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 Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to provide for the reauthorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network.
would amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to improve the coordination of refinery outages.
would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make improvements to support facilities for National Historic Sites operated by the National Park Service.
would reauthorize and amend the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002.
would establish Golf Butte National Conservation Area in Clark County, Nevada and designate wilderness areas.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid.
would clarify that compliance with an emergency order under section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act may not be considered a violation of any federal, state, or local environmental law or regulation.
which would approve the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline, was passed by the House.
would amend NEPA to authorize assignment of federal agency environmental review responsibilities to states.
would prohibit an increase in the lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management until a centralized database of all lands identified as suitable for disposal by Resource Management Plans for lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau is easily accessible to the public on a website.