The Government and the Environment

To promote fuel efficiency and renewable energy through taxes and tax credits.

Governs liability-related issues for all non-military nuclear facilities constructed in the United States before 2026.

Establishes national environmental policy and goals for the protection, maintenance, and enhancement of the environment and provides a process for implementing these goals within the federal agencies.

Ensures that the agency give due
consideration to wildlife, water quality, and recreation needs on national forests

Regulates the environmental effects of coal mining in the United States.

To clean up uncontrolled releases of specified hazardous substances.

Established the legal and regulatory framework governing the disposal of low-level radioactive waste in the United States.

Requires EPA to provide national leadership to increase environmental literacy.

Focused industry, government, and public attention on reducing the amount of pollution through cost-effective changes in production, operation, and raw materials use.

To improve Environmental Protection Agency data collection and dissemination regarding reduction of toxic chemical emissions across all media, and to assist States in providing information and technical assistance about source reduction.

Comprehensive federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources.

Designed to reduce the production and consumption of ozone depleting substances in order to reduce their abundance in the atmosphere

Sets internationally binding emission reduction targets.

Establishes a comprehensive national fish, shellfish, and wildlife resources policy with emphasis on the commercial fishing industry

Grants the Division of International Conservation the authority to establish the Multinational Species Conservation Funds and provide grants to projects benefiting elephants, rhinos, great apes and marine turtles in their natural habitats.

Prohibits the taking of marine mammals in U.S. waters and by U.S. citizens on the high seas, and the importation of marine mammals and marine mammal products into the U.S.

An international agreement between governments to ensure that international trade of wild animals and plants does not threaten the species.

Protects native mammals, birds, and plants and their ecosystems.

Conservation of endangered and threatened species of fish, wildlife, and plants.

Authorizes financial and technical assistance to the States for the development, revision, and implementation of conservation plans and programs for nongame fish and wildlife.

Amended the natural resource provisions of the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act by authorizing the President to assist other countries in wildlife and plant protection efforts

Unlawful to import, export, sell, acquire, or purchase fish, wildlife or plants that are taken, possessed, transported, or sold: 1) in violation of U.S. or Indian law, or 2) in interstate or foreign commerce involving any fish, wildlife, or plants taken possessed or sold in violation of State or foreign law.

Provides money to federal, state and local governments to purchase land, water and wetlands for the the benefit of all Americans

A law that gives you the right to access information from the federal government.

Authorized a national system of trails and defined four categories of national trails.

Ensures the quality of Americans' drinking water.

Established a comprehensive national program for the safe, permanent disposal of highly radioactive wastes.

A 5-year omnibus farm bill, allowed lower commodity price and income supports and established a dairy herd buyout program.

provides a cost-effective and efficient way for trademark holders to ensure protection for their marks in multiple countries through the filing of one application with a single office, in one language, with one set of fees, in one currency

To preserve the Mojave Desert’s spectacular wildlands.

Stricter safety standards, especially for infants and children, and a complete reassessment of all existing pesticide tolerances.