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 amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to incentivize certain preparedness measures.
would amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to direct research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities in support of supercritical geothermal and closed-loop geothermal systems in supercritical various conditions.
would prevent energy poverty and ensure that at-risk communities have access to affordable energy.
which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, through the FWS Coastal Program, to work with willing partners and provide support to efforts to assess, protect, restore, and enhance important coastal landscapes that provide fish and wildlife habitat on which certain federal trust species depend, was signed by President Biden on December 11, 2024.
which amends the FWPCA to require the Administrator of EPA to give priority consideration to selecting Pensacola and Perdido Bays as an estuary of national significance, was signed by President Biden on December 17, 2024.
which promotes remediation of abandoned hard-rock mines, was signed by President Biden on December 17, 2024.
which establishes an advisory group to encourage and foster collaborative efforts among individuals and entities engaged in disaster recovery relating to debris removal, was signed by President Biden on December 17, 2024.
which would extend authorization of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, was passed by the Senate.
which would amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that village corporations shall not be required to convey land in trust to the state of Alaska for the establishment of municipal corporations, was passed by the Senate.
which would amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2004 to require the establishment of an additional institute under the Act, was passed by the Senate.