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 the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada.

would amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under ESA.

would remove from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System areas included in Florida System Unit P-16.

would revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Gasparilla Island Unit in Florida.

would designate certain federal lands within the Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge and the Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge, part of the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Lincoln County, Hancock County, and Washington County, Maine, as wilderness.

would establish a grant program to assist retail power providers with the establishment and operation of energy conservation programs using targeted residential tree-planting.

would designate certain public lands in the Sonoran Desert of the state of Arizona as national conservation areas and wilderness areas.

would amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to delegate states the authorities of the Secretary of the Interior under that Act with respect to cormorants.

would reauthorize the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program.

would establish the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in the state of Washington.