Recent Federal Bills

would amend title 23 of the U.S. Code to exempt agricultural loads traveling on federal highways if state agricultural regulations are met.

would establish a comprehensive U.S. government policy to assist countries in sub-Saharan Africa to improve access to and the affordability, reliability, and sustainability of power.

would provide for the regulation of persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic chemical substances.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right lease applications for which the Secretary has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination.

would ratify a water settlement agreement affecting the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.

would amend the East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act to permit the Secretary of the Interior to extend the contract for certain water services.

would authorize the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement.

would amend the Natural Gas Act to provide certainty with respect to the timing of DOE decisions to approve or deny applications to export natural gas.

which would take certain federal lands located in El Dorado County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, was signed on July 16, 2014.

would amend the ESA to require disclosure to states of the basis of determinations under such Act and ensure use of information provided by state, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking under such Act.

would amend the ESA to require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species.

would remove a use restriction on land formerly a part of Acadia National Park that was transferred to the town of Tremont, Maine.

would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to identify and declare wildlife disease emergencies and to coordinate rapid response to these emergencies.

would provide for a smart water management pilot program.

would amend the ESA to require disclosure to states of the basis of determinations under such Act and ensure use of information provided by state, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking under such Act.

would amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to increase the price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps to fund the acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds.