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 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.
would designate the Rachel Carson Nature Trail.
would amend TSCA to ensure that risks from chemicals are adequately understood and managed.
would amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the City of Hermiston, Oregon, water recycling and reuse project.
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.