FENCES Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, FENCES Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Foreign Policy, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HD7B01755D4A44C6B93C08C78E2818BBB: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Foreign Emissions and Nonattainment Clarification for Economic Stability Act or the FENCES Act.
- Section H34E98C2FA9B342058DD797398C29F32A: 2. Emissions beyond control Section 179B of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7509a) is amended— by inserting (regardless of whether such emissions result from...
- Section H923643B7A06A4E5599E2BB223BFE4D79: 179A. Applicability of sanctions and fees if emissions beyond control Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, with respect to any nonattainment area...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, FENCES Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Foreign Policy, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, FENCES Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and …
Introduced in Senate
Ms. Lummis introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
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