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October 11, 2022
Highlights:
It was a quiet week in Congress as the Senate departed for a state work period.
The Conservation Opportunity and Voluntary Environment Resilience Program (COVER) Act (H.R. 8527) was referred to the House Committee on Agirculture’s Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. The COVER Act would establish a crop insurance discount program for agricultural producers who plant cover crops. EESI’s article, “Cover Crops for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation,” provides more information on the benefits of cover crops.
October 7, 2022
Senate
There was no environment or energy-related action in the Senate
House
There was no environment or energy-related action in the House
October 6,2022
October 5,2022
October 4, 2022
H.R.9139
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Committees: House - Natural Resources
Latest Action: House - 10/04/2022 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.8527
Conservation Opportunity and Voluntary Environment Resilience Program Act
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Committees: House - Agriculture
Latest Action: House - 10/04/2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
H.R.9124
To establish an Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Committees: House - Judiciary
Latest Action: House - 10/04/2022 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
October 3, 2022
There was no environment or energy-related action in the Senate.
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