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.

which would make further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, was signed by President Biden on March 23, 2024.

would amend the ESA to prohibit the taking for a trophy of any endangered or threatened species of fish or wildlife in the United States and the importation of endangered and threatened species trophies into the United States.

would amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide a waiver to the payment limitation under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program.

would direct the Secretary of Defense to enter into a memorandum of understanding with EPA and the Guam Environmental Protection Agency to conduct necessary environmental inspections at military instillations in Guam.

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to “Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention.”

would require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program.

would reauthorize NOAA’s Chesapeake Bay Office.

which would repeal §134 of the CAA, relating to the greenhouse gas reduction fund, was passed by the House.

would require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code to establish a business tax credit for the purchase of zero emission electric lawn, garden, and landscape equipment.