Environment and Public Health Restoration Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5235
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2006-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Air pollution control
Animals
Army Corps of Engineers
Biological diversity
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Electric power production
Emissions trading
Endangered species
Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental assessment
Environmental health
Environmental research
Environmental technology
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-state relations
Federal-territorial relations
Forest roads
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grassland ecology
Grazing
Groundwater
Habitat conservation
Hazardous wastes
Health
Industrial pollution
International Affairs
International environmental cooperation
Law
Legislation
Licenses
Logging
Lumber trade
Mercury
Mine wastes
Minorities
National forests
Native Americans
Nature conservation
Nitrogen oxides
Oil well drilling
Petroleum refineries
Planning
Pollution measurement
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public health
Road construction
Science, Technology, Communications
Sulphur dioxide
Timber sales
Transportation and Public Works
Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc.
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water quality
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: 
Environment and Public Health Restoration Act of 2006 - 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 and land management regulations, laws, and proposed laws; and (2) make recommendations to maintain, restore, or improve protections for public health or the environment in each of such regulations, laws, or proposed laws.
 
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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2006-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2006-05-05
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2006-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Resources, 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.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Resources, 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.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Resources, 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.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Resources, 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.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Resources, 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.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Introduced in House