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 provide for the conveyance of parcels of land to Mantua, Box Elder County, Utah.

would expand small-scale hydropower.

would provide for the conveyance of approximately 140 acres of land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America.

would authorize the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in California.

which would require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions of EPA, was passed by the House.

would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a research and development and demonstration program to reduce manufacturing and construction costs relating to nuclear reactors.

would promote the domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies.

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

would facilitate oil and gas development on federal land and waters.

would provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of land to the town of Alta, Utah.