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 require congressional approval before agency actions that withdraw permits that would have been used to produce a natural resource or create one or more jobs, or that restrict access to natural resources.

would reinstate and transfer certain hydroelectric licenses and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of certain hydroelectric projects.

would reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act.

would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer continental shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas.

The bill would amend the CAA to prohibit the Administrator of EPA from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change.

would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to reform the management of energy and mineral resources on the outer continental shelf.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a global rare earth element assessment.

would provide for the eradication and control of nutria.

would amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to ensure that amounts are made available for projects to provide recreational public access.

would amend title 23, U.S. Code, to direct the Secretary to establish a comprehensive design standard program to prevent, control, and treat polluted stormwater runoff from federally funded highways and roads.