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 the Secretary of the Interior to acknowledge contributions at units of the National Park System.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study regarding the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Naugatuck River Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for production of electricity from renewable resources for certain open-loop biomass and trash facilities placed in service before the date of the enactment of this Act.
would amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission.
would direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to enter into an agreement with the National Research Council to conduct a study on urban flooding.
would redesignate the Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site in the State of Georgia.
would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the discharge of dredged material into the Great Lakes.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the tax credit for electric vehicle recharging property.
would commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act.
would reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the American Falls Reservoir.