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 authorize the provision of health care for certain individuals exposed to environmental hazards at Atsugi Naval Air Facility, and establish an advisory board to
examine exposures to environmental hazards at the facility.

would amend the CWA to repeal the authorization for program development and implementation grants for coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification.

would designate certain land in Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and designate the Tenmile Recreation Management Area and Porcupine Gulch Protection Area.

would direct NOAA to conduct a coastal community vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification.

would amend the USEC Privatization Act to require DOE to issue a long-term, federal excess uranium inventory management plan.

would amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.

would take lands in Sonoma County, California, into trust as part of the reservation of the Lytton Rancheria.

would establish limitations on the quantity of inorganic arsenic in rice and rice products.

would extend certain expiring energy tax incentives.

would direct DOT to establish a program to eliminate duplicative environmental reviews and approvals under state and federal law of rail and highway projects.