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 establish the National Institutes of Clean Energy.

would amend the Natural Gas Act to require that impacts to climate stability, consumer energy costs, and environmental justice be considered in a determination of whether proposed exportation of natural gas is in the public interest.

would establish the National Institutes of Clean Energy.

would rescind funds for green energy loans.

would amend the Federal Power Act to establish an Office of Transmission in FERC. 

would provide enhanced provisions for advanced nuclear energy projects receiving loan guarantees through DOE.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code to establish a technology-neutral tax credit for increased investment in next-generation carbon dioxide removal technologies. 

would prohibit federal agencies from considering, in taking any action, the social cost of carbon, the social cost of methane, the social cost of nitrous oxide, or the social cost of any other greenhouse gas, unless compliant with OMB guidance. 

would establish an interest-bearing account for the nonfederal contributions to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program. 

would amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness.