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 San Gabriel National Recreation Area as a unit of the National Park System in California.
would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify when the Administrator of EPA has the authority to prohibit the specification of a defined area, or deny or restrict the use of a defined area for specification, as a disposal site under section 404 of such Act.
would amend the CAA to prohibit the regulation of emissions of carbon dioxide from new or existing power plants under certain circumstances.
would amend the CAA to allow advanced biofuel, biomass-based diesel, and cellulosic biofuel to satisfy the mandates of the renewable fuel program only if domestically produced and eliminate the corn ethanol mandate under such program.
would provide for drought relief measures in New Mexico.
which provides for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States and for the conservation and development of water and related resources, was signed into law on June 10, 2014.
which makes a technical amendment to the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act, was signed into law on June 9, 2014.
which exempts from the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 certain water transfers by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority, was signed into law on June 9, 2014.
which amends the CAA to remove the requirement for dealer certification of new light-duty motor vehicles, was signed into law on June 9, 2014.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the gas tax and rebuild our roads and bridges.