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 reduce the health risks of heat by establishing the National Integrated Heat Health Information System within NOAA and the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat preparedness, planning, and response.
would require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish an excess urban heat mitigation grant program.
would require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to conduct an economic impact study of the financial costs of extreme heat.
would repeal an EPA rule relating to NESHAPs: coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units review of the residual risk and technology review.
which would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers," was signed by President Trump on May 9, 2025.
which would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by DOE relating to "Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Certification Requirements, Labeling Requirements, and Enforcement Provisions for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial Equipment," was signed by President Trump on May 9, 2025.
which would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by DOE relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers," was signed by President Trump on May 9, 2025.
which would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by DOE relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-Fired Instantaneous Water Heaters," was signed by President Trump on May 9, 2025.
which would amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation and amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of NOAA's Marine Debris Program, was passed by the Senate.
which would amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to require reporting regarding clean energy demonstration projects, was passed by the House.