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 ensure that amounts in the Land and Water Conservation Fund are made available for projects to provide recreational public access.
would amend the Animal Welfare Act to require humane treatment of animals at federal government facilities.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code to facilitate water leasing and water transfers to promote conservation and efficiency.
would impose limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements whose terms require agencies to take regulatory action.
would provide for the establishment of nationally uniform standards governing discharges incidental to normal vessel operation.
would remove a limitation on a prohibition relating to permits for discharges incidental to normal vessel operation.
would improve rangeland conditions and restore grazing levels within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.
would direct DOI to sell federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal.
would provide for consideration of H.R. 527, which would amend the Regulatory Flexibility Act to ensure complete analysis of rulemakings' potential impacts on small entities.
would amend the African Elephant Conservation Act of 1988 to conserve elephants while appropriately regulating ivory in the United States.