FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
PETER RAFLE (202) 302-7086 peter_rafle@epw.senate.gov
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Subcommittee on Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, Oversight, Children’s Health Protection and Nuclear Safety
Chairman: Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Sen. Boxer’s subcommittee has jurisdiction over:
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Global Warming
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Oversight
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Children’s Health Protection
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
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National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Chairman: Senator Max Baucus (D-MT)
Sen. Baucus’s subcommittee has jurisdiction over:
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Transportation
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Federal Highway Administration
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Public Buildings
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Water Resources Development Act (WRDA)
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Stafford Act and federal disaster relief programs
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Historic Preservation
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National Dam Safety Program
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Mississippi River Commission
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Green Buildings
Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection
Chairman: Senator Joseph Lieberman (I/D-CT)
Sen. Lieberman’s subcommittee has jurisdiction over:
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Global Warming
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Fisheries and Wildlife
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Endangered Species Act (ESA)
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National Wildlife Refuges
Subcommittee on Clean Air, Nuclear Plant Security and Community Development
Chairman: Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE)
Sen. Carper’s subcommittee has jurisdiction over:
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Clean Air Act
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Indoor Air
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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Economic Development Administration
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Nuclear Plant Security
Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health
Chairman: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)
Sen. Clinton’s subcommittee has jurisdiction over:
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Superfund and Brownfields
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), including recycling, Federal facilities and interstate waste
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Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
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Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA)
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Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
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Environmental Justice
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Risk Assessment
Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality
Chairman: Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Sen. Lautenberg’s subcommittee has jurisdiction over:
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Drinking Water, Chemical, and Wastewater Security
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Clean Water Act, including wetlands
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Safe Drinking Water Act
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Coastal Zone Management Act
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Invasive Species
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Transportation Safety
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Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Subcommittee memberships will be announced at a later date.
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