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 promote remediation of abandoned hard-rock mines.
would amend the Mineral Leasing Act to improve the assessment of expression of interest fees.
would amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to promote timely exploration for geothermal resources under geothermal leases.
would prohibit the implementation of the draft resource management plan (RMP) and EIS for the Rock Springs RMP Revision, Wyoming.
would require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System land in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest to Tony's Wabeno Redi-Mix, LLC.
would authorize the president to provide disaster assistance to states and Indian tribes under a major disaster recovery program.
would amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize federal agencies to provide certain essential assistance for hazard mitigation for electric utilities.
would amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to allow Indian tribal governments to directly request fire management assistance declarations and grants.
would direct the Administrator of FEMA to take certain actions relating to incident periods and extreme weather.