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 prohibit the sale and distribution of expanded polystyrene food service ware, expanded polystyrene loose fill, and expanded polystyrene coolers.

would amend §45Q of the Internal Revenue Code to establish the mine methane capture incentive credit.

would amend the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 to provide for an application for a federal easement, right-of-way, or lease with respect to a communications facility installation to be deemed granted if not granted or denied by the specified deadline.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the energy credit shall not apply to certain types of energy production on agricultural land.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code to extend the energy credit for qualified fuel cell property.

would amend Title 54, U.S. Code, to establish within the National Park Service the National Freedom Settlements Preservation Program.

would require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an interagency strike force to ensure that certain federal land management agencies, including the organizational units of such agencies, prioritize the review of requests for communications use authorizations.

would require DOI and USDA to establish online portals to accept, process, and dispose of certain Form 299s.

would provide that construction, rebuilding, or hardening of communications facilities following a major disaster or an emergency related to a wildfire is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews.

would amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to implement the Climate Ready Tribes Initiative.