Recent Federal Bills

would repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act.

would require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain federal land to Elko County, Nevada, and to take land into trust for the Te-moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada.

would provide for the development of a fishery management plan for the Gulf of Mexico red snapper.

would reauthorize the Rivers of Steel, Lackawanna, Delaware and Lehigh, and the Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Areas.

would convey a small parcel of National Forest System land in Pound, Virginia.

would amend tit. 23, U.S.C., to protect states that have in effect laws or orders with respect to pay-to-play reform.

which would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, was passed by the House.

would amend CERCLA with respect to the applicability of the Act to federal facilities.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Hudson River Valley, New York.

would amend SDWA to repeal a certain exemption for hydraulic fracturing.

would require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress reports on water sharing with Mexico.

would provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah to Brigham Young University.

would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Administrator of EPA, to conduct a study on the public health and environmental impacts of the production, transportation, storage, and use of petroleum coke.

would amend the SWDA relating to review of regulations under such Act and amend CERCLA relating to financial responsibility for classes of facilities.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the equalization of the excise tax on liquefied natural gas and per energy equivalent of diesel.

would ensure the continuation of successful fisheries mitigation programs.

would amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission.

would ban the use of bisphenol A in food containers.

would amend OCSLA to increase energy exploration and production on the Outer Continental Shelf, provide for equitable revenue sharing for all coastal states, and reorganize the functions of the former Minerals Management Service into distinct and separate agencies.

would reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009.

which would expand the boundary of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and conduct a study of potential land acquisitions, was passed by the House.