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 modify the boundary of the Shiloh National Military Park, located in Tennessee and Mississippi, and establish Parker's Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the National Park System.

would provide a temporary tax credit for increased payroll and eliminate certain tax benefits for major integrated oil companies.

would modify the Mississippi River Ship Channel to Baton Rouge navigation project.

would authorize development of hydropower and efficiencies at existing Bureau of Reclamation facilities.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve and extend certain energy-related tax provisions.

would convey certain land in the state of Nevada.

would amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet the applicable ANSI/UL standard by treating that standard as a consumer product safety rule, and encourage states to require the installation of such detectors in homes.

which would reinstate and transfer certain hydropower licenses and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of certain hydroelectric projects, was passed by the House.

which would allow for innovations and alternative technologies that meet or exceed desired energy efficiency goals, was passed by the House.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the production and investment tax credits for wind facilities and modify the foreign tax credit rules applicable to major integrated oil companies that are dual capacity taxpayers.