HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ACTIONS 07/25/2013

DAILY FLOOR WRAP UP

 

July 25, 2013

 

SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

 

Connolly (D-VA) - Amendment No. 1 - Requires States to update their certification documents with EPA and to include in those documents a State emergency action plan for responding to spills or leaks. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

 

Waxman (D-CA) - Amendment No. 2 - Ensures that state permit programs are protective of human health and the environment. – REJECTED 185 – 231

 

Tonko (D-NY) - Amendment No. 3 - Requires the EPA Administrator to find a State coal combustion residual permit program deficient if the implementation of the program threatens human health or the environment in any other State. Any State may request that the EPA Administrator review another state’s coal combustion residuals permit program for deficiency. – REJECTED 176 – 239,

 

Democrat Motion to Recommit – REJECTED 192 – 225, 1

 

Final Passage of H.R. 2218 — "To amend subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal combustion residuals and establish requirements for the proper management and disposal of coal combustion residuals that are protective of human health and the environment." – PASSED 265 – 155