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 the protection of the Mexican Spotted Owl in sanctuaries.
would extend the current royalty rate for soda ash.
would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to assist municipalities that would experience a significant hardship raising the revenue necessary to finance projects and activities for the construction of wastewater treatment works.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate incentives for alcohol fuels.
would reauthorize and amend the Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act.
would require the Secretary of the Interior to convey the McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery to the state of North Carolina.
would amend the CAA to include algae-based biofuel in the renewable fuel program and amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include algae-based biofuel in the cellulosic biofuel producer credit.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming previously identified as suitable for disposal.
would allow for offshore drilling, provide incentives for investment in refineries, and suspend federal fuel taxes when gasoline prices reach a benchmark amount.
would repeal the exemption for hydraulic fracturing in the Safe Drinking Water Act.