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 the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people within Glacier Bay National Park in the state of Alaska.
would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a San Francisco Bay restoration grant program.
would amend CERCLA to provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant under that Act.
would promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research and development.
would amend the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to enhance awareness of export promotion activities with respect to clean energy and environmental products and services of the United States.
would designate certain federal lands within the Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge and the Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge, part of the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex, in Lincoln County, Hancock County, and Washington County, Maine, as wilderness.
would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct offshore oil and gas leasing and deposit use revenues from such activity into the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and the Highway Trust Fund.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to extend an exemption from certain requirements of the ESA to protect public health and safety.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems.
would amend title 49 of the U.S. Code to provide for enhanced safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation.