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 direct the Secretary of the Interior to take actions to support non-federal investments in water infrastructure improvements in the Sacramento Valley.
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, physical, and other threats and vulnerabilities.
would establish an emergency watershed protection disaster assistance fund to be available to the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance for any natural disaster.
would prohibit the Administrator of EPA from issuing any final rule under the CAA until the date on which the Administrator improves certain employment effect analyses under that Act.
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.