Recent Federal Bills

Below are summaries of Bills Introduced, Committee Reports, Chamber Actions, and Public Laws reported in the most recent issue of ELR's Weekly Update.

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by BLM relating to "Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment."

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by BLM relating to "Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment."

would amend Title 49, U.S. Code, to exclude from the definition of "transporting gas" certain movement of gas within, or in the vicinity of, a plant.

would authorize the use of off-highway vehicles in certain areas of the Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

would amend Title 54, U.S. Code, to provide that state law shall apply to the use of motor vehicles on roads within a system unit.

would ensure access to certain public land.

would improve tribal self-governance by streamlining appraisals for on-reservation trust land acquisitions by Indian tribes with self-governance realty programs.

would amend Title 49, U.S. Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a confidential, voluntary information-sharing system to encourage the sharing of pipeline safety data and information in a nonpunitive context in order to improve the safety of pipeline facilities.

would amend Title 49, U.S. Code, to enhance the safety of pipeline transportation.

would accelerate the competitiveness of the United States in marine energy technologies.