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 approve the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline.

would establish a program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations to enable such organizations to assign and support volunteers to assist foreign countries in the administration of their natural resources in an environmentally sustainable manner.

would provide that the Secretary of the Interior may accept bids on any new oil and gas leases of federal lands only from bidders certifying that all natural gas produced shall be offered for sale only in the United States.

would provide that the Secretary of the Interior may accept bids on any new oil and gas leases of federal lands only from bidders certifying that all oil produced shall be offered for sale only in the United States.

would amend the Natural Gas Act with respect to the exportation of natural gas.

would designate certain National Forest System lands and public lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and wild and scenic rivers, and establish a Northern Rockies Wildlife Habitat and Corridors Information System and Program.

would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a deadline for restricting sewage dumping into the Great Lakes and to fund programs and activities for improving wastewater discharges into the Great Lakes.

would withdraw certain federal lands and interests located in Pima and Santa Cruz counties, Arizona, from the mining and mineral leasing laws of the United States.

would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study with respect to stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation, to conve to the City of Fernley, Nevada, any federal land within that city that is under the jurisdiction of either of those agencies.