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114-hr-1644114th Congress

STREAM Act

Sponsored By: Representative Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]

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Summary

Supporting Transparent Regulatory and Environmental Actions in Mining Act or the STREAM Act This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to direct the Department of the Interior to make publicly available, 90 days before publication, any draft, supplemental, final, or emergency rule, or any environmental analysis or economic assessment, and each scientific product upon which the Secretary has relied in developing the rule, the analysis, or the assessment. For scientific products receiving federal funds Interior must also make publicly available: (1) the raw data used for them, and (2) the background information of the authors of the scientific study. If Interior withholds any scientific product for more than six months, it must withdraw the rule, environmental analysis, or economic assessment. Interior shall contract with the National Academy of Sciences for its Board on Earth Sciences and Resources to conduct a detailed, comprehensive study of the effectiveness of the "Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations Permanent Regulatory Program; Stream Buffer Zones and Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values" Final Rule in protecting perennial and intermittent streams through the use of stream buffer zones. Until one year after publication of the Board's report to Congress, Interior may not issue any proposed or final regulations under the Act that relate either to stream buffer zones or to stream protection. The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 is further amended to declare that nothing in it authorizes Interior to take any action that duplicates, enforces, or determines compliance with specified mining, environmental, or fish and wildlife law.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]

WV • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]

    CO • R

    Sponsored 3/26/2015

  • Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 3/26/2015

  • Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]

    KY • R

    Sponsored 5/12/2015

  • Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9]

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 5/12/2015

  • Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3]

    WV • R

    Sponsored 5/12/2015

  • Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]

    WV • R

    Sponsored 5/13/2015

  • Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]

    ND • R

    Sponsored 5/13/2015

  • Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]

    WY • R

    Sponsored 5/13/2015

  • Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]

    AK • R

    Sponsored 5/18/2015

  • Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 5/18/2015

  • Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 5/19/2015

  • Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5]

    KY • R

    Sponsored 5/21/2015

  • Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1]

    MT • R

    Sponsored 6/18/2015

  • Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 6/23/2015

  • Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 7/13/2015

  • Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]

    AR • R

    Sponsored 7/15/2015

  • Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]

    WA • R

    Sponsored 7/20/2015

  • Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]

    IL • R

    Sponsored 9/8/2015

  • Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]

    KY • R

    Sponsored 9/8/2015

  • Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 9/8/2015

  • JOHN SHIMKUS

    IL • R

    Sponsored 9/8/2015

  • Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 9/8/2015

  • Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]

    VA • R

    Sponsored 9/9/2015

  • Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]

    AS • R

    Sponsored 9/11/2015

  • Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 9/11/2015

  • Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]

    IL • R

    Sponsored 9/11/2015

  • Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3]

    CO • R

    Sponsored 9/11/2015

  • Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 9/15/2015

  • Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 9/15/2015

  • Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 9/16/2015

  • Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 9/22/2015

  • Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]

    MS • R

    Sponsored 9/22/2015

  • Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 9/30/2015

  • Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 9/30/2015

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