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 the Interior to carry out a program for post-disaster reforestation and restoration.
would require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of property of the Forest Service to Perry County, Arkansas.
would confirm the use of certain nonfederal land in Salt Lake City, Utah, for public purposes.
would remove restrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky.
would direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain federal land to the city of The Dalles, Oregon.
would amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act.
would amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to reauthorize the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System.
would amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute under the Act.
would amend the Federal Power Act to adjust the requirements for orders, rules, and regulations relating to furnishing adequate service, and require owners or operators of generating facilities to provide notice of planned retirements of certain electric generating units.
would require FERC to review regulations that may affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system.