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S 171 - Department of the Environment Act - Key Vote

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Joe Biden, Jr. voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.

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Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (79-15) - (Key vote)

Title: Department of the Environment Act

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that gives the Environmental Protection Agency departmental status and renames it the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

Highlights:
- Eliminates the Council on Environmental Quality and transfers its functions to the Secretary of the DEP - Creates the Bureau of Environmental Statistics to compile, analyze, and publish environmental statistics on the nature, source, and amount of pollutants in the environment and the effects of the pollutants on citizens - Establishes the Office of Environmental Justice to determine if new environmental policies are helping individuals who live in high pollution areas, collect information on pollutant effects on health, identify areas which are exposed to high levels of pollution, and develop a plan "ensure equality in environmental protection" - Requires the President to recommend to Congress within 90 days of the bill's enactment allowing a single federal agency to make technical determinations on whether wetlands can be used for agricultural purposes
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Legislation - Introduced (Senate) -

Title: Department of the Environment Act


Sponsors

  • John Glenn (OH - D) (Out Of Office)

Co-sponsors

  • Daniel Kahikina Akaka Sr. (HI - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Jeff Bingaman (NM - D) (Out Of Office)
  • David L. Boren (OK - ) (Out Of Office)
  • Bill Bradley (NJ - ) (Out Of Office)
  • Richard H. Bryan (NV - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Dale Bumpers (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
  • William S. Cohen (ME - R) (Out Of Office)
  • Christopher J. 'Chris' Dodd (CT - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Daniel Robert 'Bob' Graham (FL - ) (Out Of Office)
  • James Merrill 'Jim' Jeffords (VT - I) (Out Of Office)
  • Edward M. 'Ted' Kennedy Sr. (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Herbert H. 'Herb' Kohl (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Joseph I. 'Joe' Lieberman (CT - I) (Out Of Office)
  • Claiborne Pell (RI - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Donald W. Riegle Jr. (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Paul S. Sarbanes (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Jim Sasser (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Paul Simon (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
  • Paul D. Wellstone (MN - D) (Out Of Office)

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