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 reauthorize the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004.

would reauthorize the Great Ape Conservation Act.

would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

would inform consumers regarding costs associated with compliance for protecting endangered and threatened species under the ESA.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt sales of natural gas for use in natural gas vehicles from the retail sales limitation on defining independent producers of petroleum products.

would require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions of EPA.

would designate certain lands in the state of Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System and would designate the Red Table Mountain, Pisgah Mountain, Castle Peak, Tenmile, Hoosier Ridge, and Porcupine Gulch Special Management Areas.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow the deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities with respect to oil and gas activities of major integrated oil companies.

would direct the EPA Administrator to convene a task force to develop recommendations on the proper disposal of unused pharmaceuticals.

would promote the mapping and development of U.S. geothermal resources by establishing a direct loan program for high risk geothermal exploration wells and amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to improve geothermal energy technology and demonstrate the use of geothermal energy in large-scale thermal applications