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 promote conservation, improve public land management, and provide for sensible development in Pershing County, Nevada.
would designate as wilderness certain federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the state of Utah for the benefit of present and future generations of people in the Unites States.
would amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Bonneville Shoreline Trail.
would establish the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve in the state of Georgia.
would amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out emergency watershed protection measures on National Forest System land.
would amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 with respect to preagreement costs of emergency watershed protection measures.
would amend the Antiquities Act to increase congressional oversight with respect to the designation of national monuments.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code to promote the increased use of renewable natural gas, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful transportation-related emissions that contribute to poor air quality, and increase job creation and economic opportunity throughout the United States.
would require an earthquake resilience risk assessment.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the clean vehicle credit.