HR 1644 · 114th Congress · Energy

STREAM Act

Introduced 2015-03-26· Sponsored by Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]· House

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Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.(2016-01-19)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2016-01-12
Roll #42
Yea 235Nay 188
Democrats
0 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2016-01-12
Roll #42
Yea 235Nay 188
Democrats
0 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·0 Nay
FailedHouse · 2016-01-12
Roll #41
Yea 186Nay 237
Democrats
0 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Supporting Transparent Regulatory and Environmental Actions in Mining Act or the STREAM Act This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to direct the Department of the Interior to make publicly available, 90 days before publication, any draft, supplemental, final, or emergency rule, or any environmental analysis or economic assessment, and each scientific product upon which the Secretary has relied in developing the rule, the analysis, or the assessment. For scientific products receiving federal funds Interior must also make publicly available: (1) the raw data used for them, and (2) the background information of the authors of the scientific study. If Interior withholds any scientific product for more than six months, it must withdraw the rule, environmental analysis, or economic assessment. Interior shall contract with the National Academy of Sciences for its Board on Earth Sciences and Resources to conduct a detailed, comprehensive study of the effectiveness of the "Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations Permanent Regulatory Program; Stream Buffer Zones and Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values" Final Rule in protecting pe…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 1644, STREAM Act

Sep 23, 2015

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 10, 2015

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Cosponsors (20)

20 Republicans