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 Transportation to issue certain regulations to define high-hazard flammable train.
would authorize the declaration of a hazardous train event.
would provide limitations for federal agencies entering into settlement agreements and consent decrees.
would require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an evaluation with respect to the use of the container aerial firefighting system.
would amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 to require the establishment of an additional institute under the Act.
would direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan to reorganize federal wildland fire response.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code to modify the carbon oxide sequestration credit to ensure parity for different uses and utilizations of qualified carbon oxide.
would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite geothermal exploration and development in previously studied or developed areas.
would require FERC to reform the interconnection queue process for the prioritization and approval of certain projects.
would amend Public Law No. 99-338 with respect to Kaweah Project permits.