US HB2111 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on April 29 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-08-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Wasteful EPA Programs Elimination Act of 2015 This bill terminates all existing grant programs of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), its National Clean Diesel Campaign, and its environmental justice programs. The EPA may not establish new grant programs. Federal funds may not be used by the EPA: to implement any ozone standard promulgated after this bill's enactment date; to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from mobile sources, or from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units; for the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program; for the Global Methane Initiative; for the Climate Resilience Fund; for the Climate Resilience Evaluation Awareness Tool; for the Green Infrastructure Program; for the Climate Ready Water Utilities Initiative; or for climate research at the EPA's Office of Research and Development. The EPA must: (1) discontinue operation and maintenance of its field offices and activities carried out through those offices, and (2) dispose of or lease any underutilized property.

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Title

Wasteful EPA Programs Elimination Act of 2015

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History

DateChamberAction
2015-08-18HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
2015-05-27HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
2015-05-01HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
2015-04-30HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2015-04-29HouseReferred to House Science, Space, and Technology
2015-04-29HouseReferred to House Agriculture
2015-04-29HouseReferred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2015-04-29HouseReferred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-04-29HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
2015-04-29HouseIntroduced in House

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