Recent Federal Bills

Below are summaries of Bills Introduced, Committee Reports, Chamber Actions, and Public Laws reported in the most recent issue of ELR's Weekly Update.

would reauthorize the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act to promote the protection of the resources of the Northwest Straits.

would provide compensation to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for the taking without just compensation of land by the United States inside the exterior boundaries of the L'Anse Indian Reservation that were guaranteed to the community under a treaty signed in 1854.

would amend the FWPCA to consider the use of resource preservation techniques in certain programs.

would amend the FWPCA and the SDWA to reauthorize certain programs for water infrastructure resilience and sustainability.

would establish the New York-New Jersey Watershed Restoration Program.

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to "Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units: Temporary-Use Incinerators and Air Curtain Incinerators Used in Disaster Recovery."

would amend FIFRA to provide for improved coordination between the Administrator of EPA and the Secretary of Agriculture.

would amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to require royalties on production from leased geothermal resources to be based on production from each electric generating facility.

would direct DOI to identify and publish standard procedures and guidelines for geothermal leasing and permit issuance for environmentally responsible geothermal operations on federal lands.

would amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to waive the requirement for a federal drilling permit for certain activities and exempt certain activities from the requirements of NEPA.