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 direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by DOI or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western and southeastern United States, and acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by Indian tribes and Indigenous practitioners.
would amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to make the Act applicable to hard-rock minerals.
would codify Executive Order No. 14285, titled "Unleashing America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources."
would promote interagency coordination for reviewing certain authorizations under §3 of the Natural Gas Act.
would provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by DOI or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western and southeastern United States, and acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by Indian tribes and Indigenous practitioners.
would require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to utilize grazing for wildfire risk reduction.
would provide for the establishment of a land health management program on federal land in Malheur County, Oregon.
would authorize funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure programs to be used for other highway projects.
would amend the FWPCA to reauthorize the National Estuary Program.