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 prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of any pesticide containing atrazine.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Urban Bird Treaty Program.
would implement the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels.
would amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to affirm that the prohibition on the unauthorized take or killing of migratory birds includes incidental take, and to direct FWS to authorize such incidental take.
would provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.
would require the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to obtain input from stakeholders when drafting certain minutes relating to the Rio Grande.
would direct the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a refined fuel storage reserve in the western United States.
would prohibit federal agencies from considering, in taking any action, the social cost of carbon, the social cost of methane, the social cost of nitrous oxide, or the social cost of any other greenhouse gas, unless compliant with Office of Management and Budget guidance.
would require the Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology of the National Science and Technology Council to establish the Interagency Working Group on Coastal Blue Carbon, require the Interagency Working Group to produce a national map and inventory of coastal blue carbon ecosystems, require the Administrator of NOAA to carry out pilot programs to protect intact and restore degraded coastal blue carbon ecosystems, require the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to establish the Coastal Carbon Data Clearinghouse, require the Administrator to seek to enter into an agreement with the
would direct the Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of EPA to provide for collaboration between the Economic Development Administration and EPA to promote economic revitalization efforts of environmentally contaminated sites.