H.R. 2458: ARID Act of 2011
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H.R. 2458: ARID Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-07-08 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-07-08 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
ARID Act of 2011
Plain summary
Air Quality Review Interval and Dust Act of 2011 or the ARID Act of 2011 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review at 10-year intervals (currently, five-year intervals) criteria and standards for national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards. Prohibits the Administrator from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing such standards applicable to coarse particulate matter (PM10) prior to December 18, 2016.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6] · 9 cosponsors
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Tom McClintock (R-CA), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), James Lankford (R-OK)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr2458.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr2458 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112