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Environmental Protection Issues in the 108th Congress (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Dec. 15, 2004
Report Number IB10115
Authors Susan Fletcher and Margaret Isler, Resources, Science, and Industry Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

The 108th Congress has acted on a variety of disparate environmental measures; some of these represent proposals or issues that had been under consideration in the 107th Congress and earlier. Environmental issues considered by Congress tend to fall into several major categories: (1) funding issues — whether funding levels are adequate and focused on appropriate priorities; (2) expanding, renewing, or refocusing specific environment programs; (3) environmental issues that are important "subsets" of other major areas of concern, such as energy, defense, or transportation programs; and more recently, (4) terrorism and infrastructure protection in areas such as wastewater and chemical facilities.