Below are summaries of Bills Introduced, Committee Reports, Chamber Actions, and Public Laws reported in the most recent issue of ELR's Weekly Update.
which would amend the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Act of 1996 to include all of Saratoga and Washington Counties in the boundaries of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, was passed by the House
which would reauthorize the America's Conservation Enhancement Act, was passed by the House
which would amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to modify the authorized purposes and term period of tribal leases, was passed by the Senate.
which would amend the Energy Act of 2020 to require the Secretary of the Interior to include the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultations regarding designations of critical minerals, elements, substances, and materials, was passed by the House.
which would amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to expand the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System, was signed by President Biden on November 25, 2024.
would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide for the delegation of authority to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama to manage certain expanded submerged lands.
would amend the National Marine Sanctuary Act to prohibit requiring an authorization for the installation, operation, maintenance, repair, or recovery of undersea fiber optic cables in a national marine sanctuary if such activities have previously been authorized by a federal or state agency.
would amend the National Marine Sanctuary Act to prohibit requiring an authorization for the installation, operation, maintenance, repair, or recovery of undersea fiber optic cables in a national marine sanctuary if such activities have previously been authorized by a federal or state agency.
would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to "Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions."
would amend TSCA to authorize grants for toxic substances remediation in schools and reauthorize healthy high-performance schools.