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 require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to increase participation in community solar programs and the receipt of associated benefits.

would recognize access to water, sanitation, electricity, heating, cooling, broadband communications, and public transportation as basic human rights and public services that must be accessible, safe, justly sourced and sustainable, acceptable, sufficient, affordable, climate resilient, and reliable for every person.

would direct the Administrator of EPA to establish a voluntary food climate labeling program.

would amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to producers to carry out climate-smart conversion projects.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code to establish a carbon fee to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to limit federal funding of the procurement of certain buses under the Clean School Bus program.

would amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to producers to carry out climate-smart conversion projects.

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Lime Manufacturing Plants Technology Review.”

 would reauthorize the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act.

would expedite under NEPA and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of BLM, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands.