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Bills About Environmental Protection Sponsored by Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.)

Sen. Sanders sponsored 14 bills about environmental protection in the 117th Congress (2021-22).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Jan. 28, 2020	S.3247	A bill to ban the practice of hydraulic fracturing, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan. 28, 2020	S.3227	A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, and for other purposes.	2	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
July 17, 2019	S.CON.RES.22	A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that there is a climate emergency which demands a massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes.	8	All Democrats	Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S4913-4914)
Feb. 28, 2019	S.611	A bill to provide adequate funding for water and sewer infrastructure, and for other purposes.	3	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Dec. 10, 2015	S.2399	A bill to provide for emissions reductions, and for other purposes.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sept. 18, 2014	S.2905	A bill to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to calculate a carbon score for each bill or resolution.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Feb. 14, 2013	S.332	A bill to address climate disruptions, reduce carbon pollution, enhance the use of clean energy, and promote resilience in the infrastructure of the United States, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
March 31, 2011	S.RES.119	A resolution recognizing past, present, and future public health and economic benefits of cleaner air due to the successful implementation of the Clean Air Act.	33	Bipartisan	Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2052-2053)
May 13, 2010	S.3362	A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide competitive grants to publicly funded schools to implement effective technologies to reduce air pollutants (as defined in section 302 of the Clean Air Act), including greenhouse gas emissions, in accordance with that Act.	2	All Democrats	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 431.
Jan. 16, 2007	S.309	A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, and for other purposes.	19	Bipartisan	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7625-7626)
April 24, 2007	S.1201	A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from electric powerplants, and for other purposes.	4	Bipartisan	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4969-4978)
Nov. 15, 2005	H.R.4333	To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish performance standards for fine particulates for certain pulp and paper mills, and for other purposes.	0	All Independent Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
March 27, 2001	H.R.1252	To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to change the drinking water standard for arsenic from 50 parts per billion to 10 parts per billion by fiscal year 2003 and to 3 parts per billion by fiscal year 2006 and to authorize an $800 million to provide grants to small public drinking water systems to assist them in meeting these standards.	77	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
May 22, 1997	H.CON.RES.91	Expressing the sense of Congress that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should take immediate steps to abate emissions of mercury and release to Congress the study of mercury required under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.	32	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

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