Below are summaries of Bills Introduced, Committee Reports, Chamber Actions, and Public Laws reported in the most recent issue of ELR's Weekly Update.
which would provide for certain improvements to the Denali National Park and Preserve in the state of Alaska, was passed by the Senate.
would facilitate better alignment, cooperation, and best practices between commercial real estate landlords and tenants regarding energy efficiency in buildings.
would adjust the boundaries of Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park to include Hinchliffe Stadium.
would reauthorize the Essex National Heritage Area.
which would require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain federal land to the Powell Recreation District in the state of Wyoming, was passed by the Senate.
which would expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the state of Washington and designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic rivers, was passed by the Senate.
which would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah Project, was passed by the Senate.
which would designate as wilderness certain land and inland water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the state of Michigan, was passed by the Senate.
would provide biorefinery assistance eligibility to renewable chemicals projects.
would require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program to provide loans and loan guarantees to enable eligible public entities to acquire interests in real property that are in compliance with habitat conservation plans approved by the Secretary of the Interior under ESA.