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 amend the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 to improve mapping under the National Flood Insurance Program.

would improve public-private partnerships and increase federal research, development, and demonstration related to the evolution of next generation pipeline systems.

would require reports on critical mineral and rare earth element resources around the world and a strategy for the development of advanced mining, refining, separation, and processing technologies.

would prohibit a drawdown and sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve if the president has withdrawn certain land from oil and gas leasing.

would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to address measuring methane emissions.

would amend the ESA to exclude certain populations of lake sturgeon from the authority of the Act.

would amend the CZMA to allow the District of Columbia to receive federal funding under the Act.

would direct the Administrator of FEMA to conduct a review of the criteria for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of certain mitigation projects.

would amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require a certain efficiency level for certain distribution transformers.

would amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to include as a high-priority research and extension area research on microplastics in land-applied biosolids on farmland.