HR 5022 United States House · 118th Congress

ACHE Act

The ACHE Act requires the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to study health impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining on communities near mining sites in Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia. It temporarily halts all new federal permits for such mining until a health risk determination is made, while mandating ongoing pollution monitoring (water, air, soil) at existing sites with monthly public reporting. The bill directly affects coal mining companies operating in designated steep-slope regions of those four states. Key provisions include the health study, permit moratorium, and public monitoring requirements, which end once the health risk determination is published.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Jul 2023

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Introduced Jul 27, 2023 Last action Jul 28, 2023

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Jul 28, 2023

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.

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Jul 28, 2023

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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Jul 27, 2023

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Jul 27, 2023

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1 primary · 14 co-sponsors