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 the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area in California.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain interests in federal land acquired for the Scofield Project in Carbon County, Utah.

would provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of National Forest System land to the city of Fruit Heights, Utah.

would establish the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hanford, Washington.

would establish the Sangre de Cristo National Historical Park.

would establish the San Juan Islands National Conservation Area in the San Juan Islands, Washington.

would direct the Administrator of EPA to change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms.

would amend CERCLA to modify provisions relating to grants.

would provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies at the Department of Energy.

would develop an energy critical elements program, to amend the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980.