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 eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production.
would require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to expedite forest management projects relating to hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, and economic development to address the threat of wildfire on Natural Forest System lands.
would provide for an exchange of land between the Department of Homeland Security and the South Carolina State Ports Authority.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the use of domestic property to be eligible for certain tax incentives for solar energy.
would authorize the President to provide assistance to the government of Haiti to end the deforestation in Haiti within five years and restore the extent of tropical forest cover in existence in Haiti in 1990 within 30 years.
which would amend the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986 to facilitate implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin River in Clark County, Nevada, was passed by the House.
which would establish the Chimney Rock National Monument in the state of Colorado, was passed by the House.
which would direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue commercial use authorizations to commercial stock operators for operations in designated wilderness within the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, was passed by the Senate.
The bill would make appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.
The bill would provide for the conveyance of eight cemeteries that are located on National Forest System land in the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota.