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 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property eligible for the energy credit and permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property.

would provide for the establishment of the Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children.

would limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations before December 31, 2013, under SMCRA.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge.

would amend the ESA to halt the proposed listing of four central Texas salamander species resulting from a settlement agreement and take into account ongoing state and local conservation efforts.

would approve the Keystone XL Pipeline and provide for the development of a plan to increase oil and gas exploration, development, and production under oil and gas leases of federal land.

would officially replace President Obama's Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program with a congressional plan that will conduct additional oil and natural gas lease sales.

would direct the Administrator of EPA to allow for the distribution, sale, and consumption of remaining inventories of over-the-counter CFC epinephrine inhalers.

would quitclaim surface rights to certain federal land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in Virginia City, Nevada, to Storey County, Nevada, to resolve conflicting ownership and title claims.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand the credit for qualifying advanced energy projects.