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 the Secretary of Energy to establish a hydrogen infrastructure finance and innovation pilot program.

would require the Administrator of EPA to carry out a study on the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence, require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to convene a consortium on such environmental impacts, and require the Director to develop a voluntary reporting system for the reporting of the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence.

would amend Title 23, U.S. Code, to require transportation planners to consider projects and strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

would prohibit EPA from using assessments generated by the Integrated Risk Information System as a Tier 1 data source in rulemakings and other regulatory actions.

would require the Administrator of EPA to carry out a study on the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence, require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to convene a consortium on such environmental impacts, and require the Director to develop a voluntary reporting system for the reporting of the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence.

would prohibit EPA from using assessments generated by the Integrated Risk Information System as a Tier 1 data source in rulemakings and other regulatory actions.

would prescribe requirements with respect to plants detained by the Secretary of the Interior on suspicion of a violation of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981.

would amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to revise the duties of the Science Advisory Board.

would rescind certain unobligated balances relating to charging and fueling grants and national electric vehicle grants.

would amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide financial assistance to states to implement expanded energy savings performance contracting programs.