Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
406 Dirksen
18/01/2024 at 10:30AM
Business meeting agenda:
- S. 1863, PROVE IT Act of 2023, to instruct the Department of Energy (DOE) to undertake a thorough examination, comparing the greenhouse pollution of specific goods (metals, cement, plastics, oil, natural gas, batteries, paper, solar cells, uranium, wind turbines) manufactured in the United States to the pollution generated by the same goods manufactured in other countries. Co-sponsored by Coons and Cramer
- S. 2781, Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2023, to allow the EPA to issue permits to allow third parties to remediate historic mine residue at abandoned hardrock mine sites they are not responsible for without being subject to enforcement or liability under specified environmental laws for past, present, or future releases, threats of releases, or discharges of hazardous substances or other contaminants at or from the abandoned mine site.
- S. 3412, Reuben E. Lawson Federal Building Act of 2023, a bill to redesignate the Richard H. Poff Federal Building located at 210 Franklin Road Southwest in Roanoke, Virginia, as the “Reuben E. Lawson Federal Building,” and for other purposes
- S. 3570, A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 500 West Pike Street in Clarksburg, West Virginia, as the “Irene M. Keeley United States Courthouse,” and for other purposes
- S. 3577, A bill to designate the Federal building located at 300 E. 3rd Street in North Platte, Nebraska, as the “Virginia Smith Federal Building,” and for other purposes