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 a green transportation infrastructure grant program.

would direct the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on the effects of solar panel installations on covered farmland.

would amend the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to encourage nonfederal hydropower development with respect to Bureau of Reclamation projects.

would amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for more efficient hearings on nuclear facility construction applications.

would direct the Administrator of EPA to implement the recommendations described in a Government Accountability Office report relating to replacing legacy air quality data systems.

would reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

would establish the U.S. Foundation for International Conservation to promote long-term management of protected and conserved areas.

 would provide for consideration of H.R. 6192, which would amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing any new or amended energy conservation standard for a product that is not technologically feasible and economically justified.

which would reauthorize the America's Conservation Enhancement Act, was passed by the Senate.

which would amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing any new or amended energy conservation standard for a product that is not technologically feasible and economically justified, was passed by the House.