Summaries and Updates on Geoscience and Environmental Policy Issues
110th Congress (2007-2008)

Alphabetical Listing of Legislation by Topic

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• Congressional Action on Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations
  • Overview of Fiscal Year 2009 Geoscience Appropriations
  • FY2009 Appropriations Hearing Summaries (4-11-08)
    
    
• Congressional Action on Fiscal Year 2008 Appropriations
  • Overview of Fiscal Year 2008 Geoscience Appropriations
  • FY2008 Appropriations Hearing Summaries (3-29-07)
  • FY2008 Department of Energy Appropriations (3-23-07)
  • FY2008 Department of the Interior Appropriations (3-23-07)
  • FY2008 NASA Appropriations (3-21-07)
  • FY2008 National Science Foundation Appropriations (3-21-07)
    

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• Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR 8-22-06)
• Oil and Gas Activites Within the National Wildlife Refuge System (1-25-05)
• National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (2-2-05)
• Additional Information from the 108th Congress

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• Asbestos Policy (8-20-07)
  • Hearings on Asbestos Policy (7-26-07)
• Congress Revisits the Asbestos Issue (reprinted from The Professional Geologist 11/00)
• Additional Information from the 109th Congress

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Information from the 110th Congress:

• Hearings on Clean Air Issues (10-1-08)

Information from the 109th Congress:

• Clean Air Issues: Clear Skies Initiative/Multi-Pollutant Regulation (5-10-06)
  
  • Hearings on Clean Air Issues (7-24-06)
• Clean Air Issues: New Source Review (1-25-05)
• Geotimes Political Scene: Clear Skies Clouded in Legislative Discontent (5/05)
• Additional Information from the 108th Congress

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• Clean Water Issues (12-12-08)
  • Hearings on Clean Water Issues (8-11-06)
• Additional Information from the 109th Congress

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• Climate Change Policy (12-8-08)
  • Hearings on Climate Change (9-28-08)
• Additional Information from the 109th Congress

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• Information from the 107th Congress

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Information from the 109th Congress:

• Public Access to Federally-Funded Scientific Research (10-12-06)
• Geotimes Political Scene Column: Open Access, Open Debate (11/04)
• OMB Data Quality Standards (1-25-05)

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• Global Earth Observations (12-8-08)
  • Hearings on Global Earth Observations (06-30-08)
• Additional Information from the 109th Congress

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• Endangered Species Policy (05-14-07)
  • Hearings on Endangered Species Policy (05-14-07)

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• Energy Policy (12-8-08)
  • Hearings on Energy Policy (12-12-08)
• Additional Information from the 109th Congress

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• Additional Information from the 109th Congress

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• Political Challenges to the Teaching of Evolution (11-25-08)
• Geotimes: Comment on: Improving Evolution Education (2/08)
• Geotimes: Evolution & Intelligent Design: Understanding Public Opinion (9/05)
• AGI and Member Society Position Statements on the Teaching of Evolution
• Web Sites of Interest
• AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion
• AIBS Evolution Listserv Project
• National Academy of Sciences: "Science, Evolution, and Creationism"
• National Center for Science Education

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• Federal Science Education Policy Overview (10-8-08)
  • Hearings on Innovation and U.S. Competitiveness (07-24-08)
• Additional Information from the 109th Congress

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• Fossils On Public Lands (12-8-08)
• Additional Information from the 109th Congress

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• National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Act (12-8-08)
• Geotimes Comment: Geologic Mapping for the Future (10/04)
• Information from the 109th Congress

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• Innovation and U.S. Competitiveness (12-8-08)
  • Hearings on Innovation and U.S. Competitiveness (8-7-08)
• Information from the 109th Congress

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• Mining Policy (12-8-08)
  • Hearings on Mining Policy (1-24-08)
• Additional Information from the 109th Congress

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• NASA Programs (10-4-05)
  • Hearings on NASA Programs (8-07-08)

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Information from 109th Congress:

• Natural Gas Policy (5-26-06)
  • Hearings on Natural Gas Issues (7-7-06)

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• Natural Hazards (12-8-08)
  • Hearings on Natural Hazards (7-28-08)
• Flood, Storm, and Hurricane Hazards (4-23-07)
• Congressional Hazards Caucus Alliance Website
  • Geotimes Political Scene: Beating Natural Hazards to the Punch (12/04)
  • Geotimes Political Scene: Congress Re-Examines Earthquake Policy (6/03)
• Additional Information from the 109th Congress:
  • Drought Hazards (10-12-06)
  • National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (5-10-06)
  • Flood Hazards (4-24-06)
  • Hurricane Katrina, Response and Recovery (10-12-06)
  • Tsunami Response (7-10-06)
  • Hearings on Volcanic Hazards (3-20-06)
  • Wind Hazards (1-25-05)

• Nuclear Energy Policy (12-11-07)
  • Hearings on Nuclear Energy Policy (7-28-08)
    
• Nuclear Waste Management Policy (10-8-08)
  • Hearings on Nuclear Waste Management (8-7-06)
• Additional Information from the 108th Congress

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• Ocean Policy (11-25-08)
  • Hearings on Ocean Policy (7-24-08)
    
• Additional Information from the 109th Congress

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• Outer Continental Shelf Policy (10-10-06)
  • Hearings on Outer Continental Shelf Policy (8-1-07)
• Additional Information from the 109th Congress

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• Public Land Policy (10-8-08)
• Hearings on Public Land Hearings (10-5-07)
• Additional Information from the 109th Congress

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• Additional Information from the 107th Congress

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• Additional Information from the 107th Congress

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Information from 109th Congress:

• Superfund and Brownfield Legislation (4-7-05)
  • Hearings on Brownfields (6-21-06)
• Additional Information from the 108th Congress

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• Water Resources (11-21-08)
  • Hearings on Water Resources (9-28-08)
• National Academy of Sciences: Water Information Center
• National Science and Technology Council: A Strategy for Federal Science and Technology to Support Water Availability and Quality in the United States (2007)
• Additional Information from the 109th Congress

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• Great Lakes and Other Watersheds (4-27-06)
  • Hearings on Great Lakes and Other Watersheds (4-27-06)
    

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• Wetlands and Coastal Resources Policy (4-28-06)
  • Hearings on Wetlands and Coastal Resources (7-5-06)
    
• Everglades Policy (3-24-05)
  
• Additional Information from the 108th Congress

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Last revised on September 28, 2008.