Search Results for keywords:"environmental impacts"

Search Results: keywords:"environmental impacts"

H. R. 7197 — To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out a study on the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence, to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to convene a consortium on such environmental impacts, and to require the Director to develop a voluntary reporting system for the reporting of the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.
February 01, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:1,979
H. R. 7197, known as the “Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2024,” seeks to address the environmental effects of artificial intelligence. The bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to study AI’s environmental impacts and mandates the National...
Simple Explanation
H. R. 7197 is a plan to study how computers that think by themselves, called "artificial intelligence," can affect the environment. It asks experts to work together and share their findings, hoping this will help the world stay healthy while using smart machines.
H. R. 8614 — To authorize the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to carry out a study to examine the potential relationship between increased health risks and living in proximity to sites that have been or are being mined for surface coal deposits, and the potential human health effects of surface coal mining operations in Central Appalachia, and for other purposes.
June 04, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:921
H.R. 8614 aims to authorize the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study on the potential health risks for people living near areas where surface coal mining occurs, particularly in Central Appalachia. The bill directs the study to examine...
Simple Explanation
Imagine if someone wanted to see if living near places where people dig up coal is making people sick. This bill is asking a big group of smart people to study and find out if it's true, especially in a certain area called Central Appalachia.
H. R. 9381 — To amend title 51, United States Code, to promote advancements and innovation in United States aeronautical research and technology for enhanced safety, noise, resiliency, and improved environmental impacts in United States aviation systems.
August 16, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:544
H.R. 9381 aims to amend title 51 of the United States Code to promote innovation and advancements in aeronautical research and technology. This bill focuses on encouraging the development of airships, highlighting their potential benefits for sustainable air cargo...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 9381 is a plan to help scientists and inventors make better airships, which are big flying balloons, to move things and help people in a way that's good for the Earth. The bill wants to give money to smart people in schools and companies to study how to make these airships work well.
H. R. 9859 — To direct the Director of the Bureau of Land Management and the Chief of the United States Forest Service to conduct a study of onshore mineral values and the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to conduct a study of offshore mineral values.
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September 27, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:770
H. R. 9859 aims to have detailed studies conducted on both onshore and offshore mineral values in the United States. The bill directs the Director of the Bureau of Land Management and the Chief of the United States Forest Service to examine the value of minerals, including...
Simple Explanation
H. R. 9859 wants some people in charge to look at how much money the minerals in the ground are worth, both on land and under the sea, but they won’t count places like national parks. These studies will take a few years, and after that, they might use this information to make decisions about how to handle these minerals.
S. 4986 — To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to improve permitting of energy transport facilities, and for other purposes.
August 01, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:246
S. 4986 aims to modify the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to simplify the permitting process for energy transport facilities, specifically those involved in the transportation of natural gas. The bill proposes to eliminate the need for duplicative state certifications...
Simple Explanation
S. 4986 is a proposed law that wants to make it easier for big pipes that carry natural gas across states or countries to get permission to do so, without needing extra permissions from every state they pass through.
H. R. 8157 — To prohibit the Secretary of the Army from carrying out certain spillage operations on the Lower Snake River dams, and for other purposes.
April 29, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:327
H. R. 8157 aims to restrict the Secretary of the Army from conducting spillage operations on the Lower Snake River dams in Washington unless these activities receive approval from both the Secretary and the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration. The bill...
Simple Explanation
The bill H. R. 8157 says that the Secretary of the Army cannot make water spill over certain big dams in the Lower Snake River without two important people giving the thumbs up. It also names which dams are part of this group.
S. 3732 — To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out a study on the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence, to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to convene a consortium on such environmental impacts, and to require the Director to develop a voluntary reporting system for the reporting of the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.
February 01, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:1,960
S. 3732, titled the "Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2024," aims to explore and address the environmental effects of artificial intelligence. It instructs the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on AI's energy use, pollution, and both...
Simple Explanation
Imagine there's a big machine called "artificial intelligence" that helps people with lots of things. This bill wants to make sure that this big machine is not hurting the Earth by checking how it uses energy, makes pollution, and learning how to do it better.
H. R. 7176 — An Act To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas.
February 15, 2024
Status:Engrossed in House
Congress:118
Words:655
H. R. 7176, titled the “Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024,” seeks to amend the Natural Gas Act to remove existing restrictions on the export and import of natural gas. It grants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) exclusive authority to approve or...
Simple Explanation
The bill is like a new rule to make it easier to trade natural gas across countries by letting a group called FERC decide if it's okay, while keeping some powers for the President to stop trade with certain countries if needed.
