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 amend the Clean Air Act to partially waive the renewable fuel standard when corn inventories are low.
would prohibit the sale of billfish.
would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
would provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah to Brigham Young University.
would provide for a land exchange with the Trinity Public Utilities District of Trinity County, California, involving the transfer of land to BLM and the Six Rivers National Forest in exchange for National Forest System land in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
would officially replace President Obama's Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program with a congressional plan that will conduct additional oil and natural gas lease sales.
would approve the construction, operation, and maintenance of the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border.
would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in Connecticut and Rhode Island for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
would prohibit the sale of billfish.
which provides for an exchange of land between the Department of Homeland Security and the South Carolina State Ports Authority, was signed into law on July 18, 2012.