American Legislation

Gives The Dalles, Oregon a 150-acre tract of Mount Hood National Forest if the city requests it within one year.

Authorizes mining of 800 acres of federal coal under a Bull Mountains plan modification in Musselshell County, Montana.

Allows Forest Service ski-area permit fees to be kept and spent locally for operations, maintenance, safety, and visitor services.

Allows Interior to buy nearby land for Katahdin Woods and adjust boundaries; sets rules for recreation, fiddlehead gathering, timber work, and visitor facilities.

Adds Utah to the Southwest Act and requires creation of a wildfire research institute in Utah.

Requires FERC to reform interconnection queue rules to prioritize dispatchable power projects for reliability and resilience.

Allows up to seven renewals for Kaweah Project permits; removes a company reference.

Requires Interior and Energy to create a memorandum examining how the 2024 Glen Canyon Dam decision affects the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund, hydropower, infrastructure, and listed species.

Congress voided a BOEM rule on protecting marine archaeological resources, removing that rule's force and effect.

Directs DOE and SBA to form joint R&D agreements, include small businesses, report to Congress in two years; no new funding authorized.

Would end the January 20, 2025 energy national emergency; Senate vote failed 47-52.

Repeals a BLM rule called "Conservation and Landscape Health," removing its legal effect.

Authorizes the Senate Energy committee to spend funds, hire staff, and use agency personnel from March 1, 2025 to February 28, 2027.

Adds Utah to a 2004 act to establish a wildfire research institute and updates a related section.

Requires more onshore and offshore oil and gas lease sales, sets timelines and rules, and limits executive pauses of leasing processes.

Directs Interior to study preserving Plum Island as a park, refuge, or other protected area, consult stakeholders, and report findings and cost estimates.

Expands park boundary, allows working‑farm uses for King Farm, and creates a Stewardship Institute for conservation education and best practices.

Creates a National Historical Park to preserve and interpret Fort Ontario’s World War II refugee shelter and related resources.

Expands Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area and authorizes a water pipeline right-of-way for the Southern Nevada Water Authority with conditions.

Blocks sale or export of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to certain foreign adversaries, with a Secretary waiver and a required rule within 60 days.

Allows two local water entities to perform maintenance on Bolts Ditch headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness.

Repeals specific IRA home electrification subsidy sections and rescinds unspent funds.

Modifies repayment rules for the Arkansas Valley Conduit: makes certain payments interest-free and sets a 100-year repayment schedule for construction funding from non-federal sources.

Allows temporary use of vacant federal grazing allotments when permit holders face disaster-related loss of access; agencies must set guidelines and evaluate allotments.