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 adopt the bison as the national mammal of the United States.

would require states to establish highway stormwater management programs.

would nullify certain EPA rules relating to greenhouse gas emissions from existing, new, and modified or reconstructed electric utility generating units.

which would amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998, was passed by the House.

would require the Secretary of Energy to prepare a report on the impact of thermal insulation on both energy and water use for potable hot water.

would conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States.

would provide for environmental restoration activities and forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin and amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation or shipment of quagga mussels.

would amend and reauthorize certain provisions relating to Long Island Sound restoration and stewardship.

would amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to provide for the reauthorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network.

would amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to reauthorize the Act.