Below are summaries of Bills Introduced, Committee Reports, Chamber Actions, and Public Laws reported in the most recent issue of ELR's Weekly Update.
which would make continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, was passed by the Senate.
would amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to clarify the treatment of authentic Alaska Native articles of handicraft containing nonedible migratory bird parts.
would amend the FWPCA to establish an Ohio River Basin Restoration Program.
would approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.
would reauthorize the West Valley demonstration project.
would require the use of the voice and vote of the United States in international financial institutions to advance the cause of transitioning the global economy to a clean energy economy and prohibit U.S. government assistance to countries or entities to support fossil fuel activity.
would require the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Office of Electricity, to publish guidelines and best practices for integrated resource planning of the electricity system, provide technical assistance with respect to such guidelines and best practices, and develop a grant program for modernizing integrated resource planning.
which would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by BLM relating to "National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision," was passed by the Senate.
would amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to reauthorize certain EPA programs.
would reauthorize funding to monitor, assess, and research the Great Lakes Basin.