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 express the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Secretary of State should ensure that the Canadian Government does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin.
Would facilitate and streamline the Bureau of Reclamation process for creating or expanding surface water storage under Reclamation law.
Would require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to Elko County, Nevada, and to take land into trust for certain Indian tribes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Would provide for a land conveyance in the State of Nevada, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Would require the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust 4 parcels of Federal land for the benefit of certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, with amendments.
Would amend the Indian Reorganization Act to apply the Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when any tribe became recognized, reaffirming the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.
would make technical corrections to certain Native American water rights settlements in the State of New Mexico, with an amendment.
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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
which reauthorizes the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, was passed by the Senate.
would exchange trust and fee land to resolve land disputes created by the realignment of the Blackfoot River along the boundary of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation.