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Issues: U.S. Law & Policy

Damage Report
Environment and the 105th Congress

FINAL STATUS OF PROPOSED ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL RIDERS

Anti-Environmental Rider	House Subcommittee	House Committee	House Floor	Senate Subcommittee	Senate Committee	Senate Floor	Conference
VA-HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Blocking action to reduce Greenhouse gases	X	X	X	X*	X*	X*	X
Ban on use of funds for Brownfields Revolving Loan Funds	X	X	--	X	X	X	--
Ban on educating the public about Global Warming	X*	X*	--				--
Moratorium on PCB cleanup	X*	X*	X*				X*
Delay in implementing Food Quality Protection Act	X*	X*	X*	X*	--	--	X*
Delay in Mercury Emissions Regulations	X*	X*	X*				X*
Interfering with Superfund cleanup	X*	X*	X*				X*
Regional Haze in National Parks	X*	X*	X*				X*
"Peer Review" Particulate Matter Interference	X*	X*	X*				X*
Blocking efforts to control methane gas releases from farm animal operations	--	--	X				X
Native Allotments in Conservation Areas				X	X	X	X
Delay in reducing pesticides use in children’s products				X*	X*	X*	X*
INTERIOR
Halt to review of current hardrock mining regulations				X	X		X
Continued commercial fishing in Glacier Bay National Park				X	X		--
Waiver of Environmental Review for Grazing Permits				X	X		X
Road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge & Wilderness				X	X		--
Interference with acquisition of inholdings within Alaska National Parks				X	X		X
Moratorium on Oil Royalty Valuation Rule				X	X		X
Halt to review of National Forest Planning				X	X		X
Wildland Fire Management: Encourage Logging				X	X		--
Exchanging trees for stewardship contracts through logging				X	X		X
Snow Basin road subsidized by taxpayers				X	X		X
Interior Columbia Ecosystem Management Plan (ICBEMP)	X	X	X	X	X		--
Unsustainable logging of Tongass National Forest				X	X		X
Subsidized Logging of Western Red Cedar in Alaska				X	X		--
Prohibiting funds for Grizzly Bear reintroduction				X	X		X
Halt to decommissioning forest system roads				X	X		--
Restrictions on improving salmon habitat in Columbia & Snake Rivers				X	X		--
Rent subsidies in Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest				X	X		X
Impede Elwha River Dam Removal				X	X		--
Promote commercialization of Land Between the Lakes hardwood forest in Kentucky and Tennessee	X	X	X	X	X		--
Override of Denali National Park & Preserve EIS				X*	X*		X*
Emphasis on Human Activity in wilderness areas				X*	X*		X*
Road easement through Alaska’s Chugach National Forest	X	X	X				--
Diverting tree planting funds to be used for Forest Service overhead	X	X	--				X
Decrease logging in California National Forest (Quincy)	--	--	--	--	--	--	X
Forest Health Fund	X	X	X				X
Removing land units from Coastal Barriers Resource Act	X	X	X				X
Year round use of Great Smoky Mountain NP road	X*	X*	X*				X*
TRANSPORTATION
Helicopters in Wilderness				X	X	X	--
Izembek Road Study				X	X	X	--
Delay in Compliance with Federal Safety Regulations for Transport of Hazardous Materials				X	X	X	--
Expansion of Highway through Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana				X*	X*	X*	X*
Foothill South Toll Road	X	X	X				X
Freeze Existing CAFÉ Standards	X	X	X				X
Relaxation of HOV Restrictions on New Jersey Highways	--	--	X				X
COMMERCE, STATE, JUSTICE
Limitation on using funds from Exxon Valdez oil spill settlement to purchase habitat in spill-affected area				X	X	X	--
Red Snapper Bycatch	X	X	--				--
FOREIGN OPERATIONS
Limitation on encouraging efforts by developing countries to reduce Greenhouse gases				--	X	--	--
AGRICULTURE
Delay in phase-out of methyl bromide	--	--	--	--	--	--	X
TREASURY, POSTAL
New requirement for analyzing import of regulations on "families"	--	--	--	--	--	--	X
Mandatory accounting of regulatory costs and benefits				--	--	X	X
X Indicates rider was contained in the bill text as approved. X* Indicates rider was included in report language, rather than bill text. -- Indicates rider was considered and rejected.