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 Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as the lead federal agency for coordinating federal, state, and local assistance provided to promote the energy retrofitting of schools.
would provide for expedited approval of exportation of natural gas to World Trade Organization countries.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the energy credit to provide greater incentives for industrial energy efficiency.
would maximize land management efficiencies, promote land conservation, and generate education funding.
would increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve onshore and offshore energy permitting and administration.
which would reaffirm that certain land has been taken into trust for the benefit of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatami Indians, was passed by the Senate.
would establish a comprehensive U.S. government policy to assist countries in sub-Saharan Africa to improve access to and the affordability, reliability, and sustainability of power.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement and the Hualapai Tribe Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Agreement, provide for the lease of certain land located within Planet Ranch on the Bill Williams River in Arizona to benefit the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, and provide for the settlement of specific water rights claims in the Bill Williams River watershed in Arizona.
would preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United States.
would provide for a land conveyance in Nevada.