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 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for expensing of environmental remediation costs.

would limit the quantity of arsenic and lead in beverages containing fruit juice pursuant to tolerances under §406 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

would facilitate the development of energy on Indian lands by reducing federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands.

would amend the Natural Gas Act with respect to application of the right to exercise eminent domain in construction of pipelines for the exportation of natural gas.

would amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Ka'u Coast on the island of Hawaii as a unit of the National Park System.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating certain lands along the northern coast of Maui, Hawaii, as a unit of the National Park System.

would amend the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act to allow recreational fishing for Atlantic Striped Bass in the Block Island Sound transit zone.

would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to update a program to provide assistance for the planning, design, and construction of treatment works to intercept, transport, control, or treat municipal combined sewer overflows and sanitary sewer overflows, and require the Administrator of EPA to update certain guidance used to develop and determine the financial capability of communities to implement clean water infrastructure programs.

would promote the domestic development and deployment of natural gas and clean energy technologies.