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March 28, 2022
Representatives Jason Crow (D-Colo.) and David Rouzer (R-N.C.) introduced the bipartisan Championing Local Efforts to Advance Resilience (CLEAR) Act (H.R.7178) which creates a new grant program to establish and maintain state and tribal resilience offices and develop and implement resilience planning.
Additionally, Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) reintroduced a bipartisan bill (S.3906) which helps small businesses access broadband internet. To learn more about broadband access, check out EESI’s issue brief, Closing the Digital Divide: How Rural Broadband Benefits Communities and the Climate.
March 25, 2022
Senate
Latest Committee Action
There was no environmental or energy activity in the House on March 23, 2022.
House
H.R.5641
SPEED Recovery Act
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] (Introduced 10/20/2021) Cosponsors: (5)
Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee Report: H. Rept. 117-274
Latest Action: House - 03/24/2022 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 201.
H.R.5689
Resilient AMERICA Act
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (Introduced 10/22/2021) Cosponsors: (5)
Committee Report: H. Rept. 117-277
Latest Action: House - 03/24/2022 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 204.
H.R.7197
Armed Forces Endangered Species Exemption Act
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (Introduced 03/24/2022) Cosponsors: (2)
Committees: House - Natural Resources
Latest Action: House - 03/24/2022 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.7198
Chattahoochee River Act
Sponsor: Rep. Bourdeaux, Carolyn [D-GA-7] (Introduced 03/24/2022) Cosponsors: (4)
Latest Action: House - 03/25/2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
H.R.7202
National Flood Insurance Program Affordability Act
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (Introduced 03/24/2022) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: House - Financial Services
Latest Action: House - 03/24/2022 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R.7206
Protecting Communities from Harmful Algal Blooms Act
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] (Introduced 03/24/2022) Cosponsors: (8)
Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure; Energy and Commerce
Latest Action: House - 03/25/2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
H.R.7211
Small State and Rural Rescue Act
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] (Introduced 03/24/2022) Cosponsors: (5)
H.R.7220
Frank Adelmann Manufactured Housing Community Sustainability Act
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (Introduced 03/24/2022) Cosponsors: (3)
Committees: House - Ways and Means
Latest Action: House - 03/24/2022 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
March 24, 2022
S.3915
A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to provide technology grants to strengthen domestic mining education, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (Introduced 03/24/2022) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: Senate - Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Action: Senate - 03/24/2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Latest Action: House - 03/24/2022 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
To establish a means-tested assistance program for national flood insurance program policyholders, and for other purposes.
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include algal blooms in the definition of a major disaster, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: House - 03/24/2022 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of...
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, review a final rule of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.
March 23, 2022
S.3906
A bill to improve certain programs of the Small Business Administration to better assist small business customers in accessing broadband technology, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (Introduced 03/23/2022) Cosponsors: (5)
Committees: Senate - Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Latest Action: Senate - 03/23/2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
S.3908
A bill to provide that certain policy statements of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall have no force or effect unless certain conditions are met, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (Introduced 03/23/2022) Cosponsors: (3)
Latest Action: Senate - 03/23/2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
S.3911
A bill to establish the Shenandoah Mountain National Scenic Area in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (Introduced 03/23/2022) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: Senate - Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Action: Senate - 03/23/2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Hearings
Promoting American Energy Security by Facilitating Investments and Innovation in Climate Solutions
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine promoting American energy security by facilitating investments and innovation in climate solutions, after receiving testimony from former Representative Jim Matheson, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Arlington, Virginia; Ray Mabus, former Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; Katherine Stainken, Electrification Coalition, Washington, D.C.; and Kathleen Sgamma, Western Energy Alliance, Denver, Colorado.
March 22, 2022
S.3014
Next Generation Telecommunications Act
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (Introduced 10/20/2021) Cosponsors: (4)
Committees: Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Action: Senate - 03/22/2022 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
S.3662
Preventing PFAS Runoff at Airports Act
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (Introduced 02/16/2022) Cosponsors: (5)
S.3664
Right Whale Coexistence Act of 2022
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (Introduced 02/16/2022) Cosponsors: (3)
S.3892
A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to improve the conservation reserve program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] (Introduced 03/22/2022) Cosponsors: (1)
Latest Action: Senate - 03/22/2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
S.3893
A bill to collect information regarding water access needs across the United States, to provide grants for decentralized drinking water systems, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (Introduced 03/22/2022) Cosponsors: (2)
Committees: Senate - Environment and Public Works
Latest Action: Senate - 03/22/2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
H.R.7060
Connect Unserved Americans Act of 2022
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] (Introduced 03/11/2022) Cosponsors: (5)
Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Agriculture
Latest Action: House - 03/22/2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
March 21, 2022
S.3886
A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit trading of water and water rights for future delivery, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (Introduced 03/21/2022) Cosponsors: (4)
Latest Action: Senate - 03/21/2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
H.R.6936
Stamp Out Invasive Species Act
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (Introduced 03/03/2022) Cosponsors: (10)
Committees: House - Oversight and Reform; Natural Resources; Agriculture
Latest Action: House - 03/21/2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
H.R.6947
Freedom from Russian Energy Enterprise and Domestic Oil Maximization Act
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] (Introduced 03/07/2022) Cosponsors: (14)
Committees: House - Ways and Means; Transportation and Infrastructure; Agriculture; Energy and Commerce; Natural Resources; Foreign Affairs; Financial Services; Intelligence (Permanent Select); Armed Services; Oversight and Reform
Latest Action: House - 03/21/2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
H.R.7178
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to States and Indian tribes to support local resiliency offices, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] (Introduced 03/21/2022) Cosponsors: (1)
Latest Action: House - 03/21/2022 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R.7182
To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit trading of water and water rights for future delivery, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (Introduced 03/21/2022) Cosponsors: (16)
Committees: House - Agriculture
Latest Action: House - 03/21/2022 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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