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April 4, 2024
Highlights:
Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) and Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) reintroduced the Prohibiting Threatened and Endangered Creature Trophies Act of 2024 (H.R. 7840). The bill amends the Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205) to prohibit the “trophy hunting” of species vulnerable to extinction in the United States.
Reps. Jill Tokuda (D-Hawaii) and Ed Case (D-Hawaii), and Del. James Moylan (R-Guam) introduced H.R.7850, which could waive limitations on payments under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), which provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural workers undertaking conservation measures. To learn more about incentives under EQIP and other Farm Bill programs, watch EESI’s briefing, Conservation Practices from Farms to Forests and Wetlands.
Del. James Moylan (R-Guam) introduced H.R.7843 to catalyze staffing power from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to support Guam Environmental Protection Agency efforts to conduct required environmental inspections at local military installations. The bill is expected to be included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2025. To learn more about the intersection of climate and national defense, watch EESI’s latest briefing, The National Security - Climate Adaptation Nexus.
March 29, 2024
House:
Bills Introduced:
H.R.7840
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the taking for a trophy of any endangered or threatened species of fish or wildlife in the United States and the importation of endangered and threatened species trophies into the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Jackson Lee, Sheila [Rep.-D-TX-18] Cosponsors: (14)
Committees: House - Natural Resources
Latest Action: House - 03/29/2024 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.7842
To amend section 405 of title 23, United States Code, to permit a State to use grant funds for the purpose of providing on-bicycle education, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Magaziner, Seth [Rep.-D-RI-2] Cosponsors: (3)
Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Action: House - 03/29/2024 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
H.R.7843
To direct the Secretary of Defense to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Guam Environmental Protection Agency to conduct necessary environmental inspections at military installations in Guam.
Sponsor: Moylan, James C. [Del.-R-GU-At Large] Cosponsors: (2)
Committees: House - Armed Services
Latest Action: House - 03/29/2024 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
H.R.7850
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide a waiver to the payment limitation under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Tokuda, Jill N. [Rep.-D-HI-2] Cosponsors: (2)
Committees: House - Agriculture
Latest Action: House - 03/29/2024 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
H.J.Res.123
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention".
Sponsor: Crenshaw, Dan [Rep.-R-TX-2] Cosponsors: (18)
Committees: House - Energy and Commerce
Latest Action: House - 03/29/2024 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Senate:
No environmental or energy related activity in the Senate today.
March 28, 2024
No recorded environmental or energy related activity in the Senate or House today, as of April 1.
March 27, 2024
March 26, 2024
H.R.7817
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to exclude certain populations of the lake sturgeon from the authority of such Act.
Sponsor: Bergman, Jack [Rep.-R-MI-1] Cosponsors: (1)
Latest Action: House - 03/26/2024 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.Res.1108
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of science diplomacy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Foster, Bill [Rep.-D-IL-11] Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: House - Foreign Affairs
Latest Action: House - 03/26/2024 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Bills Reported:
H.R.4167
Protecting America’s Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act
Sponsor: Hudson, Richard [Rep.-R-NC-9] Cosponsors: (41)
Committee Report: H. Rept. 118-431
Latest Action: House - 03/26/2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 356.
H.R.6192
Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act
Sponsor: Lesko, Debbie [Rep.-R-AZ-8] Cosponsors: (10)
Latest Action: House - 03/26/2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 357.
March 25, 2024
No recorded environmental or energy related activity in the Senate or House today, as of April1.
March 23, 2024
No environmental or energy related activity in the House today.
S.4072
A bill to prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce certain rules of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Sponsor: Crapo, Mike [Sen.-R-ID] Cosponsors: (0)
Latest Action: Senate - 03/23/2024 Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 350.
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