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 modify the credit for qualified fuel cell motor vehicles and to allow the credit for certain off-highway vehicles.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily increase the investment tax credit for geothermal energy property.
would amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to increase the maximum penalty for violating that Act.
would conserve wild Pacific salmon.
would restore the natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, beaches, and coastal wetlands of Gulf Coast states adversely affected by the explosion on the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an investment tax credit related to the production of electricity from offshore wind.
would provide additional time for the Administrator of EPA to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators.
would exempt any road, highway, or bridge damaged by a natural disaster, including a flood, from environmental reviews if the road, highway, or bridge is reconstructed in the same location.
would amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.
would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from NPDES permitting requirements.