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 authorize a project for hurricane and storm damage reduction in West Onslow Beach and New River Inlet, North Carolina.

which amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, was signed into law on December 28, 2012.

would establish certain wilderness areas in central Idaho and to authorize various land conveyances involving National Forest System land and Bureau of Land Management land.

would preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as wilderness.

would encourage water efficiency.

would establish the St. Croix National Heritage Area.

would reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000.

would strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and amend the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 to implement the Antigua Convention.

would modify the boundary of the Shiloh National Military Park located in Tennessee and Mississippi and establish Parker's Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the National Park System.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement an oil and gas leasing program that will result in the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska.