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 amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for the inspection of pipeline facilities that are transferred by sale and pipeline facilities that are abandoned.
would remove from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System an area included in Unit TX-15P in Texas.
would designate certain federal lands in California as wilderness.
would address current emergency shortages of propane and other home heating fuels and provide greater flexibility and information for governors to address such emergencies in the future.
would protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting.
would adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve.
would require the Office of Management and Budget to prepare a crosscut budget for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and would require EPA to develop and implement an adaptive management plan.
would provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States and for the conservation and development of water and related resources.
would provide for the retention and future use of certain land on Point Spencer in Alaska, support the statutory missions and duties of the Coast Guard, convey certain land on Point Spencer to the Bering Straits Native Corporation, and convey certain land on Point Spencer to Alaska.
would amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for consultation with state and local governments, the consideration of state and local concerns, and the approval of post-shutdown decommissioning activities reports by the NRC.