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 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction for removal costs and damages for which taxpayers are liable under OPA.

would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that treatment of the issuance of any exploration plans, development production plans, development operation coordination documents, and lease sales required under federal law for offshore drilling activity on the outer continental shelf as a major federal action under NEPA.

would reduce the heat island effect and associated ground-level ozone pollution from federal facilities.

would reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, and the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement an oil and gas leasing program for the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska.

would designate certain federal lands in San Diego County, California, as wilderness.

would delist the polar bear as a threatened species under the ESA.

would provide for the reforestation of forest landscapes, protection of old growth forests, and management of national forests in the eastside forests of the state of Oregon.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require oil polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills.

would amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require oil polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills.