Environmental Law and Policy/Governance
S. 2604
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Committee Name
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Sponsor Name
Bennet
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Colo.
Issue
9
Volume
53
Update Issue
22
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53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. S3754

would amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide grants for outdoor recreation projects to spur economic development, with a focus on rural communities, and provide training for rural communities on funding opportunities for outdoor recreation.

S. 2589
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Committee Name
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Sponsor Name
Hirono
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Haw.
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9
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53
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22
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53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. S3753

would amend the Research Facilities Act and the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to address deferred maintenance at agricultural research facilities.

S. 2582
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Committee Name
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Sponsor Name
Hirono
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Haw.
Issue
9
Volume
53
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22
Update Volume
53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. S3753

would establish an integrated research, education, and extension competitive grant program and scholarship grant program for certain Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving agricultural institutions.

S. 2572
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Committee Name
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Sponsor Name
Padilla
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Cal.
Issue
9
Volume
53
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22
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53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. S3753

would amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make predevelopment grants.

S. 2555
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Committee Name
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Sponsor Name
Blumenthal
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Conn.
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9
Volume
53
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22
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53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. S3752

would amend the Animal Welfare Act to expand and improve the enforcement capabilities of the Attorney General.

S. 1528
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9
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53
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22
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53
Congress Number
118
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169 Cong. Rec. S3839

which would streamline the sharing of information among federal disaster assistance agencies, expedite the delivery of life-saving assistance to disaster survivors, speed the recovery of communities from disasters, and protect the security and privacy of information provided by disaster survivors, was passed by the Senate.

Making Participation in Algorithm-Assisted Decisionmaking in Climate Investments More Accessible and Equitable
Author
Debra Gore-Mann, Vinhcent Le, and Sneha Ayyagari
Author Bios (long)

Debra Gore-Mann is President and CEO of the Greenlining Institute. Vinhcent Le is Senior Legal Counsel of Tech Equity at the Greenlining Institute. Sneha Ayyagari is Clean Energy Initiative Program Manager at the Greenlining Institute.

Date
August 2023
Volume
53
Issue
8
Page
10663
Type
Comment(s)
Summary

In How Algorithm-Assisted Decisionmaking Is Influencing Environmental Law and Climate Adaptation, Ziaja provides a useful framework to analyze whether an algorithm-assisted decisionmaking (AADM) tool and its design process is procedurally equitable. Ziaja’s framework contains several different questions advocacy groups can use to analyze the AADM tools that are increasingly used for environmental resource governance, such as the INFORM and RESOLVE algorithms discussed in the article, which guide the allocation and distribution of water and energy resources. The questions within the framework can help stakeholders assess the legal and policy assumptions (“value-laden assumptions”) embedded in algorithmic decision tools and are a starting point for identifying potential biases and substantive equity issues within those systems and encouraging greater deliberation and coproduction of AADM tools between governmental agencies and advocacy groups. This Comment discusses some of the barriers advocacy organizations face when engaging in the development of algorithmic systems, how the framework can ease those barriers, and finally the need for the developers of algorithmic decision systems to complete impact or risk assessments to further enable informed discussion and coproduction of these tools.

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