119-s-4772·119th Congress·environment
AI summaryBased on the bill's title, this legislation would prohibit states and local governments from blocking or restricting the connection, reconnection, modification, installation, transportation, distribut…
119-s-4755·119th Congress·environment+1
AI summaryBased on the bill's title, this legislation would direct the Secretary of the Army, through the Army Corps of Engineers, to establish a new nationwide permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control…
119-s-4732·119th Congress·environment+2
AI summaryThe Wildfire Smoke Emergency Declaration Act of 2026 authorizes the President to declare a smoke emergency in states experiencing significant air quality degradation from wildland fire smoke. Upon suc…
119-hr-9243·119th Congress·environment+2
AI summaryThis bill authorizes the President to declare a smoke emergency in states experiencing significant air quality degradation from wildland fire smoke. Upon such a declaration, the bill allows the federa…
119-hr-3872·119th Congress·environment+2
CRS summaryThis bill specifies that all federally acquired lands are eligible to be considered for hardrock mineral leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (MLAAL). The bill defines the term har…
119-hr-3657·119th Congress·infrastructure+1
CRS summaryHydropower Relicensing Transparency Act
This bill directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to report annually to Congress on the status of the relicensing process for each application for a r…
119-hr-6338·119th Congress·foreign policy+1
AI summaryThe Stop Illegal Fishing Act requires the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons and vessels engaged in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Sanctions include asset blocking i…
119-hr-5929·119th Congress·infrastructure+2
AI summaryThis bill designates certain Defense Department actions related to domestic critical minerals production as 'covered projects' under federal permitting streamlining rules, making them eligible for exp…
119-hr-1501·119th Congress·infrastructure+2
CRS summaryThis bill provides statutory authority for federal agencies to expedite the environmental review of certain mining infrastructure projects.
Specifically, the bill permanently makes certain mining inf…
119-hr-9171·119th Congress·environment+2
AI summaryThis is a fiscal year 2027 appropriations bill for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and related agencies. The bill allocates funds across multiple bureaus and progr…
119-hr-8542·119th Congress·environment+2
AI summaryThe Offshore Parity Act of 2026 amends federal law to delegate management authority over oil, gas, and other energy activities to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama in expanded submerged lands extend…
119-sjres-188·119th Congress·environment
AI summaryThis joint resolution disapproves an EPA rule that would repeal National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) applicable to coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating un…
119-hr-5694·119th Congress·environment+1
CRS summaryAlaska’s Right To Ivory Sales and Tradition Act or the ARTIST Act
This bill prohibits states from imposing bans on marine mammal products produced by Alaska Natives.
Specifically, states may not pro…
119-hr-9083·119th Congress·environment
AI summaryThis bill amends the Clean Air Act to repeal federal mandatory requirements for state motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs. The bill removes specific provisions that currently require sta…
119-hr-8990·119th Congress·environment
AI summaryBased on the bill's title, this measure would amend the Clean Air Act to exempt marginal oil and gas wells from certain federal air quality performance standards and related requirements. The bill has…
119-hr-2785·119th Congress·infrastructure+2
CRS summaryThis bill directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service to enter a memorandum of understanding with the New Mexico Land Grant Council to describe existing processes that land gran…
119-hr-184·119th Congress·environment+1
CRS summaryThis bill limits the scope of an environmental assessment (EA) or environmental impact statement (EIS) conducted under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for forest management activity on c…
119-hr-7695·119th Congress·environment+1
AI summaryThis bill nullifies the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which restricted road construction in certain National Forest System lands, and prohibits the Department of Agriculture from proposing sim…
119-hr-7080·119th Congress·environment+2
AI summaryThis bill amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to recognize waste energy recovery as a source of renewable energy. It defines waste energy recovery as heat or pressure from commer…
119-hr-301·119th Congress·environment+1
CRS summaryGeothermal Energy Opportunity Act or the GEO Act
This bill expands the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to establish a deadline for the Department of the Interior to process applications related to geoth…
119-hr-1077·119th Congress·environment+1
CRS summaryStreamlining Thermal Energy through Advanced Mechanisms Act or the STEAM Act
This bill expedites the environmental review of certain geothermal energy activities under the National Environmental Poli…
119-hr-7129·119th Congress·infrastructure+3
AI summaryThis bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to reauthorize and expand federal research, development, and demonstration programs for water power technologies, including hydropower…
119-hr-6969·119th Congress·environment+1
AI summaryThe Rural Investment for Producers and the Environment (RIPE) Act of 2026 establishes a demonstration program that provides direct payments to agricultural producers who implement conservation practic…
119-hr-398·119th Congress·environment+1
CRS summaryThis bill expands the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to give the Department of the Interior the authority to collect certain fees from applicants for, or holders of, geothermal leases through September…
119-hr-5617·119th Congress·environment+1
AI summaryThis bill directs the Department of the Interior to develop and publish a standardized 'Gold Book' containing procedures and guidelines for geothermal leasing and permitting on federal lands. The Gold…