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 within EPA's Office of Land and Emergency Management the Office of Mountains, Deserts, and Plains.
would amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require states to consider prohibiting cost recovery related to smart grid projects.
would require retail electric utilities to notify electric consumers of rate increases.
would address the effect of litigation on applications to export liquefied natural gas.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code to extend the clean fuel production credit.
would amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act to extend certain contract prepayment authority.
would amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to modify certain requirements applicable to salinity control.
would provide that certain communications projects are not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews.
would amend the Energy Act of 2020 to require the Secretary of the Interior to include the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultations regarding designations of critical minerals, elements, substances, and materials.
would require the Office of Children's Health Protection to be maintained within EPA.