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 establish the Department of Energy and the Environment.

would designate certain lands in Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System and would designate the Tenmile Recreation Management Area and Porcupine Gulch Protection Area.

would authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program of NOAA.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce carbon pollution in the United States, invest in infrastructure, and cut taxes.

would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program.

would protect surface water from contamination by chemical storage facilities.

would amend the Water Conservation and Utilization Act to authorize the development of non-federal hydropower and issuance of leases of power privileges at projects constructed pursuant to the authority of the Water Conservation and Utilization Act.

would reauthorize and update certain provisions of the Secure Water Act.

would amend the Water Conservation and Utilization Act to authorize the development of non-federal hydropower and issuance of leases of power privileges at projects constructed pursuant to the authority of the Water Conservation and Utilization Act.

would amend the East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act to permit the Secretary of the Interior to extend the contract for certain water services.