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 incentivize innovative transportation corridors to reduce carbon and greenhouse gas emissions, provide tax structure that allows for certain investments in public transportation systems, and enable the fossil fuel workforce to transition to sustainable work sectors.
would impose an assessment related to fossil fuel emissions and establish the Polluters Pay Climate Fund.
would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to “Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act.”
would amend the CAA to eliminate a waiver under the Act and to eliminate an authorization for states to use new motor vehicle emission and new motor vehicle engine emissions standards identical to standards adopted in California.
would amend the CAA to eliminate a waiver under the Act and to eliminate an authorization for states to use new motor vehicle emission and new motor vehicle engine emissions standards identical to standards adopted in California.
would authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Coastal Program of FWS, to work with willing partners and provide support to efforts to assess, protect, restore, and enhance important coastal landscapes that provide fish and wildlife habitat on which certain federal trust species depend.
would reauthorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost-shared funding to implement the endangered and threatened fish recovery programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins.
would amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to expand the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System.
would amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to authorize expenditures for the conduct of certain water conservation measures in the Great Salt Lake Basin.
would amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms.