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 authorize all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal Reclamation law.
would improve hydropower.
would expand the boundary of Saguaro National Park.
would create and support sustainable agriculture activities and improved access to nutrition in United States cities.
would provide congressional direction for implementation of ESA as it relates to operation of the Central Valley Project and the California State Water Project and for water relief in California.
would repeal the exemption for hydraulic fracturing in SDWA.
would allow the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Minnesota to lease or transfer certain land.
would amend the National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 2000 to reauthorize and improve that Act.
would declare a state of emergency and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to immediately implement hazardous fuels reduction projects in the manner provided in title I of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to respond to the conditions resulting from pine beetle infestation, drought, disease, or storm damage.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny certain tax benefits to persons responsible for an oil spill if such person commits certain additional violations.