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 clarify that a state has the sole authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on federal land within the boundaries of the state.

would preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United States.

would prohibit the Administrator of EPA from awarding any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other financial assistance under CAA §103 for any program, project, or activity to occur outside the United States and its territories and possessions.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue a final decision on whether to issue a permit under the ESA authorizing construction of an elementary school in San Diego, California.

would provide for the establishment of a Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Program.

would amend FIFRA to require local educational agencies and schools to implement integrated pest management programs to minimize the use of pesticides in schools and provide parents, guardians, and employees with notice of the use of pesticides in schools.

would provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings owned by the United States to the Tucson Unified School District and to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona.

would amend TSCA to prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of the poison sodium fluoroacetate (known as "Compound 1080") and prohibit the use of sodium cyanide for predator control.

would designate drywall manufactured in China a banned hazardous product.

would provide exclusive funding to support fisheries and the communities that rely upon them, clear unnecessary regulatory burdens, and streamline federal fisheries management.