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 prohibit Big Cypress National Preserve from being designated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

would establish a green transportation infrastructure grant program.

would extend the authorization of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the credit for new clean vehicles.

would establish a green transportation infrastructure grant program.

would direct the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on the effects of solar panel installations on covered farmland.

would amend the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to encourage nonfederal hydropower development with respect to Bureau of Reclamation projects.

would amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for more efficient hearings on nuclear facility construction applications.

would direct the Administrator of EPA to implement the recommendations described in a Government Accountability Office report relating to replacing legacy air quality data systems.

would reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.