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 improve purchasing of food by USDA.
would amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to protect ranchers from out-of-state regulation that interferes with interstate livestock production.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow intangible drilling and development costs to be taken into account when computing adjusted financial statement income.
would require EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to use a certain definition for the term “prior converted cropland.”
would prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology providers.
would improve purchasing of food by USDA.
would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to guarantee investments that will open new markets for forest owners in rural areas of the United States.
would amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund, and amend the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to make technical corrections to the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund and Aamodt Settlement Pueblos' Fund.
would prohibit the importation of seafood and aquaculture products from the People's Republic of China.
would amend the Energy Act of 2020 to provide for energy parity.