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 CAA to require the exclusion of data of an exceedance or violation of a NAAQS caused by a prescribed fire in the Flint Hills Region.

would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make technical corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow a deduction for amounts paid or incurred by a responsible party relating to a discharge of oil.

would require OMB to prepare a crosscut budget for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and require EPA to develop and implement an adaptive management plan.

would designate as wilderness certain federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the state of Utah.

would create the National Endowment for the Oceans to promote the protection and conservation of the U.S. ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems.

would amend titles 23 and 49, U.S. Code, to establish procedures to advance the use of cleaner construction equipment on federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects and make the acquisition and installation of emission control technology an eligible expense in carrying out such projects.

would provide incentives to encourage the development and implementation of technology to capture carbon dioxide from dilute sources on a significant scale using direct air capture technologies.

would reduce energy costs, improve energy efficiency, and expand the use of renewable energy by federal agencies. 157 Cong. Rec.

would reauthorize the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act to promote the protection of the resources of the Northwest Straits.