Environmental Law and Policy/Governance
H.R. 4152
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Committee Report
H. Rep. No. 118-604
Issue
9
Volume
54
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21
Update Volume
54
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. H4858

would direct the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Secretary of Commerce to submit to Congress a report on the merits of, and options for, establishing an institute relating to space resources.

H.R. 6219
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Committee Report
H. Rep. No. 118-603
Issue
9
Volume
54
Update Issue
21
Update Volume
54
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. H4858

would require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to establish a program to identify, evaluate, acquire, and disseminate commercial earth remote sensing data and imagery in order to satisfy the scientific, operational, and educational requirements of the Administration.

H.R. 9150
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsor Name
Harder
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Cal.
Issue
9
Volume
54
Update Issue
21
Update Volume
54
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. H4947

would amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include wildfire smoke in the definition of major disaster.

H.R. 9212
Update Type
Committee Name
Committees on Science, Space, and Technology and Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
Kuster
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-N.H.
Issue
9
Volume
54
Update Issue
21
Update Volume
54
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. H4961

would establish the Interagency Group on Large-Scale Carbon Management in the National Science and Technology Council and a Federal Carbon Removal Initiative.

H.R. 9136
Update Type
Committee Name
Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce
Sponsor Name
Foushee
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-N.C.
Issue
9
Volume
54
Update Issue
21
Update Volume
54
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. H4947

would strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production in the United States through the research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of technologies to reduce emissions from cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production.

Efficiency and Equity in Regulation
Author
Caroline Cecot
Author Bios (long)

Caroline Cecot is a Professor of Law at Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University.

Date
August 2024
Volume
54
Issue
8
Page
10693
Type
Comment(s)
Summary

The Joseph Biden Administration has signaled an interest in ensuring that regulations appropriately benefit vulnerable and disadvantaged communities. Prior presidential administrations have focused on ensuring that regulations are efficient, maximizing the net benefits to society, without considering who benefits or who loses from these policies. Supporters of the current process are concerned that pursuing equity will come at significant cost to efficiency and ultimately leave everyone worse off. This framework—efficiency versus equity—is misguided and counterproductive in many cases. Caroline Cecot's Efficiency and Equity in Regulation, 76 Vand. L. Rev. 361 (2023), from which this abstract is adapted, proposes two rules of thumb for agencies to follow in order to promote both equity and efficiency using their existing authorities and avoid lose-lose scenarios.

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