Legislative Research: US SB839 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

US Congress Senate Bill 839 (Prior Session Legislation)

Other Sessions

Session	Title/Description	Last Action
2025-2026 119th Congress (Introduced)	A bill to prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce measures requiring certain employees to refer to an individual by the preferred pronouns of such individual or a name other than the legal name of such individual, and for other... [SB839 2025 Detail][SB839 2025 Text][SB839 2025 Comments]	2025-03-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2023-2024 118th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	A bill to require agencies to complete a regulatory impact analysis before issuing a significant rule, and for other purposes. [SB839 2023 Detail][SB839 2023 Text][SB839 2023 Comments]	2023-03-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S828; text: CR S828-829)
2021-2022 117th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	A bill to establish a postsecondary student data system. [SB839 2021 Detail][SB839 2021 Text][SB839 2021 Comments]	2021-03-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2019-2020 116th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	A bill to extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility of certain short-term programs. [SB839 2019 Detail][SB839 2019 Text][SB839 2019 Comments]	2019-03-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1905)
2017-2018 115th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring compliance with Clean Air Act rules concerning national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants with respec... [SB839 2017 Detail][SB839 2017 Text][SB839 2017 Comments]	2017-11-14 Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-127.
2015-2016 114th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Preserve Access to Medicare Rural Home Health Services Act of 2015 This bill amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend through calendar 2020 the payment increase (add-on) for Medicare home health serv... [SB839 2015 Detail][SB839 2015 Text][SB839 2015 Comments]	2015-03-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1711-1712)
2013-2014 113th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2013 - (Sec. 4) Amends the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 to transfer certain authority from the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to the Secretary of Commerce (... [SB839 2013 Detail][SB839 2013 Text][SB839 2013 Comments]	2014-05-05 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 370.
2011-2012 112th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Combating Designer Drugs Act of 2011 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to include as a Schedule I controlled substance any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains: 2-(2,5-Dimethoxy-4-ethylphenyl)ethanamine (2C-E); 2-(2,5-Dime... [SB839 2011 Detail][SB839 2011 Text][SB839 2011 Comments]	2011-07-28 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 121.
2009-2010 111th Congress (Introduced - Dead)	Prepare All Kids Act of 2009 - Creates a part I (High Quality Prekindergarten Programs) under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Implements such part by requiring the Secretary of Education to establish a Prekindergarten I... [SB839 2009 Detail][SB839 2009 Text][SB839 2009 Comments]	2009-04-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4517-4519)

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APA

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Turabian

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Subjects

Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Environmental protection
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Judicial review and appeals
Manufacturing

Same As/Similar To

Bill	Relationship	Date	Title	Last Action
HB1917	Same As	2018-03-08	Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2017	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
HR762	Similar To	2018-03-07	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 1119) to establish the bases by which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall issue, implement, and enforce certain emission limitations and allocations for existing electric utility steam generating units that convert coal refuse into energy, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 1917) to allow for judicial review of any final rule addressing national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for brick and structural clay products or for clay ceramics manufacturing before requiring compliance with such rule.	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
SB2461	Related	2018-12-04	Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2018	By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 115-407. Minority views filed.