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 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.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid.
would amend CAA to eliminate certain requirements under the renewable fuel program, and prohibit the Administrator of EPA from approving the introduction into commerce of gasoline that contains greater than ten volume-percent ethanol.
would repeal the renewable fuel program of EPA.
would direct the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to revise certain authorized purposes described in the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual.
would ensure that NEPA applies to the declaration of national monuments.
would make supplemental appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for fisheries disasters.
would amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to improve the response to insect infestations and related diseases and to change the funding source for the Healthy Forests Reserve Program and amend the emergency watershed protection program to improve post fire rehabilitation.