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 direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy certain federal land in Churchill County, Nevada.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management, to convey to the City of Carlin, Nevada, any federal land within that city that is under the jurisdiction of that agency.

would quitclaim surface rights to certain federal land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in Virginia City, Nevada, to Storey County, Nevada, to resolve conflicting ownership and title claims.

would terminate federal prohibitions on the domestic production of offshore oil and natural gas.

would modify the project for navigation, Mississippi River Ship Channel, Gulf of Mexico to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain with no net loss of acreage to the Park or the Wilderness.

would amend CAA to eliminate the exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas sources.

would establish a pilot program to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of allowing non-federal interests to carry out certain water infrastructure projects.

would provide for the safe and reliable navigation of the Mississippi River.

would provide for funding for construction and major rehabilitation for projects located on inland and intracoastal waterways of the United States.