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 allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people within Glacier Bay National Park in the state of Alaska.

would direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain federally owned land in Florida to Miami-Dade County.

would include the county of Mohave Arizona as an affected area under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act based on exposure to atmospheric nuclear testing.

would make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available for fiscal years 2012 and 2013.

would require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain federal land to the Powell Recreation District in the state of Wyoming.

would direct the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, in coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers, the National Park Service, and the United States Geological Survey, to lead a multiagency effort to slow the spread of Asian carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and tributaries.

would provide for the continued lease or eventual conveyance of certain federal land within the boundaries of Fort Wainwright Military Reservation in Fairbanks, Alaska.

would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the mainstem of the Nashua River and its tributaries in the commonwealth of Massachusetts for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a business credit relating to the use of clean-fuel and fuel efficient vehicles by businesses within areas designated as nonattainment areas under the Clean Air Act.

would provide for the establishment of a Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund to assist United States businesses with exporting clean energy technology products and services.