EPA Student Nondiscrimination Act
Latest action · Sep 13, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, 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.
- IntroducedSep 9, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
EPA Student Nondiscrimination Act - Prohibits student programs administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from establishing any requirement that an applicant possess any experience that constitutes an endorsement of a particular political position with regard to environmental protection.
Prohibits funds from being used to provide financial compensation for: (1) the Student Diversity Internship Program Environmental Justice Eco-Ambassador Focus, or (2) student programs administered by EPA related to the study of greenhouse gas emissions.
Requires the EPA Administrator to report on policies, procedures, and actions taken within the last three years in recruiting and hiring applicants for all EPA student programs, including: (1) efforts to recruit student advocates, (2) policies and procedures related to the review of student applications, (3) efforts to consider applicants with policy views or experience that were counter to stated agency goals, and (4) policies to ensure that applicants for such programs will be recruited and reviewed in accordance with this Act.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 9, 2011 to Oct 12, 2011; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | Sep 9, 2011 |
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Original | Sep 9, 2011 |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Original | Sep 9, 2011 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Sep 9, 2011 |
| R-MN | John Kline | Oct 12, 2011 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Sep 9, 2011 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Sep 9, 2011 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 9, 2011 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Sep 9, 2011 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Sep 12, 2011 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Sep 9, 2011 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Sep 13, 2011 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 13, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
- Sep 12, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Sep 9, 2011Introduced in House
- Sep 9, 2011Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Sep 9, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6349 | Mike Pompeo R-KS | Sep 22, 2011 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6042.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prevent discrimination on the basis of political beliefs by the Environmental Protection Agency in its student programs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- EPA Student Nondiscrimination Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 9, 2011Introduced 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.
