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 modify the project for navigation, Mississippi River Ship Channel, Gulf of Mexico to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain with no net loss of acreage to the Park or the Wilderness.
would amend CAA to eliminate the exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas sources.
would establish a pilot program to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of allowing non-federal interests to carry out certain water infrastructure projects.
would provide for the safe and reliable navigation of the Mississippi River.
would provide for funding for construction and major rehabilitation for projects located on inland and intracoastal waterways of the United States.
would approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.
would modify the project for navigation, Mississippi River Ship Channel, Gulf of Mexico to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a deadline for restricting sewage dumping into the Great Lakes and to fund programs and activities for improving wastewater discharges into the Great Lakes.
would establish a competitive grant program in the Department of Energy to provide grants to states and units of local government to carry out clean energy and carbon reduction measures.