Senate and House Calendars and Committee schedules have a variety of bills on their agendas for this week. Here’s a quick rundown--

In the Senate

Senate Calendar: On the Senate Calendar to begin the week are bills on several environmental topics-- increasing home energy assistance (Senate Bill 12), creating the PA Center for Environmental Education in law (Senate Bill 410), providing financing for security improvements to water and sewage systems (House Bill 612), expanding the Agricultural Area Security Law to include horse training and stabling areas (House Bill 619), designating a new scenic byway in Wyoming County (Senate Bill 721) and resolutions urging the release of federal funds for state storage tank programs and for the Governor to form a flood damage reduction task force.

In Committee: The Senate Appropriations Committee will consider legislation extending the sunset date on the small heating oil tank cleanup program.

In the House

In Committee: The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee will consider legislation to fund water and wastewater laterals, tax credits for animal recycling facilities and resolutions urging release of federal funds for state storage tank programs and to form a sewage management issues task force; and Agriculture will consider the Administration’s ACRE proposal to create an Agricultural Review Board.

6/12/2005