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 prevent future propane shortages.
would enhance the capabilities of metropolitan planning organizations.
would remove Federal Government obstacles to the production of more domestic energy; ensure transport of that energy reliably to businesses, consumers, and other end users; lower the cost of energy to consumers; enable manufacturers and other businesses to access domestically produced energy affordably and reliably in order to create and sustain more secure and well-paying American jobs.
would require the Environmental Protection Agency to obtain a court order to garnish wages to pay a nontax debt.
would remove a use restriction on land formerly a part of Acadia National Park that was transferred to the town of Tremont, Maine.
would amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to increase the availability of pesticides for the management of parasitic pests that adversely impact the health of managed pollinator bees.
would direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a health advisory and submit reports with respect to microcystins in drinking water.
would expand the Pajarita Wilderness and designate the Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness in Coronado National Forest, Arizona.
would direct the Secretary of Commerce to issue a fishing capacity reduction loan to refinance the existing loan funding the Pacific Coast groundfish fishing capacity reduction program.
would amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to permit exemptions for external power supplies from certain efficiency standards.