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 acquisition of core battlefield land at Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond for addition to Vicksburg National Military Park.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the state of Mississippi two parcels of surplus land within the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate oil and gas company preferences.
would amend the ESA to provide that Act shall not apply to any gray wolf (Canis lupus).
would amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require that fishery impact statements be updated each year.
would amend title 49, U.S. Code, to provide for enhanced safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation and to provide for enhanced reliability in the transportation of United States energy products by pipeline.
would withdraw certain federal land and interests in that land from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws and disposition under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the manufacturer limitation on the number of new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles eligible for credit.
would suspend, until the end of the two-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, any EPA action under the CAA with respect to carbon dioxide or methane pursuant to certain proceedings, other than with respect to motor vehicle emissions.
would preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases under federal and common law on enactment of a federal policy to mitigate climate change.