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 Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the authority of the Administrator of EPA to disapprove specifications of disposal sites for the discharge of dredged or fill material, and to clarify the procedure under which a higher review of specifications may be requested.

would develop an energy critical elements program and amend the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980.

would authorize the International Boundary and Water Commission to reimburse state and local governments of Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas for expenses incurred designing, constructing, and rehabilitating water projects under the jurisdiction of the Commission.

would amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to reduce predation on endangered Columbia River salmon.

would seek to ensure that private property, public safety, and human life are protected from flood hazards that directly result from post-fire watershed conditions that are created by wildfires on federal land.

would provide for the conveyance of certain public land in Mohave Valley, Mohave County, Arizona, administered by the BLM to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, for use as a public shooting range.

would amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in phase one of the South San Diego County Water Reclamation Project.

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 terminate federal prohibitions on the domestic production of offshore supplies of oil and natural gas.

would require the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins.