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WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives approved S.2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018 by a vote of 379-9. The bill is sponsored by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.).
The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) praised the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, which replaces the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP).
S. 141, the Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act, bill ordered reported as amended to the House by voice vote.
Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, offered by Mr. Perlmutter (D-Colo.), agreed to by voice vote.
WASHINGTON – The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee approved legislation today to better protect lives, property, and infrastructure from the adverse effects of space weather.
WASHINGTON – The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee approved legislation today that addresses long-standing problems with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS).
U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) issued the following statement regarding the National Academies report on Open Science By Design.
Chairman Smith:
WASHINGTON – U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee leaders today sent a letter to Dr. Elisabete Weiderpass, newly elected director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), detailing previous oversight into the IARC Monograph Programme and requesting Dr. Weiderpass’ testimony at a committee hearing.