S 1812
116th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Air quality
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Research administration and funding
Smoke Planning and Research Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 12, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jun 12, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Smoke Planning and Research Act of 2019
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to research and mitigate the impacts of smoke emissions from wildland fires.
Specifically, the EPA must establish (1) four Centers of Excellence for Wildfire Smoke at institutions of higher education, and (2) a grant program to support community mitigation efforts.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1