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 require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 220 as soon as practicable.

would establish the Clear Creek National Recreation Area in San Benito and Fresno Counties, designate the Joaquin Rocks Wilderness in those counties, and designate additional components of the national wild and scenic rivers system.

would improve energy infrastructure resilience through federal water resource investments.

would make supplemental appropriations for NOAA for fisheries disasters.

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.

would amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require responsible parties to pay the full cost of offshore oil spills.

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

would designate certain federal land in the San Juan National Forest in Colorado as wilderness.

would reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000.

would limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations before December 31, 2017, under SMCRA