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 increase access to agency guidance documents.
would amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral.
would exempt hazardous fuel reduction activities from certain environmental requirements for a 10-year period.
would express strong disapproval of the president's announcement to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement.
would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to "Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Management of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons and Substitutes Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020."
would provide for methane emission detection and mitigation.
would express the sense of the Senate that the United States, states, cities, tribal nations, businesses, institutions of higher education, and other institutions in the United States should work toward achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement.
would amend the CAA to establish a grant program for supporting local communities in detecting, preparing for, communicating about, or mitigating the environmental and public health impacts of wildfire smoke and extreme heat.
which would direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a task force regarding shark depredation, was passed by the House.
which would provide for the standardization, consolidation, and publication of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of federal waterways among federal land and water management agencies, was passed by the House.