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 convey a small parcel of National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah to Brigham Young University.
which authorizes all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal Reclamation law, was signed into law on August 9, 2013.
which improves hydropower, was signed into law on August 9, 2013.
would amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to develop a plan to conduct stock assessments for all stocks of fish for which a fishery management plan is in effect under that Act.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for qualified fuel cell motor vehicles and allow the credit for certain off-highway vehicles.
would extend state jurisdiction over submerged lands and allow states to grant oil and natural gas leases in the extended area.
would approve the transfer of Yellow Creek Port properties in Iuka, Mississippi.
would prohibit the use of the social cost of carbon in any regulatory impact analysis until a federal law is enacted authorizing such use.
would expand access to domestic energy resources.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to facilitate water leasing and water transfers to promote conservation and efficiency.