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 amend the ESA to require review of the economic cost of adding a species to the list of endangered or threatened species.

would require DOE to establish an energy efficiency retrofit pilot program.

would provide legal certainty to property owners along the Red River in Texas.

would express the sense of the Senate on the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the April 25, 2015, earthquake in Nepal.

would prohibit EPA from implementing a proposed rule relating to the definition of ''waters of the United States'' under the CWA, or any substantially similar rule, until a Supplemental Scientific Review Panel and an Ephemeral and Intermittent Streams Advisory Committee produce certain reports.

would improve the safety of hazardous materials rail transportation.

would establish a moratorium on oil and gas-related seismic activities off the coast of Florida.

would modify the boundaries of the Pole Creek Wilderness, the Owyhee River Wilderness, and the North Fork Owyhee Wilderness, and authorize the continued use of motorized vehicles for livestock monitoring, herding, and grazing in certain wilderness areas in Idaho.

would amend the Horse Protection Act to provide increased protection for horses participating in shows, exhibitions, or sales.

would amend the Public Land Corps Act to expand the authorization of the Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, and DOI to provide service
opportunities for young Americans to help restore the nation's natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational and scenic resources, and train a new generation of public land managers and enthusiasts.