Topic
Environmental Protection
9,342
bills on this subject
Filed across 13 Congresses, from the 107th to the 119th, and most in the 109th at 1,642. A subject is a heading the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, and a bill usually carries several, so these are the bills that touch this subject rather than the bills only about it.
Bills by Congress
107th to 119th
423
bills in the 116th Congress.
Showing 241–270,
newest first.
Every Congress
| Bill | Title | Status | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 835 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Government should establish a national goal of conserving at least 30 percent of the land and ocean of the United States by 2030. | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. | February 7, 2020 |
| HRES 797 | Encouraging the Environmental Protection Agency to maintain and strengthen requirements under the Clean Water Act and reverse ongoing administrative actions to weaken this landmark law and protections for United States waters. | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | January 15, 2020 |
| HRES 589 | Expressing the need for immediate climate action in response to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. | Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States. | September 27, 2019 |
| HRES 574 | Supporting the teaching of climate change in schools. | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | September 20, 2019 |
| HRES 511 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of the Navy should take a leading role in the mitigation of cross-border spills, discharges, and debris in the Tijuana River that impact national security interests of the United States. | Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. | July 24, 2019 |
| HRES 427 | Recognizing World Oceans Day and the necessity to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild our oceans and its resources. | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. | June 6, 2019 |
| HRES 398 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Green New Deal is antithetical to the principles of free market capitalism and private property rights, is simply a thinly veiled attempt to usher in policies that create a socialist society in America, and is impossible to fully implement. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | June 26, 2019 |
| HRES 367 | Recognizing that climate change most severely impacts vulnerable and disadvantaged communities in the United States and around the world, and that it is the responsibility of the United States Government to work with its global partners to promote environmental justice and climate justice. | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | May 9, 2019 |
| HRES 330 | Expressing support for honoring Earth Day, and for other purposes. | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. | April 30, 2019 |
| HRES 288 | Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green Real Deal. | Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law. | May 3, 2019 |
| HRES 109 | Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal. | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. | February 12, 2019 |
| HRES 19 | Expressing concern regarding the prevalence of hexavalent chromium in drinking water in the United States. | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. | January 25, 2019 |
| S 5081 | Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | December 21, 2020 |
| S 5080 | Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | December 21, 2020 |
| S 5056 | OCEAN Act of 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | December 17, 2020 |
| S 5030 | UNITE for our Oceans Act of 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | December 16, 2020 |
| S 4934 | Mercury Vapor Study Act of 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | December 1, 2020 |
| S 4862 | UNSHACKLE Act of 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | October 26, 2020 |
| S 4848 | Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Reauthorization and Improvements Act of 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | October 22, 2020 |
| S 4829 | NEPA Legal Reform Act of 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | October 21, 2020 |
| S 4823 | ZEVs Act of 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | October 20, 2020 |
| S 4736 | Climate PREP Act | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | September 24, 2020 |
| S 4681 | A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate certain limitations with respect to pre-production plastic pellet pollution, and for other purposes. | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | September 24, 2020 |
| S 4620 | NEPA Accountability and Oversight Act of 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | September 17, 2020 |
| S 4619 | NEPA Accountability and Enforcement Act of 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | September 17, 2020 |
| S 4617 | Environmental Justice Legacy Pollution Cleanup Act of 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | September 17, 2020 |
| S 4591 | NEPA Agency Process Reform Act of 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | September 16, 2020 |
| S 4590 | NEPA Agency Process Accountability Act of 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | September 16, 2020 |
| S 4589 | Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2020 | Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-414. | September 23, 2020 |
| S 4538 | RENEW Conservation Corps Act | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S5445-5446) | September 8, 2020 |
Subjects are the headings the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, not labels written here, so the wording is theirs. Bills are listed newest first by their latest action. A bill carries several subjects, so it appears under each of them. Records come from Congress.gov.