Recent Federal Bills

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 make further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

would improve NOAA's weather research, support improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, and expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data.

would reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994.

would establish a state rail formula grant program, direct Federal Railroad Administration to create a Green Railroads Fund, expand passenger rail programs, address air quality concerns, and establish rail workforce training centers.

would establish a federal standard in order to improve the nation's resilience to current and future flood risk.

would establish a Wildfire Intelligence Center.

would express disapproval of the withdrawal by the Secretary of the Interior of approximately 225,504 acres of National Forest System lands in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Minnesota, from disposition under the U.S. mineral and geothermal leasing laws.

would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to permit removal of trees around electrical lines on National Forest System land without conducting a timber sale.

would provide for white oak restoration.

would improve the health and resiliency of giant sequoias.