Bills About Environmental Protection Sponsored by Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

Sen. Merkley sponsored 21 bills about environmental protection in the 116th Congress (2019-20).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Dec. 17, 2020	S.5056	A bill to require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide for ocean-based climate solutions to reduce carbon emissions and global warming, to make coastal communities more resilient, and to provide for the conservation and restoration of ocean and coastal habitats, biodiversity, and marine mammal and fish populations, and for other purposes.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Oct. 20, 2020	S.4823	A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to create a national zero-emission vehicle standard, and for other purposes.	4	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sept. 23, 2020	S.CON.RES.47	A concurrent resolution recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that renewed leadership by the United States is needed to address the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system.	7	All Democrats	Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S5837-5838)
July 2, 2020	S.4190	A bill to authorize the Director of the United States Geological Survey to establish a regional program to assess, monitor, and benefit the hydrology of saline lakes in the Great Basin and the migratory birds and other wildlife dependent on those habitats, and for other purposes.	4	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
June 23, 2020	S.4046	A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to award grants to eligible entities to purchase, and as applicable install, zero emissions port equipment and technology, and for other purposes.	7	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Feb. 13, 2020	S.3304	A bill to encourage and facilitate efforts by States and other stakeholders to conserve and sustain the western population of monarch butterflies, and for other purposes.	4	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Feb. 13, 2020	S.3306	A bill to establish a microplastics pilot program, and for other purposes.	5	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Feb. 12, 2020	S.3281	A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require recycling of beverage containers, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
June 12, 2019	S.1812	A bill to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct research on wildfire smoke, and for other purposes.	3	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 15, 2019	S.1487	A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to create a national zero-emission vehicle standard, and for other purposes.	7	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 8, 2019	S.1371	A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on the effects of oxybenzone and octinoxate on the environment and public health, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
March 7, 2019	S.717	A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture, processing, and distribution in commerce of asbestos and asbestos-containing mixtures and articles, and for other purposes.	14	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Nov. 28, 2018	S.3664	A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to create a national zero-emission vehicle standard, and for other purposes.	2	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Nov. 27, 2018	S.RES.708	A resolution expressing the need for bold climate action in response to the release of the United Nations report entitled "Global Warming of 1.5 C, an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty" and the Fourth National Climate Assessment report entitled "Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States" by the United States Global Change Research Program.	25	All Democrats	Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7136-7138; text of measure as introduced: CR S7136)
July 31, 2018	S.3312	A bill to suspend proposed rulemaking signed by former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt, and for other purposes.	2	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Nov. 2, 2017	S.2072	A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to take action to eliminate human exposure to asbestos, and for other purposes.	11	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 20, 2015	S.1394	A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish within the Environmental Protection Agency a Columbia River Basin Restoration Program.	2	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
July 28, 2014	S.2674	A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish within the Environmental Protection Agency a Columbia River Basin Restoration Program.	3	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
July 24, 2014	S.2656	A bill to provide for the regulation of persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic chemical substances, and for other purposes.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
June 29, 2010	S.3550	A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish within the Environmental Protection Agency a Columbia Basin Restoration Program.	4	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5541-5543)
Feb. 23, 2010	S.3025	A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide assistance for programs and activities to protect and restore the water quality of the Columbia River Basin, and for other purposes.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S707-709)

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