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.

which would require the Director of BLM to withdraw a BLM rule relating to conservation and landscape health, was passed by the House.

which would improve NOAA’s weather research, support improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, and expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data, was passed by the House.

which would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a research, development, and demonstration program with respect to abandoned wells, was passed by the House.

which would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out terrestrial carbon sequestration research and development activities, was passed by the House.

would ensure that Big Cypress National Preserve may not be designated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

would amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit certain activities involving prohibited primate species.

would amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit certain activities involving prohibited primate species.

would prohibit the breaching of federally operated dams if such breach would result in the replacement energy resource occupying additional acreage.

would prohibit and restrict certain actions in the Bristol Bay watershed.

would collect information regarding water access needs across the United States to understand the impacts of the water access gap in each state and territory.