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 require EPA to assess the life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with the forest biomass combustion for electricity when developing relevant rules and regulations and to carry out a study on the impacts of the forest biomass industry.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code to exclude vehicles the batteries of which contain materials sourced from prohibited foreign entities from the clean vehicle credit.

would support communities that host transmission lines and promote conservation and recreation.

would require the Secretary of Energy to identify, analyze, and share available data for the purpose of improving the reliability and resilience of the electric grid.

would improve the reliability and adequacy of the bulk-power system by ensuring that key uncertainties in generation, transmission, energy storage systems, and loads are considered in resource adequacy modeling and integrated resource planning.

would amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act to clarify existing requirements relating to fusion machines.

would ratify and approve all authorizations, permits, verifications, extensions, biological opinions, incidental take statements, and any other approvals or orders issued pursuant to federal law necessary for the establishment and administration of the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program.

which would require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program, was passed by the House.

which would establish within EPA's Office of Land and Emergency Management the Office of Mountains, Deserts, and Plains, was passed by the Senate.

would require the Secretary of the Interior to finalize a proposed rule to remove the Apache trout from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.