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 provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to “Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category.”

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units Review of the Residual Risk and Technology Review.”

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units Review of the Residual Risk and Technology Review.

would amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that village corporations shall not be required to convey land in trust to the state of Alaska for the establishment of municipal corporations.

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to “New Source Performance Standards for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and Group I & II Polymers and Resins Industry.”

would direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by DOI or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western United States, and to acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by tribes and Indigenous practitioners.

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by BLM relating to “Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process.”

would direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by DOI or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western United States, and to acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by tribes and Indigenous practitioners.

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by NMFS relating to “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Interagency Cooperation.”

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by FWS relating to “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations Pertaining to Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants.”