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 reduce the fuel economy obligations of automobile manufacturers whose fleets contain at least 50 percent fuel choice enabling vehicles.
would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for establishment of a streamlined data review program.
would protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting.
would designate certain federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in Utah as wilderness.
would repeal the crude oil export ban.
would impose a tax on certain trading transactions to invest in infrastructure and the environment.
would adequately fund bridges in the United States.
would amend SMCRA to transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan.
would amend the Federal Power Act to prohibit the public disclosure of protected information.
would direct DOI and USDA to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on federal land for film crews five people or less.