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 Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Great Lakes basin initiative for agricultural nonpoint source pollution prevention.

would amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining.

would convey small parcels of National Forest System land and small parcels of public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management to private landowners, state, county, and local governments, or Indian tribes whose lands share a boundary with the National Forest System land or public lands.

would designate certain federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in Utah as wilderness.

would amend TSCA to prohibit the manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, and use of coal tar sealants.

would promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry.

would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide for the properf ederal management and oversight of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs.

would provide for utilizing energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts.

would amend the Helium Act to complete the privatization of the federal helium reserve in a competitive market fashion.

would amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining.