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 end the use of body gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System.

would authorize DOI to carry out programs and activities that connect Americans, especially children, youth, and families, with the outdoors.

would amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize competitive grants to support programs that address needs of fishing communities.

would provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings owned by the United States to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona.

would direct DOT to establish a grant program to assist the development of aerotropolis transportation systems.

would amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to ensure that projects assisting the establishment of aerotropolis transportation systems are eligible for certain grants.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code to extend expensing of environmental remediation costs.

would require DOI and the Department of Agriculture to provide certain western states assistance in the development of statewide conservation and management plans for the protection and recovery of sage-grouse species.

would permit the chief executive of a state to create an exemption from certain requirements of federal environmental laws for producers of agricultural commodities.

would reduce temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on federal lands.