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 promote partnerships between the federal government and states for developing regional energy strategies and plans to mitigate risks in changing energy systems. 

would expand the boundary of Fort Frederica National Monument in Georgia. 

would give states the option of addressing emissions of greenhouse gases from existing stationary sources by pricing emissions. 

would require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of energy action plans aimed at promoting access to affordable, reliable energy, including increasing the use of indigenous clean-energy resources. 

would promote energy efficiency.

provides for the elimination or modification of various federal reporting requirements.

would revise the boundaries of several units in the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System in North Carolina.

would permit commercial applicators of pesticides to retain and submit pesticide application-related records and other information in electronic form.

would provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California. 

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement and the Hualapai Tribe Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Agreement, to provide for the lease land located within Planet Ranch on the Bill Williams River to benefit the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, and to provide for the settlement of water rights claims in the Bill Williams River watershed in Arizona.