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 require the Secretary of Commerce to create regional wildland fire research centers.
would amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community.
would repeal programs relating to funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
would prohibit funding for the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change until China is no longer defined as a developing country.
would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to "National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Improvements (LCRI)."
would approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe in the Zuni River Stream System in the state of New Mexico and protect the Zuni Salt Lake.
would authorize the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to reimburse the town of Chincoteague, Virginia, for costs directly associated with the removal and replacement of certain drinking water wells.
would modify permitting requirements with respect to the discharge of any pollutant from the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant in certain circumstances.
would amend the FWPCA with respect to San Francisco Bay restoration.
would amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 with respect to certain regulatory actions related to hydraulic fracturing within the Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River basins.