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 National Trails System Act to include national discovery trails and to designate the American Discovery Trail.
would modify the energy tax credit to provide greater incentives for industrial energy efficiency.
would expedite NEPA processes and improve forest management activities in units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain, on public lands under the jurisdiction of BLM, and on tribal lands to return resilience to fire-prone forest lands.
would modify the energy tax credit to provide greater incentives for industrial energy efficiency.
would promote the recycling of vessels in the United States.
would designate and expand wilderness areas in Olympic National Forest in Washington, and designate certain rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park as wild and scenic rivers.
would provide for enhanced federal efforts concerning prevention, education, treatment, and research activities related to Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee.
would expedite certain forest management activities on National Forest System lands when developed through a collaborative process of interested parties, require bonds to be posted when legal challenges to certain forest management activities are initiated, modify the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act, and authorize additional funding sources for forest management activities.
would amend the CAA to prohibit the regulation of emissions of carbon dioxide from new or existing power plants under certain circumstances.
would require a study on the public health and environmental impacts of the production, transportation, storage, and use of petroleum coke.