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 remove statutory and administrative barriers to private sector harnessing of domestic energy resources.
would improve the control and management of invasive species that threaten and harm federal lands under the jurisdiction of USDA and DOI.
would direct USDA and DOI to convey certain federal lands to Nevada in fulfillment of the Nevada Statehood Enabling Act.
would repeal the exemption for hydraulic fracturing in the SDWA.
would establish a modernized national Integrated Public Alert and Warning System.
would reauthorize the programs and activities of FEMA.
would amend the CWA to direct DOI to conduct a study with respect to stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations.
would clarify that states have the sole authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on federal land within their boundaries.
would provide for the addition of property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in Oregon.
would amend the Coquille Restoration Act to clarify certain provisions relating to the management of the Coquille Forest.