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 seek to ensure that private property, public safety, and human life are protected from flood hazards that directly result from post-fire watershed conditions that are created by wildfires on federal land.

would provide for the conveyance of certain public land in Mohave Valley, Mohave County, Arizona, administered by the BLM to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, for use as a public shooting range.

would amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in phase one of the South San Diego County Water Reclamation Project.

would amend the CAA to prohibit the Administrator of EPA from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change.

would terminate federal prohibitions on the domestic production of offshore supplies of oil and natural gas.

would require the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins.

would amend FIFRA and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters.

would amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 and FIFRA to support efforts to control and eradicate bed bugs with respect to public health.

which would authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real property in Tracy, California, to the city of Tracy, was passed by the Senate

which would amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of EPA to establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system, was passed by the Senate