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 allow for innovations and alternative technologies that meet or exceed desired energy efficiency goals, and make technical corrections to existing federal energy efficiency laws.

would make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for compensatory payments made to any person or governmental entity on account of the explosion on and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon.

would facilitate the development of energy on Indian lands by reducing federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands.

would exempt decorative hearth products from energy efficiency regulation under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.

would extend the authorizations of appropriations for certain national heritage areas.

would amend title 18, U.S. Code, to prohibit the importation of various injurious species of constrictor snakes.

would limit the period in advance of a nuclear reactor license renewal that the application for such renewal may be submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

would require the administrator of EPA to use the commercially available volume of cellulosic biofuel in setting requirements for the renewable fuel program under CAA.

would convey certain federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in El Dorado County, California, to the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians.