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 TSCA to authorize grants for toxic substances remediation in schools and reauthorize healthy high-performance schools.
would establish the Sutton Mountain National Monument, authorize certain land exchanges in the state of Oregon, and convey certain BLM land in the state of Oregon to the city of Mitchell for conservation, economic, and community development purposes.
would provide for the disposition of proceeds from sales of BLM land and National Forest System land in Washoe County, Nevada.
would establish a Commission on Federal Natural Disaster Resilience and Recovery to examine and recommend reforms to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the federal government's approach to natural disaster resilience and recovery.
would establish youth advisory councils for the purpose of providing recommendations to EPA, DOI, DOE, USDA, and the Department of Commerce with respect to environmental issues as those issues relate to youth communities.
would direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to support the research, development, demonstration, and deployment of zero emission vessels and retrofit or replacement of existing vessels with zero emission technologies and charging or fueling infrastructure.
would nullify certain interagency guidance related to climate-related financial risk management for large financial institutions.
would amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals of concern.
which would amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to expand the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System, was passed by the Senate.
which would amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, was passed by the House.