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 the National Trails System Act to include national discovery trails, and designate the American Discovery Trail.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the energy credit for certain property under construction.
would convey a small parcel of National Forest System land in Los Padres National Forest in California.
would authorize a land exchange involving the acquisition of private land adjacent to the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona for inclusion in the refuge in exchange for certain Bureau of Land Management lands in Riverside County, California.
would amend the SDWA to require testing of underground sources of drinking water in connection with hydraulic fracturing operations.
would authorize the Secretary of Interior to carry out projects and conduct research on water resources in the Hudson-Mohawk River Basin, and establish a Hudson-Mohawk River Basin Commission.
would facilitate the remediation of abandoned hardrock mines.
would provide for an independent assessment of the future resilience and reliability of the nation's electric power transmission and distribution system.
would eliminate oil tax credits and subsidies to reduce the national debt.
would authorize Escambia County, Florida, to convey certain property that was formerly part of Santa Rosa Island National Monument and that was conveyed to Escambia County subject to restrictions on use and reconveyance.