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 reauthorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost-shared funding to implement the endangered and threatened fish recovery programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins.

would amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to authorize expenditures for the conduct of certain water conservation measures in the Great Salt Lake Basin.

would amend SMCRA to authorize partnerships between states and nongovernmental entities for the purpose of reclaiming and restoring land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining activities before August 3, 1977.

would improve recreation opportunities on, and facilitate greater access to, federal public land.

would prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or enforcing energy conservation standards for dishwashers that are not cost effective or technologically feasible.

would prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or enforcing energy conservation standards for clothes washers that are not cost effective or technologically feasible.

would prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or enforcing energy conservation standards for clothes dryers that are not cost effective or technologically feasible.

would prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or enforcing energy conservation standards for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers that are not cost effective or technologically feasible.

would prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or enforcing energy conservation standards for room air conditioners that are not cost effective or technologically feasible.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Midvale Irrigation District the Pilot Butte Power Plant in the state of Wyoming.