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 consideration of the H.R. 2028, whoch would make appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016.
would restore employment and educational opportunities, improve the economic stability of counties containing National Forest System land, while reducing Forest Service management costs by ensuring that such counties have a dependable source of revenue from timber sales, reduce payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act to reflect the counties' receipt of timber sale revenues, and strengthen stewardship end result contracting.
would promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry.
would extend federal recognition to the Duwamish Tribe.
would modify the boundaries of the Pole Creek Wilderness, the Owyhee River Wilderness, and the North Fork Owyhee Wilderness, and authorize the continued use of motorized vehicles for livestock monitoring, herding, and grazing in certain wilderness areas in Idaho.
would make the current Dungeness crab fishery management regime permanent.
would amend the Public Lands Corps Act to expand the authority of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, and DOI to provide service opportunities for young Americans to help restore natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational, and scenic resources of the United States, and to train a new generation of public land managers and enthusiasts.
would extend the tax credit for energy-efficient new homes for one year.
would extend the tax credit for energy-efficient existing homes for one year.
would allow a credit against income tax for facilities using a qualified methane conversion technology to provide transportation fuels and chemicals.