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 amend certain definitions contained in the Provo River Project Transfer Act to clarify certain property descriptions.

would allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people within Glacier Bay National Park in the state of Alaska.

would establish the Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area in the state of New Mexico.

would adjust the boundary of the Carson National Forest.

would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

would establish the Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park and dedicate the Park to John H. Chafee.

would amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission.

would establish the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hanford, Washington.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land in San Juan County, New Mexico.

would provide for the implementation of the multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin River, Nevada, and Lincoln County, Nevada, and extend the authority to purchase certain parcels of public land.