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 the Secretary of the Interior to permit an exchange of land between the city of Ketchum and the Blaine County School District, Idaho.
would direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a loan guarantee program to assist small business concerns that manufacture clean energy technologies in the United States.
would authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to conduct a Joint Venture Program to protect, restore, enhance, and manage migratory bird populations, their habitats, and their ecosystems.
would amend the Tsunami Warning and Education Act to direct the Administrator of NOAA, through the National Weather Service, to establish, maintain, and operate an additional tsunami forecast and warning center for Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.
would establish a grant program to assist state and local governments to install solar energy systems.
would prohibit the Administrator of the EPA from awarding any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other financial assistance under §103 of CAA for any program, project, or activity outside the United States.
would amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to replace the current requirement for biennial energy policy plan with a Quadrennial Energy Review.
would improve hydropower.
would require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an assessment of United States capability to meet current and future demands for the minerals critical to manufacturing and agricultural competitiveness.
would correct the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit L06, Topsail, North Carolina.