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 provide for the partial settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

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 amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize the volunteer programs and community partnerships for the benefit of national wildlife refuges.

would provide for the transfer of certain public land currently administered by the Bureau of Land Management to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army for inclusion in White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

would reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act.

would establish a partnership between states that produce energy and the federal government.

would require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain special resource studies.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain federal land in San Juan County, New Mexico.

would establish Coltsville National Historical Park in the state of Connecticut.

would make a technical amendment to the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act.