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 promote the development of renewable energy on public lands.
would require the Secretary of the Interior to convey the McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery to the state of North Carolina.
would amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply research regarding the water resources research and technology institutes established under that Act.
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.
would prohibit the Secretary of Energy from enforcing regulations pertaining to certain battery chargers.
would establish an Office of Federal Energy Production within the Department of Energy.
would designate certain federal land in the San Juan National Forest in the state of Colorado as wilderness.
would authorize studies of certain areas for possible inclusion in the National Park System.
would amend the Lacey Act to limit the application of that Act with respect to plants and plant products that were imported before the effective date of the Act's 2008 amendments.
would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System