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 a comprehensive assessment of the scientific and technical research on implications of the use of mid-level ethanol blends.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land and mineral rights on the reservation of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana, and other culturally important land, into trust for the benefit of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe.
would implement the Amendment to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, as adopted in Lisbon on September 28, 2007.
would implement the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean, as adopted in Auckland on November 14, 2009.
would implement the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean, as adopted in Tokyo on February 24, 2012.
would require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of energy action plans aimed at promoting access to affordable, reliable energy, including increasing the use of indigenous clean-energy resources.
would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire approximately 44 acres of land in Martinez, California for the John Muir National Historic Site.
would provide the Secretary of the Interior a mechanism to cancel contracts for the sale of materials CA-20139 and CA-22901.
would amend the African Elephant Conservation Act of 1988 to conserve elephants while appropriately regulating ivory in the United States.
would amend the Pribilof Islands Transition Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to provide notice of certification that no further corrective action is required at sites and operable units covered by the Pribilof Islands Environmental Restoration agreement.