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 establish a deadline for restricting sewage dumping into the Great Lakes and to fund programs and activities for improving wastewater discharges into the Great Lakes.

would repeal certain amendments to the CAA relating to the expansion of the renewable fuel program.

would amend the lead prohibition provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to provide an exemption for certain off-highway vehicles.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the credits for alcohol used as a fuel.

would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the pilot program for alternative water source projects.

would amend title 10, U.S. Code, to require the Department of Defense and all other defense-related agencies of the United States to fully comply with federal and state environmental laws.

would amend the CAA to delay the effect of reclassifying certain nonattainment areas adjacent to an international border.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge.

would resolve the claims of the Bering Straits Native Corporation and the state of Alaska to land adjacent to Salmon Lake in the state of Alaska and to provide for the conveyance to the Bering Straits Native Corporation of certain other public land in partial satisfaction of the land entitlement of the Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

would provide for a land exchange between the Secretary of Agriculture and the United Water Conservation District of California to eliminate certain private inholdings in the Los Padres National Forest.