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 implement the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean, as adopted in Auckland
in November 2009.
would implement the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific, as adopted in Tokyo in
February 2012.
would strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and amend the Tuna Conventions Act to implement the Antigua Convention.
would require EPA to fulfill certain requirements before regulating standards of performance for new, modified, and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units.
would direct the General Services Administration to incorporate bird-safe building materials and design features into public buildings.
would establish a moratorium on oil and gas-related seismic activities off the coast of Florida.
would establish a moratorium on oil and gas-related seismic activities off the coast of Florida.
would amend the Colorado River Storage Project Act to authorize the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir.
would amend the Federal Power Act with respect to critical electric infrastructure security.
would redesignate the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge in Washington as the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, and establish the Medicine Creek Treaty National Historic Site within the wildlife refuge.