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 Power Act to require FERC to consider private landownership and private use of land in issuing hydropower licenses.
would prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing through port state measures.
which would amend title 49, U.S. Code, to provide for enhanced safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation and provide for enhanced reliability in the transportation of the nation's energy products by pipeline, was passed by the House.
which would amend title 49, U.S. Code, to provide for enhanced safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation and provide for enhanced reliability in the transportation of the nation's energy products by pipeline, was passed by the Senate.
would amend title 49 of the U.S. Code to provide for enhanced safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation and enhanced reliability in the transportation of the nation's energy products by pipeline.
would authorize all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower development under federal reclamation law.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, to conduct a technological capability assessment, survey, and economic feasibility study regarding recovery of minerals other than oil and natural gas from the shallow and deep seabed of the United States.
would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act related to a segment of the Lower Merced River in California.
would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to extend the Constitution, laws, and jurisdiction of the United States to installations and devices attached to the seabed of the outer continental shelf for the production and support of production of energy from sources other than oil and gas.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.