 [27JY], S4935–S4937 [4OC], S5649 [29NO]

——— efforts of fossil fuel industry to deny and discredit science behind climate change, S4936 [4OC]

——— impact of climate change on frequency and intensity of natural disasters, S4935 [4OC]

CPSC: prohibit use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves (H.R. 1615), S2102 [14JN], S2105 [15JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish alternative manure management program (S. 2479), S3525 [25JY]

——— provide grants to States, territories, and Indian Tribes to address contamination by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on farms (S. 747), S747 [9MR]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program—Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’, S2969 [18JY]

Developing countries: increase development, distribution, and use of clean cookstoves and fuels to improve health, protect climate and environment, empower women, create jobs, and help consumers save time and money (S. 2179), S2232 [22JN]

EPA: establish standards to limit carbon intensity of fuel used by certain vessels and set requirements to eliminate in-port ship emissions (S. 1917), S2032 [8JN]

——— expand ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure limitations of motor vehicle fuels (S. 785), S1031 [29MR]

Federal Highway Administration: prohibit funding to finalize, implement, or enforce proposed rule entitled ‘‘National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Performance of the National Highway System, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measure’’, S5274 [1NO]

Government regulations: improve environmental review process for energy, infrastructure, and transportation projects (S. 1449), S1523 [4MY], S1877 [1JN]

——— reform Federal regulatory permitting and project review processes for energy and infrastructure projects, S1368 [26AP], S1479–S1483 [3MY], S1726 [18MY]

Hazardous substances: establish national mercury monitoring program to protect human health, safeguard fisheries, and track environmental effects of emissions reductions (S. 1772), S1846 [31MY]

National Clean Energy Week: designate (S. Res. 398), S4958 [4OC]

National Environmental Policy Act: clarify definition of ‘‘major Federal action’’ related to certain advanced semiconductor manufacturing facilities, S1892 [1JN]

Supreme Court: impact of decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech relative to bipartisanship in addressing climate change, S4937 [4OC]

U.N.: plans to reduce carbon emissions, S5971 [14DE], S6015–S6018 [18DE]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1615, Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 463) (H. Rept. 118–102), H2740 [5JN]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 495) (H. Rept. 118–108), H2806 [12JN]

Consideration of H.R. 1640, Save Our Gas Stoves Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 463) (H. Rept. 118–102), H2740 [5JN]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 495) (H. Rept. 118–108), H2806 [12JN]

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2195), S3618 [26JY]

——— Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2195) (S. Rept. 118–100), S4826 [29SE]

Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1615) (H. Rept. 118–85), H2712 [1JN]

PFAS-Free Procurement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2283) (S. Rept. 118–118), S5692 [30NO]

Protecting Consumers From PFAS Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 820) (S. Rept. 118–112), S5597 [27NO]

Repeal Certain Clean Air Act Provisions Relative to EPA Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1023) (H. Rept. 118–26), H1407 [23MR]

Save Our Gas Stoves Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1640) (H. Rept. 118–86), H2712 [1JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 463, consideration of H.R. 1615, Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, H2750 [6JN]

H. Res. 463, consideration of H.R. 1640, Save Our Gas Stoves Act, H2750 [6JN]

H. Res. 495, consideration of H.R. 1615, Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, H2822 [13JN]

H. Res. 495, consideration of H.R. 1640, Save our Gas Stoves Act, H2822 [13JN]

H.R. 1615, Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, H2851 [13JN]

H.R. 1640, Save Our Gas Stoves Act, H2862 [13JN]

S. 937, prohibit EPA from using funds for methane monitoring to monitor emissions of methane from livestock, S911 [22MR]

S. 997, Livestock Regulatory Protection Act, S1001 [28MR]

S. 2337, Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act, S2989 [18JY]

S. Con. Res. 9, acknowledge climate emergency which demands massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes, S1425 [27AP]

S. Con. Res. 11, urge Senate ratification of U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity, S1849 [31MY]

S. Res. 296, Plastic Pollution Action Month, S2465 [13JY]

S. Res. 388, National Clean Energy Week, S4828 [29SE]

S. Res. 398, National Clean Energy Week, S4954 [4OC]

S. Res. 494, establish National Biodiversity Strategy, S5923 [12DE]