US Congress House Bill 3707 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: Introduced on October 7 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-10-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Federal Lands Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Groundwork USA Trust Act of 2015 Establishes the Groundwork USA Trust Program. Authorizes the Department of the Interior to award grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to: (1) facilitate the inventory of brownfield sites, site assessments, remediation of brownfield sites, community involvement, or site preparation; (2) reclaim vacant and derelict lands; (3) cleanup and care for neglected areas; (4) return brownfields to productive use; (5) integrate environmental education, food security, health and fitness, resource management, and job training; (6) encourage and support business, local government, nonprofit, and community cooperation in sustainable environmental care and enhancement; (7) acquire, rehabilitate, and improve real property and buildings; and (8) develop programs that encourage partnering with other environmental organizations.

Groundwork USA Trust Act of 2015

Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-10-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2015-10-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
2015-10-07	House	Referred to House Financial Services
2015-10-07	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2015-10-07	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-10-07	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Financial Services, 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.
2015-10-07	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3707/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3707/BILLS-114hr3707ih.pdf