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 improve the environmental review process for highway projects through the use of interactive, digital, cloud-based platforms and digital twins.
would improve agency rulemaking.
would improve the licensing and security of submarine and cross-border terrestrial telecommunications cables.
would amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the forest conservation easement program.
would amend MAP-21 to modify provisions relating to a categorical exclusion for projects of limited federal assistance.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code to create a credit for carbon removal and storage for forest residues from wildfire management.
would provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Southcentral Foundation located in Anchorage, Alaska.
would require the Secretary of Agriculture to designate and maintain at least 20% of the total number of trails in the Shawnee National Forest for trail riding by covered vehicles.
would direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to Brian Head Town, Utah, certain National Forest System land.
would amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 with respect to third-party contracts for wildfire hazard fuel removal, and amend the National Forest Management Act with respect to the threshold for advertised timber sales.