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 convey certain cemeteries that are located on National Forest System land in Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota
would amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to establish a program to provide loans for local farms, ranches, and market gardens to improve public health and nutrition and reduce energy consumption.
would amend the Health Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to promote timely emergency rehabilitation and restoration of federal forest land impacted by catastrophic events, and redirect funding normally made available for land acquisition to mechanical forest treatment and salvage operations due to catastrophic events.
would promote the domestic development and deployment of natural gas and clean energy technologies.
would provide for the withdrawal and protection of certain federal land in the state of Colorado.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish goals for an all-of-the-above energy production plan strategy on a four-year basis on all onshore federal lands managed by the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish goals for an all-of-the-above energy production plan strategy on a four-year basis on all onshore federal lands managed by the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service.
would facilitate the development of offshore wind energy resources.
would authorize the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven program that collects priority coastal geospatial data to inform and improve local, state, regional, and federal capacities to manage the coastal region.
would authorize the Mescalero Apache Tribe to lease adjudicated water rights.