These environmental bills are on the House calendar and Senate committee agendas this week—

On the House Calendar: Senate Bill 1209 (Waugh-R-York) establishing the Healthy Foods, Healthy Schools Program; Senate Bill 410 (M.White-R-Venango) establishing the PA Center for Environmental Education; House Bill 3007 (Semmel-R-Berks) limits the liability of landowners who open their property to hunting; House Bill 2997 (Beyer-R-Monroe) providing a tax credit of up to $5,000 for new diesel technology; Senate Bill 1025 (Madigan-R-Bradford) to establish a Clean Vehicle Program that gives automakers two options to comply— use the California II or federal Tier II vehicle emissions standards and forming a stakeholders group; House Bill 2067 (Allen-R-Schuylkill) setting limits on state spending through a constitutional amendment; House Resolution 692 (Ross-R-Chester) directing the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee to study and report on the methods of reducing greenhouse gas emissions; Senate Bill 884 (Brightbill-R-Lebanon) limitations on state spending; and Senate Bill 940 (Waugh-R-York) would set aside up to $200,000 per year from the Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Fund to reimburse Land Trusts for expenses incurred in acquiring agricultural conservation easements.

In Senate Committees: The Rules Committee meets to consider House Bill 854 (Rubley-R-Chester) establishing the Terrorism Infrastructure Disclosure Protection Act prohibiting the release of certain infrastructure records; House Resolution 382 (Frankel-D-Allegheny) memorializing Congress to reauthorize the fee to support the federal Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund; and Senate Bill 1104 (Tomlinson-R-Bucks) making changes to the One Call Program.

11/17/2006