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 express the sense of the House that specialty crops are a vital part of agriculture in the United States, and that Congress should fund programs that support specialty crops as a growing and important part of agriculture.

would support the designation of 2015 as the International Year of Soils, and support locally led soil conservation.

would amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander Creek, Alaska, be recognized as an eligible Native village.

would amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against the sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird
parts.

would expand geothermal production. 

would reform the federal sugar program.

would amend the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to provide additional financing options for water infrastructure projects carried out in
states in which the governor has issued a state of drought emergency declaration.

would amend the SDWA to provide for the assessment and management of the risks of drought to drinking water.

would amend the CWA to assist municipalities and regional sewer authorities that would experience a significant hardship raising the revenue necessary to finance projects and activities for the construction of wastewater treatment works.

would extend and modify the tax credit for electric vehicle recharging property.