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 repeal EPA's renewable fuel program.
would adapt to changing crude oil market conditions.
would impose enhanced penalties for conduct relating to unlawful production of controlled substances on federal property, or intentional trespass on the property of another that causes environmental damage.
would withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under public land laws, location, entry, and patent under mining laws, and from operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws.
would limit the level of premium subsidy provided by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to agricultural producers.
would equalize the excise tax on liquefied petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas.
would designate certain segments of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook in Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
would reverse DOI's listing of the lesser prairie-chicken as a threatened species under the ESA, and prevent further consideration of listing the species as threatened or endangered pending implementation of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies' Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Conservation Plan and other conservation measures.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.
would prohibit FEMA from recouping certain assistance.