Recent Federal Bills

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 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 amend the Federal Power Act to remove the authority of the Federal Energy Commission to collect land use fees for land that has been sold, exchanged, or otherwise transferred from federal ownership but that is subject to a power site reservation.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to permit an exchange of land between the city of Ketchum and the Blaine County School District, Idaho.

would direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a loan guarantee program to assist small business concerns that manufacture clean energy technologies in the United States.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to conduct a Joint Venture Program to protect, restore, enhance, and manage migratory bird populations, their habitats, and their ecosystems.

would amend the Tsunami Warning and Education Act to direct the Administrator of NOAA, through the National Weather Service, to establish, maintain, and operate an additional tsunami forecast and warning center for Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.

would establish a grant program to assist state and local governments to install solar energy systems.

would prohibit the Administrator of the EPA from awarding any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other financial assistance under §103 of CAA for any program, project, or activity outside the United States.

would amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to replace the current requirement for biennial energy policy plan with a Quadrennial Energy Review.