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 amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to improve United States-Israel energy cooperation.

would designate certain federal land in Chaffee County, Colorado, as a national monument and as wilderness.

would modify the boundary of the Shiloh National Military Park located in the states of Tennessee and Mississippi in order to establish Parker's Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the National Park System.

would amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to improve United States-Israel energy cooperation.

would improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant land.

would amend the CAA to clarify the definition of accidental release.

would amend the SDWA to exempt fire hydrants from the prohibition on the use of lead pipes, fittings, fixtures, solder, and flux.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into agreements with states and political subdivisions of states providing for the continued operation, in whole or in part, of public land, units of the National Park System, units of the National Wildlife Refuge System, and units of the National Forest System in the state during any period in which the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture is unable to maintain normal level of operations at the units due to a lapse in appropriations.

would direct the Secretary of the Army to give priority to projects and studies for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction.

would establish a renewable electricity standard.