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 provide for a land exchange in San Bernardino County, California.

would exchange nonfederal land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for certain federal land in the Chugach Region.

would exchange nonfederal land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for certain federal land in the Chugach Region.

would amend the definition of "production facility" in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to exclude an equipment or device capable of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in a manner that does not separate plutonium from other transuranic elements.

would amend the Federal Power Act to prohibit retirements of baseload electric generating units in any area that is served by a regional transmission organization or an independent system operator and that the North American Electric Reliability Corporation categorizes as at elevated risk or high risk of electricity supply shortfalls.

would direct the Secretary of Energy to restrict certain grants to any state that has in effect a law prohibiting hydraulic fracturing within such state.

would prohibit the Administrator of EPA from enforcing a rule or regulation that restricts certain operations of certain electric generating units.

would prohibit states or local governments from prohibiting or limiting the connection, reconnection, modification, installation, transportation, distribution, or expansion of an energy service based on the type or source of energy to be delivered.

would codify certain executive orders relating to nuclear energy.

would amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to modify the definition of "production facility" to exclude an equipment or device capable of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in a manner that does not separate plutonium from other transuranic elements.