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Policy News: December 20, 2021

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2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. Previous versions of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act funded conservation through royalties paid to the federal government for mineral extraction.

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Policy News: February 28, 2022

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Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee leaders introduce legislation to reauthorize the Department of Energy Office of Science. Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approves new PFAS standards. The bill is the Senate companion to the House’s Department of Energy Office of Science for the Future Act ( H.R.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 Innovation and Competition Act (USICA, S. The House also passed its NSF authorizing bill entitled NSF for the Future Act ( H.R. The Global Amphibian Protection Act ( H.R.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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Innovation and Competition Act. Bill increases authorized funding for the National Science Foundation to $29 billion by FY 2026. Federal agencies plan to reverse National Environmental Policy Act rules and more. US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. Executive Branch.

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

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Its coal consumption is only planned to begin to drop after 2026. The House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing for that bill, along with another fishery management bill from Young ( H.R. The Magnuson Stevens Act is the main law governing U.S. The House Science Committee approved the NOAA Chief Scientist Act ( H.R.

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Policy News: October 25, 2021

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Jake Schmidt, the international climate director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the nationally determined contribution to the Paris Agreement would have been the product of an interagency process that worked its way up from technical staff to deputies to principals before the White House decided on the goal of 50 to 52 percent.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

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The directorate’s budget reaches $5 billion in FY 2026. The Endless Frontiers Act emphasizes the “Industries of the Future,” a term that typically refers to artificial intelligence, quantum information science, advanced manufacturing, 5G and biotechnology. 2026 ), which would re-establish the U.S. Scientific Community.

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