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 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to improve safety at manned offshore installations.

would release wilderness study areas administered by the BLM that are not suitable for wilderness designation from continued management as de facto wilderness areas and release inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System that are not recommended for wilderness designation from certain land use restrictions.

would amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to promote the production of petroleum from oil sands.

would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that oil and gas drilling and production operations on the outer continental shelf must have in place the best available technology for blowout preventers and emergency shutoff equipment.

would authorize loan guarantees for projects to construct renewable fuel pipelines.

would prohibit the conducting of invasive research on great apes.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a boundary study of the lands and waters in the greater Salem Sound and the city of Salem to determine the suitability and feasibility for inclusion within the boundary of the Salem Maritime National Historic Site.

would create clean energy jobs and set efficiency standards for small-duct high-velocity air conditioning and heat pump systems.

would amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining.

would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ban the use of the arsenic compound known as roxarsone as a food additive.