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 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.

would prohibit any federal agency or official, in carrying out any Act or program to reduce the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change, from imposing a fee or tax on gaseous emissions emitted directly by livestock.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exception to the reduction of renewable energy credit for certain authority under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to expand the boundary of the Homestead National Monument of America in the state of Nebraska.