US Congress House Bill 2876 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on September 9 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-09-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

EPA Student Nondiscrimination Act - Prohibits student programs administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from establishing any requirement that an applicant possess any experience that constitutes an endorsement of a particular political position with regard to environmental protection. Prohibits funds from being used to provide financial compensation for: (1) the Student Diversity Internship Program Environmental Justice Eco-Ambassador Focus, or (2) student programs administered by EPA related to the study of greenhouse gas emissions. Requires the EPA Administrator to report on policies, procedures, and actions taken within the last three years in recruiting and hiring applicants for all EPA student programs, including: (1) efforts to recruit student advocates, (2) policies and procedures related to the review of student applications, (3) efforts to consider applicants with policy views or experience that were counter to stated agency goals, and (4) policies to ensure that applicants for such programs will be recruited and reviewed in accordance with this Act.

EPA Student Nondiscrimination Act

Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]
Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-09-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
2011-09-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2011-09-09	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2011-09-09	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2011-09-09	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2011-09-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
2011-09-09	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-09-09	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2876/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2876/BILLS-112hr2876ih.pdf