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 amend the Colorado River Storage Project Act to authorize the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir.
would amend the Federal Power Act with respect to critical electric infrastructure security.
would redesignate the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge in Washington as the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, and establish the Medicine Creek Treaty National Historic Site within the wildlife refuge.
would expand the workforce of veterinarians specialized in the care and conservation of wild animals and their ecosystems, and develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine.
would modify the authority of the president to declare national monuments.
would modernize federal policies regarding the national supply and distribution of energy.
would amend the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to modify certain penalties to deter oil spills.
would prohibit DOI from issuing new oil or gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to a person that does not renegotiate its existing leases in order to require royalty payments if oil and natural gas prices are greater than or equal to specified price thresholds.
would amend the Energy Policy Act to use existing funding available to further projects that would improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions.
would amend the Colorado River Storage Project Act to authorize the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir.