News & Analysis In the Congress

Volume 55 Issue 2

would amend the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 to improve community outreach, public participation, and the consideration of community and environmental impacts with respect to the issuance of a licens

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Bills Introduced

which would amend the Apex Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989 to include the city of North Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association, was passed by

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Chamber Action

would allow the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to use a fire retardant, chemical, or water for fire suppression, control, or prevention activities.

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Committee Action

would provide long-term water supply and regulatory reliability to drought-stricken California.

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Committee Action

would require the Secretary of the Interior to annually submit to Congress, and make publicly available on a website, a report on decommissioning offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipeline

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Bills Introduced

which would reauthorize certain U.S. Geological Survey water data enhancement programs, was passed by the House.

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Chamber Action

would amend Title 23, U.S. Code, to establish a grant program to rebuild and improve transportation infrastructure at urban waterfronts. 

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Bills Introduced

which would establish the Chesapeake National Recreation Area as a unit of the National Park System, was passed by the Senate.

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Chamber Action

would direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a wildfire technology testbed pilot program.

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Committee Action

would amend FIFRA and the FWPCA to clarify congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters.

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Committee Action

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