Below are summaries of Bills Introduced, Committee Reports, Chamber Actions, and Public Laws reported in the most recent issue of ELR's Weekly Update.
which would reauthorize the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003, was passed by the House.
which would require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona, was passed by the House.
which would amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that village corporations shall not be required to convey land in trust to the state of Alaska for the establishment of municipal corporations, was passed by the House.
which would require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an evaluation with respect to the use of the container aerial firefighting system, was passed by the House.
would establish a pilot grant program to improve recycling accessibility and require the Administrator of EPA to carry out certain activities to collect and disseminate data on recycling and composting programs in the United States.
would amend CERCLA to reauthorize brownfields revitalization funding.
would require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the ESA.
would provide that the final rule of FWS titled "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status With Critical Habitat for Guadalupe Fatmucket, Texas Fatmucket, Guadalupe Orb, Texas Pimpleback, Balcones Spike, and False Spike, and Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule and Critical Habitat for Texas Fawnsfoot" shall have no force or effect.
would establish an interest-bearing account for the nonfederal contributions to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program.
would amend the ESA to provide exemptions from the consultation requirements required under the Act for agency actions that fulfill critical human water needs.