US Congress House Bill 2050 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: Introduced on April 3 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-04-09 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to conduct or support studies on the health impacts of mountaintop-removal coal mining on individuals in the surrounding communities. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), upon receiving the results of these studies, must determine whether such mining presents any health risks to individuals in those communities. The bill applies to surface coal mining that uses blasting with explosives in the steep slope regions of Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia. The bill prohibits specified agencies from issuing permits for any mountaintop-removal coal mining project or expansion unless HHS determines that such mining does not present any health risk to individuals in the surrounding communities. The bill requires monitoring of air, water, and soil for pollution, including noise pollution, until HHS makes its determination. HHS must publish pollution-monitoring results. The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement of the Department of the Interior must assess a one-time fee upon existing mining projects, sufficient to cover the federal cost of the studies and pollution monitoring required by the bill.

ACHE Act Appalachian Communities Health Emergency Act

Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-09	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-04-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-04-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2019-04-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2019-04-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
2019-04-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
2019-04-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
2019-04-03	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2050/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2050/BILLS-116hr2050ih.pdf