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 Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit the importation, exportation, transportation, and sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species in interstate or foreign commerce.

would clarify the definition of navigable waters.

would streamline regulatory permitting procedures and increase domestic production from all energy sources.

would establish the Department of Energy and the Environment.

would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permit requirements for dredged or fill material.

would clarify that compliance with an emergency order under §202(c) of the Federal Power Act may not be considered a violation of any federal, state, or local environmental law or regulation.

would amend the SDWA to protect the health of vulnerable individuals, including pregnant women, infants, and children, by requiring a health advisory and drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium.

would designate certain National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Salt Lake County, Utah, as wilderness, and facilitate a land exchange involving certain land in such National Forest.

would extend the authorization of appropriations to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017.

would reauthorize the Hudson Valley National Heritage Area.