Environment and Public Health Restoration Act of 2009
Latest action · Apr 23, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 15, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Environment and Public Health Restoration Act of 2009 - States that it is U.S. government policy to work with states, territories, tribal governments, international organizations, and foreign governments to act as a steward of the environment for the benefit of public health, to maintain air quality and water quality, to sustain the diversity of plant and animal species, to combat global climate change, and to protect the environment for future generations.
Requires the President to enter into an arrangement under which the National Academy of Sciences will: (1) study and report to the public, Congress, and implementing agencies on the impact on public health, air quality, water quality, wildlife, and the environment of specified clean water, clean air, and forest, land management, and endangered species regulations, laws, proposed laws, and guidance documents; and (2) make recommendations to maintain, restore, or improve protections for public health, air quality, water quality, wildlife, or the environment for each of such regulations, laws, proposed laws, or documents.
Requires the head of each federal agency that issued or implemented such laws or regulations to submit to Congress a plan describing steps to restore or improve such protections.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 15, 2009.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Jan 15, 2009 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | Jan 15, 2009 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Jan 15, 2009 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Jan 15, 2009 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jan 15, 2009 |
Committees 5
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jan 15, 2009 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Jan 15, 2009 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jan 15, 2009 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Jan 16, 2009 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jan 15, 2009 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jan 15, 2009 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Apr 23, 2009 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 15, 2009 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Jan 16, 2009 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 23, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
- Jan 16, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Jan 16, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
- Jan 15, 2009Introduced in House
- Jan 15, 2009Referred to House Science and Technology
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the President to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate certain Federal rules and regulations for potentially harmful impacts on public health, air quality, water quality, plant and animal wildlife, global climate, or the environment; and to direct Federal departments and agencies to create plans to reverse those impacts that are determined to be harmful by the National Academy of Sciences.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Environment and Public Health Restoration Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Air quality
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Endangered and threatened species
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Federal-Indian relations
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Intergovernmental relations
- International organizations and cooperation
- Land use and conservation
- State and local government operations
- Water quality
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 15, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
