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 a grant program to test and mitigate radon levels in public schools.

would reauthorize FIFRA.

would reauthorize FIFRA.

would amend CERCLA to provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields.

would amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act and further the conservation of certain wildlife species.

would exempt certain water transfers by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority from the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981.

would direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue categorical exclusions from the requirement that an EA or EIS be prepared for highway safety improvement projects.

would direct FWS, in coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Geological Survey, to lead a multiagency effort to slow the spread of Asian Carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and tributaries.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase, expand, and extend the credit for hydrogen-related alternative fuel vehicle refueling property and to increase the investment credit for more efficient fuel cells.

would provide for the designation of, and the award of grant with respect to, air and health quality empowerment zones.