Topic

Environmental Protection

Bills 9,342 First seen 107th Most recent 119th

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
9,342 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 1,951–1,980, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
S 451 Expanding Transparency of Information and Safeguarding Toxics (EtO is Toxic) Act of 2019 116th February 12, 2019
S 383 USE IT Act 116th May 13, 2019
S 376 Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2019 116th February 7, 2019
S 261 North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act 116th January 29, 2019
S 233 EPA Special Hiring Authority Transparency Act 116th January 28, 2019
S 181 Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act 116th January 17, 2019
S 163 Alaska Remote Generator Reliability and Protection Act 116th October 4, 2019
S 10 South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act of 2019 116th August 13, 2020
SCONRES 47 A concurrent resolution recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that renewed leadership by the United States is needed to address the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system. 116th September 23, 2020
SCONRES 22 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that there is a climate emergency which demands a massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes. 116th July 17, 2019
SJRES 53 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Repeal of the Clean Power Plan; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Electric Utility Generating Units; Revisions to Emission Guidelines Implementing Regulations". 116th October 17, 2019
SJRES 9 A joint resolution calling on the United States and Congress to take immediate action to address the challenge of climate change. 116th February 28, 2019
SJRES 8 A joint resolution recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal. 116th March 26, 2019
SRES 714 A resolution encouraging the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to maintain and strengthen requirements under the Clean Water Act and reverse ongoing administrative actions to weaken the Clean Water Act and protections for waters of the United States. 116th September 23, 2020
SRES 700 A resolution designating the week of September 19 through September 26, 2020, as "National Estuaries Week". 116th September 16, 2020
SRES 593 A resolution to recognize the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and the leadership of its founder, Senator Gaylord Nelson. 116th May 20, 2020
SRES 537 A resolution encouraging the Trump Administration to maintain protections under the National Environmental Policy Act and reverse ongoing administrative actions to weaken this landmark law and its protections for American communities. 116th March 10, 2020
SRES 422 A resolution recognizing November 15, 2019, as "America Recycles Day" and expressing the sense of the Senate that recycling promotes a healthy economy and responsible environmental stewardship. 116th November 14, 2019
SRES 372 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate 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. 116th October 22, 2019
SRES 342 A resolution expressing the need for immediate climate action in response to the report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change entitled "Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate". 116th September 25, 2019
SRES 316 A resolution supporting the clean vehicle emissions standards of the United States and defending the authority of States under the Clean Air Act to protect the people of those States from harmful air pollution. 116th September 18, 2019
SRES 305 A resolution designating the week of September 14 through September 21, 2019, as "National Estuaries Week". 116th August 1, 2019
SRES 290 A resolution celebrating 50 years of environmental progress in the Cuyahoga River Valley and Lake Erie. 116th July 29, 2019
SRES 59 A resolution recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal. 116th February 7, 2019
HCONRES 137 Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and to creating solutions for restoring the climate. 115th September 25, 2018
HCONRES 130 Supporting America's clean car standards and defending State authority under the Clean Air Act to protect their citizens from harmful air pollution. 115th July 26, 2018
HJRES 144 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to clean air, pure water, and the sustainable preservation of the ecological integrity, and aesthetic, scenic, and historical values of the natural environment. 115th December 11, 2018
HJRES 87 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Approval, Disapproval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval of Air Quality Implementation Plans and Federal Implementation Plan; Utah; Revisions to Regional Haze State Implementation Plan; Federal Implementation Plan for Regional Haze". 115th March 17, 2017
HJRES 60 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to the use of compensatory mitigation as recommended or required under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. 115th February 2, 2017
HJRES 59 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". 115th February 3, 2017

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.