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 equalize the excise tax on liquefied petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas.

would designate certain segments of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook in Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

would reverse DOI's listing of the lesser prairie-chicken as a threatened species under the ESA, and prevent further consideration of listing the species as threatened or endangered pending implementation of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies' Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Conservation Plan and other conservation measures.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.

would prohibit FEMA from recouping certain assistance.

would permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

would amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.

would designate certain segments of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook in Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

would amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to provide cancellation ceilings for Stewardship End Result Contracting projects.