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 provide for the establishment of the Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary.
would reauthorize certain U.S. Geological Survey water data enhancement programs.
would amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to establish a deadline for processing applications related to geothermal leasing.
would amend the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 to improve the management of royalties from oil and gas leases.
would establish a policy regarding appraisal and valuation services for real property for a transaction over which the Secretary of the Interior has jurisdiction.
would redesignate the Mount Evans Wilderness as the "Mount Blue Sky Wilderness."
would reauthorize Long Island Sound programs.
which would prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or enforcing energy conservation standards for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers that are not cost-effective or technologically feasible, was passed by the House.
which would reauthorize certain U.S. Geological Survey water data enhancement programs, was passed by the House.
which would reauthorize Long Island Sound programs, was passed by the House.