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

would direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey a parcel of land in Tuskegee, Alabama, to Tuskegee University.

would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds derived from conservation-related programs executed on National Forest System lands to utilize the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Indian tribes to transfer the credit for electricity produced from renewable resources.

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 grant exclusive fishery management authority over the red snapper fish in the Gulf of Mexico to certain states.

would amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to establish a market-driven inventory system.

would amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to provide for the designation of treatment areas.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to issue permits for rights-of-way, temporary easements, or other necessary authorizations to facilitate natural gas, oil, and petroleum product pipelines and related facilities on eligible federal lands.

would prohibit the Administrator of EPA from promulgating certain energy-related rules that are estimated to cost more than $1 billion and that will cause significant adverse effects to the economy.