HR 5022 118th Congress House Health Air quality Coal Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Kentucky Licensing and registrations Medical research Mining Noise pollution Research administration and funding Tennessee User charges and fees Virginia Water quality West Virginia

ACHE Act

Introduced: July 27, 2023 Introduced by: McGarvey, Morgan Democratic · Kentucky See on congress.gov

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Jul 28, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.

Jul 28, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Jul 27, 2023

Introduced in House

Jul 27, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.

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Appalachian Communities Health Equity Act or the ACHE Act

This bill prohibits the authorization or continuation of certain mountaintop removal coal mining pending the results of a study on the health effects of such mining.

Specifically, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences must study and publish the health effects on surrounding communities of surface coal mining that involves explosives and that is conducted in the steep slopes of Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia. Federal and state agencies may not authorize or renew any such mining until and unless the study concludes that there are no health risks; entities that currently conduct such mining must monitor and report pollution levels associated with such mining until the study's publication.

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement must collect a one-time fee from each entity that currently or previously conducted such mining to cover the federal cost of implementing the bill's requirements.

What's happening now July 28, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.

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