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 the expedited approval by the Secretary of Energy of liquefied natural gas exports.

would modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in the state of New Mexico in order to transfer certain Bureau of Land Management land for inclusion in the national forest.

would prohibit the administrator of EPA from proposing any standard of performance for emissions of carbon dioxide from existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units before the administrator has finalized a standard of performance for emissions of carbon dioxide from new fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units.

would reauthorize America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership.

would ratify a water settlement agreement affecting the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.

would establish the Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area in the Coconino National Forest, Arizona.

would provide for the expedited approval of the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline.

would delay the effective date of certain EPA rules until a report is submitted and a law is enacted setting the rules' effective date.

would amend the National Historic Preservation Act to provide that if the head of the agency managing federal property objects to the inclusion of certain property on the National Register or its designation as a National Historic Landmark for reasons of national security, the federal property shall be neither included nor designated until the objection is withdrawn.

would prohibit federal funding of foreign travel by the administrator of EPA until the Agency conducts public listening sessions on rulemaking targeting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants in each of the 15 states with the highest percentage of electricity generated by coal in 2012.