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 establish youth advisory councils for the purpose of providing recommendations to EPA, DOI, DOE, USDA, and the Department of Commerce with respect to environmental issues as those issues relate to youth communities.

would ensure that certain permit approvals by EPA have the force and effect of law.

would require the Administrator of EPA to carry out certain activities to protect communities from the harmful effects of plastics.

would require FERC to promulgate regulations that accelerate the interconnection of electric generation and storage resources to the transmission system through more efficient and effective interconnection procedures.

would require FERC to promulgate regulations that accelerate the interconnection of electric generation and storage resources to the transmission system through more efficient and effective interconnection procedures.

would acknowledge the particular threat climate change poses to a secure and sustainable future for all children and the important stake children have in a healthy planet.

would authorize appropriations for climate financing.

which would direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to notify applicants of the completion status of right-of-way applications under §501 of FLPMA and §28 of the Mineral Leasing Act, was passed by the House.

which would amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to make improvements to the Act, was passed by the Senate.

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to “Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review.”