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 Defense to request modifications relating to certain permits issued under the FWPCA.
would amend the Coastal Zone Management Act to establish a conclusive presumption that a state concurs to certain activities.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code to expand the exclusion for certain conservation subsidies to include subsidies for water conservation or efficiency measures, stormwater management measures, and wastewater management measures.
would reauthorize funding to monitor, assess, and research the Great Lakes Basin.
would amend the Coastal Zone Management Act to establish a working waterfronts task force and working waterfronts grant and loan programs.
would amend the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act to make improvements to the Act.
would provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code to expand the exclusion for certain conservation subsidies to include subsidies for water conservation or efficiency measures, stormwater management measures, and wastewater management measures.
would amend the FWPCA to exclude prior converted cropland from the definition of "navigable waters."
would provide for standardization, publication, and accessibility of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of federal waterways.