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 direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to rescind a memorandum of understanding related to wildlife damage management.
would direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a youth biodiversity monitoring grant program.
would provide for ocean acidification collaborative research grant opportunities.
would establish the Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative to carry out projects for the protection and restoration of the Mississippi River Corridor.
would reestablish the National Coal Council in DOE to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on matters related to coal and the coal industry.
would allow the Secretary of the Interior to enter into memoranda of understanding for the purpose of scientific and technical cooperation in the mapping of critical minerals and rare earth elements.
would amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument.
would recognize the significant impact and legacy of Cecil Corbin-Mark in the environmental justice community and further recognize that climate change most severely impacts vulnerable and disadvantaged communities in the United States and around the world, and that it is the responsibility of the U.S. government to work with its global partners to promote environmental justice.
would express the need for protecting and conserving at least 50% of the land, freshwater, and ocean ecosystems in the United States and encouraging diplomatic community efforts to achieve this goal worldwide.
would advance environmental justice by addressing cumulative impacts and underenforcement.