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 amend Pub. L. No. 93-435 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, was passed by the House.

which would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify the Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project, was passed by the House.

which would provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, was passed by the Senate.

would direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a pilot program to award grants and loan guarantees to hospitals to carry out projects for the purpose of reducing energy costs.

would streamline and ensure onshore energy permitting, provide for onshore leasing certainty, and give certainty to oil shale development.

would amend Pub. L. No. 93-435 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

would amend the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an expeditious program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, including at least one lease sale in the Reserve each year in the period 2013 through 2023.

would amend the Water Conservation and Utilization Act to authorize the development of non-federal hydropower and issuance of leases of power privileges at projects constructed pursuant to the authority of the Act.

would amend the Renewable Fuel Program in §211(o) of CAA to allow domestic alternative fuel to be used to satisfy a portion of the required applicable volume of renewable fuel.

would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify the Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project.