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 authorize DOI to use designated funding to pay for construction of authorized rural water projects.

would require DOE to submit Congress a report assessing the capability of the agency to authorize, host, and oversee privately funded fusion and fission reactor prototypes and related demonstration facilities at DOE sites.

would improve the Indian coal production tax credit.

would amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen.

would reverse the designation by DOI and USDA of certain communities in Alaska as nonrural.

would provide for the recognition of certain Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

would prohibit the transportation of certain volatile crude oil by rail.

would lift the oil export ban and modernize federal policies regarding the nationwide supply and distribution of energy.

would amend FLPMA to facilitate vegetation management on federal lands in order to enhance the reliability of the electrical grid and reduce the threat of wildfires to and from electric transmission and distribution facilities.

would amend the ESA to require making all data that is the basis of determining a species' status as threatened or endangered available to states affected by the determinations.