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 ratify a water settlement agreement affecting the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.

would establish a task force to review policies and measures to promote, and to develop best practices for, reduction of short-lived climate pollutants.

would require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to calculate a carbon score for each bill or resolution.

would streamline the oil and gas permitting process and recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units.

would to authorize the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven program that develops an information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision-support tools, training, and best practices, and coordinates the collection of priority coastal geospatial data to inform and improve local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acknowledge contributions at units of the National Park System.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study regarding the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Naugatuck River Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for production of electricity from renewable resources for certain open-loop biomass and trash facilities placed in service before the date of the enactment of this Act.

would amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission.

would direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to enter into an agreement with the National Research Council to conduct a study on urban flooding.