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H.R. 5881: Environment and Public Health Restoration Act of 2008

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H.R. 5881: Environment and Public Health Restoration Act of 2008

110th Congress · introduced 2008-04-23 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-04-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Environment and Public Health Restoration Act of 2008

Plain summary

Environment and Public Health Restoration Act of 2008 - States that it is U.S. government policy to work with states, territories, tribal governments, international organizations, and foreign governments to act as a steward of the environment for the benefit of public health, to maintain air quality and water quality, to sustain the diversity of plant and animal species, to combat global climate change, and to protect the environment for future generations. Requires the President to enter into an arrangement under which the National Academy of Sciences will: (1) study and report to the public, Congress, and implementing agencies on the impact on public health, air quality, water quality, wildlife, and the environment of specified clean water, clean air, and forest and land management regulations, laws, proposed laws, and guidance documents; and (2) make recommendations to maintain, restore, or improve protections for public health, air quality, water quality, wildlife, or the environment for each of such regulations, laws, proposed laws, or documents. Requires the head of each federal agency that issued or implemented such laws or regulations to submit to Congress a plan describing steps to restore or improve such protections.

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Official text

Environment and Public Health Restoration Act of 2008

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] · 13 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Steve Cohen (D-TN), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA)

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Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr5881 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110