Bill H.R.8434 titled “To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to modify the requirements for an eligible project under the competitive grant program for large-scale water recycling and reuse projects, to provide for an additional authorization of appropriations for that program, to repeal the termination of authority for that program, and for other purposes” was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Susie Lee with Raúl Grijalva, Jared Huffman, Grace Napolitano, Greg Stanton as cosponsors.
Bill H.R.8435 titled “To provide for near-term actions to preserve the Colorado River system and to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to expedite measures for drought response” was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Greg Stanton.
Bill H.R.8437 titled “To distribute revenues from oil, gas, and wind leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes” was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and in addition to the Committee on the Budget 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 by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Steve Scalise with Troy Carter as cosponsor.
Bill H.R.8449 titled “To establish and maintain a coordinated program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that improves wildfire, fire weather, fire risk, and smoke related forecasting, detection, modeling, observations, and service delivery, and to address growing needs in the wildland-urban interface, and for other purposes” was referred to the Committee on Science Space and Technology and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources Agriculture and Transportation and Infrastructure 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 by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Kim Schrier with Ami Bera as cosponsor.
Bill H.Res.1235 titled “Recognizing the importance of engagement with the Latino community to get into the outdoors and participate in activities to protect United States natural resources, and expressing support for the designation of the third week of July as Latino Conservation Week”. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Diaz Barragan Nanette with Tony Cárdenas, Veronica Escobar, Adriano Espaillat, Ruben Gallego, Jimmy Gomez, Raúl Grijalva, Grace Napolitano, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Raul Ruiz, Michael San Nicolas as cosponsors.
The Natural Resources Committee moves forward in some way on one bill per day, taking one action on average per day.
Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.
A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.
| Bill Name | Sponsor | Action |
|---|---|---|
| To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to modify the requirements for an eligible project under the competitive grant program for large-scale water recycling and reuse projects, to provide for an additional authorization of appropriations for that program, to repeal the termination of authority for that program, and for other purposes. | Rep. Lee, Susie | House of Representatives |
| To provide for near-term actions to preserve the Colorado River system and to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to expedite measures for drought response. | Rep. Stanton, Greg | House of Representatives |
| To distribute revenues from oil, gas, and wind leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes. | Rep. Scalise, Steve | House of Representatives |
| To establish and maintain a coordinated program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that improves wildfire, fire weather, fire risk, and smoke related forecasting, detection, modeling, observations, and service delivery, and to address growing needs in the wildland-urban interface, and for other purposes. | Rep. Schrier, Kim | House of Representatives |
| Recognizing the importance of engagement with the Latino community to get into the outdoors and participate in activities to protect United States natural resources, and expressing support for the designation of the third week of July as "Latino Conservation Week". | Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz |
