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 amend the Federal Power Act to protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense of the United States against cybersecurity and physical and other threats and vulnerabilities.

which would address shortages and interruptions in the availability of propane and other home heating fuels in the United States, was signed into law on March 21, 2014.

which would allow the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in the State of Minnesota to lease or transfer certain land, was signed into law on March 21, 2014.

which would amend SMCRA to implement the final rule on excess spoil, mining waste, and buffers for perennial and intermittent streams, was passed by the House.

would authorize a land exchange involving Fort Hood, Texas, and the City of Copperas Cove, Texas, to support the city's efforts to improve arterial transportation routes in the vicinity of Fort Hood and to promote economic development.

would amend Pub. L. No. 94-241 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands.

would authorize the approval of natural gas pipelines and establish deadlines and expedite permits for certain natural gas gathering lines on federal land and Indian land.

would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to confirm the scope of the authority of the Administrator of EPA to deny or restrict the use of defined areas as disposal sites.

would direct federal investment in carbon capture and storage and other clean coal technologies.

which would designate as wilderness certain land and inland water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, was signed into law on March 13, 2014.