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HR 2876 112th Congress House Environmental Protection Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Education programs funding Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Higher education Political movements and philosophies Student aid and college costs

EPA Student Nondiscrimination Act

Introduced: September 9, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 13, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Sep 12, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Sep 9, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Sep 9, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, 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.
Sep 9, 2011
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

EPA Student Nondiscrimination Act - Prohibits student programs administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from establishing any requirement that an applicant possess any experience that constitutes an endorsement of a particular political position with regard to environmental protection.

Prohibits funds from being used to provide financial compensation for: (1) the Student Diversity Internship Program Environmental Justice Eco-Ambassador Focus, or (2) student programs administered by EPA related to the study of greenhouse gas emissions.

Requires the EPA Administrator to report on policies, procedures, and actions taken within the last three years in recruiting and hiring applicants for all EPA student programs, including: (1) efforts to recruit student advocates, (2) policies and procedures related to the review of student applications, (3) efforts to consider applicants with policy views or experience that were counter to stated agency goals, and (4) policies to ensure that applicants for such programs will be recruited and reviewed in accordance with this Act.

What's happening now September 13, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2