HOUSE 958115th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Wasteful EPA Programs Elimination Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 4/25/2017
Actions
- 2017-04-25Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
- 2017-02-10Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
- 2017-02-08Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- 2017-02-07Referred 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.
- 2017-02-07Referred 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.
- 2017-02-07Referred 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.
- 2017-02-07Referred 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.
- 2017-02-07Referred 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.
- 2017-02-07Introduced in House
- 2017-02-07Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-07 (00)
Wasteful EPA Programs Elimination Act of 2017
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.
Subjects
- Air quality
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Due process and equal protection
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental health
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government information and archives
- Hydrology and hydrography
- Land transfers
- Motor fuels
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Research and development
- Water quality
- Water use and supply
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