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 establish limitations on the quantity of total arsenic in rice and rice products under chapter IV of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

would provide that any SIP submitted under the CAA to address impairment of visibility shall apply for such state until 2022 with respect to emissions from taconite ore processing facilities.

would promote the development of renewable energy on certain federal land.

would prohibit the administrator of EPA from finalizing certain proposed rules under the CAA if a state regulatory authority gives notice that such a rule will lead to a three percent or greater increase in the price of electricity.

would convey certain public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in and around historic mining town sites in Nevada.

would amend the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act to provide assistance for levee stability improvements in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

would authorize the Secretary of Commerce, through NOAA, to establish a program that collects priority coastal geospatial data and supports an information platform to integrate coastal data.

would define "urban rodent control" for purposes of clarifying the control of nuisance mammals and birds carried out by the wildlife services program of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and by the private sector.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the steps necessary to carry out the goals of the Soledad Canyon High Desert, California Public Lands Conservation and Management Act of 2009.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that tar sands are crude oil for purposes of the federal excise tax on petroleum.