American Legislation

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 multiple hardrock mining mill sites on public land and creates a Fund for abandoned hardrock mine work.

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 semiannual public reports on clean energy demonstration project contracts, milestones, and major project changes.

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.

Creates a DOE program to advance low-emissions cement, concrete, and asphalt production through research, demonstrations, and technical assistance.

Creates a DOE–USDA agreement to jointly coordinate research on agriculture, energy, data, biofuels, grid, and wildfire technologies.

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

Designates the America's National Churchill Museum in Fulton, Missouri as a National Historic Landmark and directs a federal study on preservation and National Park System suitability.

Designates wilderness, conservation, recreation, and special management areas and sets management rules and studies.

Authorizes DOE programs to expand quantum research, centers, supply chains, instrumentation, networks, workforce, and computing plans with funding limits and foreign restrictions.

Establishes a DOE program to fund mining research, testing, recycling, safety, and community engagement to support domestic mineral supplies.

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.