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Pending Legislation
- 2011-2012
- 2009-2010
Current and recently-passed Federal legislation related to the Earth and space sciences are provided here to help inform AGU members and the public.
112th Congress (2011–2012)
Appropriations
- For a list of all appropriations bills: click here
Education
- H.R 289 & S. 1055 – National STEM Education Tax Incentive for Teachers Act of 2011
- H.R. 1951 & S. 969 – E 2 for Innovation Act
- H.R. 889 – Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2011
- H.R. 1903 – 21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act
- S. 463 – Effective STEM Teaching and Learning Act of 2011
- S. 619 – STEM 2 Act
- S. 716 – Innovation Inspiration School Grant Program Act
- S. 758 – STEM Master Teacher Corps Act of 2011
Energy
- H.R. 49 – The American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act
- H.R. 66 – Waste-to-Energy Technology Act of 2011
- H.R. 90 – To provide for Federal Research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities to enable the development of farms that are net producers of both food and energy
- H.R. 230 – 21st Century Energy Independence Act of 2011
- H.R. 271 – To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to provide covered institutions loans for conversion to use of biomass for energy generation
- H.R. 288 – Renewable Energy Applied Partnerships (REAP) Act
- H.R. 301 – New Manhattan Project for Energy Independence
- H.R. 404 – Renewable Fuels for America's Future Act of 2011
- H.R. 487 – Manufacture Renewable Energy Systems: Make it in America Act of 2011
- H.R. 952 – Energy Critical Elements Renewal Act of 2011
- H.R. 1682 – American-Made Energy Act of 2011
- H.R. 2172 – Utilizing America's Federal Lands for Wind Energy Act
- H.R. 2173 – Advancing Offshore Wind Production Act
- H.R. 2176 – Clean Energy Promotion Act
- H.R. 2196 – To direct the President, utilizing the Western Area Power Administration, to acquire renewable energy in amounts sufficient to ensure that, of the total amount of electric energy the Federal Government consumes during any fiscal year, certain minimum amounts shall be renewable energy
- S. 4 – Make America the World's Leader in Clean Energy Act
- S. 559 – Securing America's Future with Energy and Sustainable Technologies Act
- S. 828 – Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2011
- S. 1093 – Solar Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) Act of 2011
Geology
- H.R. 618 – Rare Earths and Critical Minerals Revitalization Act of 2011
- H.R. 952 – Energy Critical Elements Renewal Act of 2011
- H.R. 1314 – RARE Act of 2011
- H.R. 1388 – Rare Earths Supply chain Technology and Resources Transformation Act of 2011
- S. 383 – Critical Minerals and Materials Promotion Act of 2011
- S. 699 – Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2011
Natural Hazards
- H.R. 1379 & S. 646 – Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011
- H.R. 1100 – Tsunami Forecasting and Warning Improvement Act of 2011
- H.R. 1132 – Critical Infrastructure Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2011
- H.R. 1242 – Nuclear Power Plant Safety Act of 2011
- H.R. 1485 – Catastrophic Wildfire Community Protection Act
- H.R. 2067 – Hurricane and Tornado Mitigation Investment Act of 2011
- S. 566 – National Volcano Warning and Monitoring Program Act
- S. 692 – National Hurricane Research Initiative Act of 2011
Oceans
- S. 630 – Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2011
- H.R. 2484 – Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011
- H.R. 56 & S. 1140 – Gulf Coast Restoration Act
- H.R. 738 – Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2011
- S. 46 – Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2011
- S. 973 – National Endowment for the Oceans Act
Space
- H.R. 1641 – REAL Space Act
Water
- H.R. 1802 & S. 939 – Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2011 (also S. 939)
- H.R. 594 – Coastal Jobs Creation Act of 2011
- H.R. 1084 – Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness Chemicals Act of 2011
- H.R. 1376 – Clean Water Protection Act
- H.R. 2030 – Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2011
- S. 587 – FRAC Act
- S. 771 – Secure Water Facilities Act
- S. 875 – Drinking Water Right to Know Act
- S. 898 – Safe Treatment of Polluted Stormwater Runoff Act
Weather
- H.R. 1100 – Tsunami Forecasting and Warning Improvement Act of 2011
- H.R. 2067 – Hurricane and Tornado Mitigation Investment Act of 2011
- S. 692 – National Hurricane Research Initiative Act of 2011