ACHE Act
- Last Action
- 7/28/2023
Actions
- 2023-07-28Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
- 2023-07-28Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- 2023-07-27Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
- 2023-07-27Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
- 2023-07-27Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
- 2023-07-27Introduced in House
- 2023-07-27Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-07-27 (00)
Appalachian Communities Health Equity Act or the ACHE Act
This bill prohibits the authorization or continuation of certain mountaintop removal coal mining pending the results of a study on the health effects of such mining.
Specifically, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences must study and publish the health effects on surrounding communities of surface coal mining that involves explosives and that is conducted in the steep slopes of Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia. Federal and state agencies may not authorize or renew any such mining until and unless the study concludes that there are no health risks; entities that currently conduct such mining must monitor and report pollution levels associated with such mining until the study's publication.
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement must collect a one-time fee from each entity that currently or previously conducted such mining to cover the federal cost of implementing the bill's requirements.
Cosponsors (14)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Donald Beyer (D-VA)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- David Trone (D-MD)
- Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Melanie Stansbury (D-NM)
- Joe Neguse (D-CO)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- Katie Porter (D-CA)
- Greg Casar (D-TX)
- Andrea Salinas (D-OR)
Subjects
- Air quality
- Coal
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental health
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Kentucky
- Licensing and registrations
- Medical research
- Mining
- Noise pollution
- Research administration and funding
- Tennessee
- User charges and fees
- Virginia
- Water quality
- West Virginia
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