Congress

LPDD Model Law: Protected Avian Species Permitting

Gives the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service explicit authority to grant permits for incidental take caused by renewable power generation facilities and electric transmission and distribution infrastructure.

LPDD Model Law: Arctic Shipping Tax Act

Would impose a tax on the greenhouse gas content of fossil fuels used by commercial shipping vessels engaged in international shipping in Arctic Circle waters in the thirty days prior to calling at a United States port.