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Bills About Environmental Protection Sponsored by Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)

Sen. Duckworth sponsored 17 bills about environmental protection in the 116th Congress (2019-20).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Sept. 23, 2020	S.RES.714	A resolution encouraging the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to maintain and strengthen requirements under the Clean Water Act and reverse ongoing administrative actions to weaken the Clean Water Act and protections for waters of the United States.	7	All Democrats	Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S5835-5837)
July 29, 2020	S.4369	A bill to protect clean air and public health by expanding fenceline and ambient air monitoring and access to air quality information for communities affected by air pollution; to require immediate toxic air monitoring at the fenceline of facilities with pollution linked to local health threats; to ensure the Environmental Protection Agency promulgates rules that require fenceline air monitoring in communities with air polluting industrial source categories; to expand and strengthen the national ambient air quality monitoring network; to deploy air sensors in communities affected by air pollution, and for other purposes.	5	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 11, 2020	S.3680	A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to continue to carry out certain programs relating to environmental justice, and for other purposes.	2	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 6, 2020	S.3633	A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to continue to update and make publicly available EJScreen or an equivalent tool, and for other purposes.	13	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Oct. 15, 2019	S.2596	A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to authorize certain community water systems to enter into partnerships to improve the water systems, and for other purposes.	2	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
July 23, 2019	S.2210	A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit sewage dumping into the Great Lakes, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
July 11, 2019	S.2086	A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to improve transparency under the national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Feb. 12, 2019	S.451	A bill to modernize the National Air Toxics Assessment, the Integrated Risk Information System, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jan. 28, 2019	S.233	A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Amendments of 1977 to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report certain hiring to carry out the Safe Drinking Water Act.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Nov. 29, 2018	S.3691	A bill to modernize the National Air Toxics Assessment, the Integrated Risk Information System, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Nov. 15, 2018	S.3630	A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit sewage dumping into the Great Lakes, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 16, 2018	S.2869	A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Amendments of 1977 to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report certain hiring to carry out the Safe Drinking Water Act.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Oct. 24, 2017	S.2000	A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to improve transparency under the national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
June 29, 2017	S.1474	A bill to prohibit the use of fiscal year 2018 funds for the closure, consolidation, or elimination of certain offices of the Environmental Protection Agency.	9	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
June 21, 2017	S.1401	A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to address lead contamination in school drinking water.	2	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
July 14, 2016	H.R.5833	To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to address lead contamination in school drinking water, and for other purposes.	0		Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
March 17, 2016	H.R.4797	To provide grants to eligible entities to reduce lead in drinking water.	3	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

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