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 prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury and the Administrator of EPA from devising or implementing a carbon tax.
would direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations for the purpose of retrofitting nonprofit buildings with energy-efficiency improvements.
would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use designated funding to pay for construction of authorized rural water projects.
would amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.
would designate the Rachel Carson Nature Trail.
would amend TSCA to ensure that risks from chemicals are adequately understood and managed.
would amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the City of Hermiston, Oregon, water recycling and reuse project.
which authorizes all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal Reclamation law, was passed by the House.
would amend CAA to eliminate certain requirements under the renewable fuel program.
would repeal certain amendments to CAA relating to the expansion of the renewable fuel program.