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 provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code to expand the exclusion for certain conservation subsidies to include subsidies for water conservation or efficiency measures, stormwater management measures, and wastewater management measures.
would amend the FWPCA to exclude prior converted cropland from the definition of "navigable waters."
would provide for standardization, publication, and accessibility of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of federal waterways.
would approve the settlement of the water right claims of the Tule River Tribe.
would amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a voluntary program to reduce food loss and waste.
would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management relating to "Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources."
would repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas.
would amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for commingling.
would modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims.