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 approve the transfer of Yellow Creek Port properties in Iuka, Mississippi.

would prohibit the use of the social cost of carbon in any regulatory impact analysis until a federal law is enacted authorizing such use.

would expand access to domestic energy resources.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to facilitate water leasing and water transfers to promote conservation and efficiency.

would amend the National Trails System Act to include national discovery trails, and designate the American Discovery Trail.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the energy credit for certain property under construction.

would convey a small parcel of National Forest System land in Los Padres National Forest in California.

would authorize a land exchange involving the acquisition of private land adjacent to the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona for inclusion in the refuge in exchange for certain Bureau of Land Management lands in Riverside County, California.

would amend the SDWA to require testing of underground sources of drinking water in connection with hydraulic fracturing operations.

would authorize the Secretary of Interior to carry out projects and conduct research on water resources in the Hudson-Mohawk River Basin, and establish a Hudson-Mohawk River Basin Commission.