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 authorize appropriations for fossil energy research and development programs at DOE.

would amend the Forest Legacy Program of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize states to allow certain entities to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the program.

would require the Forest Service to meet annual volume targets for timber harvesting in the management of a unit of the National Forest System and provide for the transfer of such management responsibility to the state in which the unit is located when such targets are not consistently met.

would direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the Pat Harrison Waterway District approximately 8,307 acres of National Forest System land within the Bienville National Forests in Mississippi.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend expensing of environmental remediation costs.

would approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate.

would improve energy savings by the Department of Defense.

would provide for the conveyance of National Forest System land in the State of Louisiana.

would remove a use restriction on land formerly a part of Acadia National Park that was transferred to the town of Tremont, Maine.