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 exclude compensation provided for victims of the March 29, 2013, pipeline oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas from gross income.
which would amend subtitle D of SWDA to encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal combustion residuals and establish requirements for the proper management and disposal of coal combustion residuals, was passed by the House.
would amend the Water Supply Act of 1958 to establish a mechanism to permit state and local interests to release to the United States future water storage rights associated with Corps of Engineers reservoir projects.
would designate certain National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Salt Lake County, Utah, as wilderness, and facilitate a land exchange involving certain land in such National Forest.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.
which would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah Project, was signed into law on July 18, 2013.
would establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee to advise the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, recreational shooting.
would expand the workforce of veterinarians specialized in the care and conservation of wild animals and their ecosystems, and develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine.
would establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power generation systems.
would prohibit the export of certain electronic waste from the United States.