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 require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales, provide fair and equitable revenue sharing for all coastal states, formulate future offshore energy development plans in areas with the most potential, and generate revenue for American infrastructure.
would limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations before December 31, 2013, under SMCRA.
would set clear rules for the development of U.S. oil shale resources and promote shale technology research and development.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska.
would establish in the Department of the Interior an Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Minerals and a Bureau of Ocean Energy, an Ocean Energy Safety Service, and an Office of Natural Resources Revenue.
would provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.
would amend Pub. L. No. 101-377 to revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station.
would require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program for the award of grants to states to establish revolving loan funds for small- and medium-sized manufacturers to improve energy efficiency and produce clean energy technology, and provide a tax credit for farmers' investments in value-added agriculture.
would provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System.
would provide for the sale of approximately 30 acres of federal land in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Salt Lake County, Utah, to permit the establishment of a transportation alternative to connect two ski resorts in the Wasatch Mountains.