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 welcome the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage Committee's inscription of the San Antonio Missions to the World Heritage list, recognize the San Antonio Missions as having universal historical and cultural significance, and congratulate the people of San Antonio for their years of hard work to make this designation a reality.

would authorize the conveyance of four small parcels of land within the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge to address a long-standing boundary discrepancy.

would provide a criminal penalty for launching drones that interfere with fighting wildfires affecting federal property.

would amend the Natural Gas Act to allow the use of aerial survey data for certain applications.

would require EPA to primarily consider, and to separately report, the domestic benefits of any rule that addresses carbon dioxide emissions from electric utility generating units, in any such rule, and in the regulatory impact analysis for such rule.

would amend the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act to extend the authorization for the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission.

would authorize HUD to carry out a demonstration program to enter into budget-neutral, performance-based contracts for energy and water conservation improvements for multifamily residential units.

would amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to establish wildfires on federal lands as major disasters.

would amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize funding for water recycling projects in areas experiencing severe drought.

would direct FEMA to modernize the nation's integrated public alert and warning system.