H. RES. 1167 — Recognizing the benefits of natural gas to the United States economy and environment, and recognizing natural gas as an affordable and green energy.
April 23, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:288
H. RES. 1167 is a resolution recognizing the benefits of natural gas to the United States economy and environment. It acknowledges natural gas as an affordable and "green" energy source and advocates for its increased production and infrastructure in the U.S. The resolution opposes any...
Simple Explanation
The bill talks about how using natural gas can be good for America's economy and environment by being a cheap and "green" energy. It wants America to use more natural gas and build places to export it, and it asks the government to support this idea.
H. R. 9171 — To authorize additional appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for solid waste disposal systems of the Army, with an offset.
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July 25, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:265
H. R. 9171, known as the “Burn Pit Elimination Act,” aims to allocate additional funds for the Army's solid waste disposal systems for the 2025 fiscal year. It proposes to increase spending by $8,950,000 for this purpose. To balance the budget, the same amount will be...
Simple Explanation
H. R. 9171, or the "Burn Pit Elimination Act," is a plan to give more money to the Army to help them get rid of trash in a better way while taking the same amount away from their overseas funds used for burning trash outside, hoping to make things safer for people and the environment.
H. R. 7859 — To authorize the integration and administrative streamlining of Federal funding for Indian Tribes that have reservations, other Tribal lands, or ways of life at risk due to environmental impacts and natural disasters, and for other purposes.
April 02, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:8,876
H.R. 7859 seeks to help Indian Tribes that live on reservations or Tribal lands that face risks from environmental impacts and natural disasters. The bill allows these Tribes to streamline and combine federal funding from various programs into comprehensive plans that address...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 7859 is a plan to help Native American Tribes that live in areas dangered by things like strong storms or fires, by letting them use money from different programs to solve their problems better and faster. It tries to make it easier for them to use the help they get by reducing complicated rules and making sure their own plans are supported.
H. R. 8062 — To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to strengthen control of the environmental impacts of surface coal mining, and for other purposes.
April 18, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:1,160
H.R. 8062 aims to make changes to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to enhance how environmental impacts of surface coal mining are managed. The bill introduces stricter requirements for reclamation plans, demands updates to permits when mining operations...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants to make sure that when people dig for coal on the surface of the land, they take really good care of the environment, like making sure plants grow back and water stays clean, even if they stop digging halfway.
H. R. 4877 — An Act To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a research, development, and demonstration program with respect to abandoned wells, and for other purposes.
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April 30, 2024
Status:Engrossed in House
Congress:118
Words:1,050
H. R. 4877, also known as the "Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act," amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005. It requires the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to research and improve the identification, plugging, and repurposing of abandoned wells. The program aims...
Simple Explanation
The bill is like a big plan to fix old, forgotten holes in the ground called abandoned wells, which can hurt the earth. It wants smart people to come up with better ways to find these wells, plug them up, and maybe use them for something new, and they will get lots of money each year to do this important work until 2028.
H. R. 7595 — To amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act to provide for further transparency of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and for other purposes.
March 08, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:947
H.R. 7595 is a bill aimed at making the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) more transparent by amending the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933. It proposes the creation of an Office of Public Participation to engage with and educate the public on TVA's processes, allowing...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants to make sure that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which helps provide electricity to people, explains what they're doing more clearly by including the public in their plans and considering things like the environment and health in their decisions.
H. R. 7636 — To support international governance of seafloor resource exploration and responsible polymetallic nodule collection by allied partners, strengthen domestic processing and refining capabilities, and for other purposes.
March 12, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:1,209
H.R. 7636 aims to enhance the United States' role in international sea resources management and boost domestic capabilities in processing seafloor nodules. The bill highlights the need to strengthen the U.S. supply chain for critical minerals, reducing reliance on countries...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants to help people explore and use valuable metals found on the ocean floor, make it easier to use these metals in the United States, and make sure everything is done safely with reports about the effects on nature.
S. 4424 — To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western United States, to acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, and for other purposes.
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May 23, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:9,227
S. 4424, also known as the "National Prescribed Fire Act of 2024", seeks to promote and expand the use of prescribed fires on federal lands managed by the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service, especially in the National Forest System in the western United States....
Simple Explanation
The "National Prescribed Fire Act of 2024" is a plan to help keep forests healthy by using small, controlled fires, which the government wants to do more often, especially in places like the western U.S. It also wants to work together with Native American Tribes and other groups to make sure everyone is doing their best to take care of the land.

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