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 TSCA to prohibit the manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, and use of coal tar sealants.
would promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry.
would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide for the properf ederal management and oversight of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs.
would provide for utilizing energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts.
would amend the Helium Act to complete the privatization of the federal helium reserve in a competitive market fashion.
would amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining.
would designate certain federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in Utah as wilderness.
would direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey a parcel of land in Tuskegee, Alabama, to Tuskegee University.
would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds derived from conservation-related programs executed on National Forest System lands to utilize the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Indian tribes to transfer the credit for electricity produced from renewable resources.