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 amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to provide certain exemptions relating to the taking of migratory game birds.

would provide assistance for watersheds adversely affected by qualifying natural disasters.

would amend the Wildfire Suppressing Aircraft Transfer Act of 1996 to facilitate interagency agreements with the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve to secure Defense Support to Civil Authority missions in the initial airborne response to wildfires.

would authorize a land exchange involving the acquisition of private land adjacent to the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona for inclusion in the refuge in exchange for certain BLM lands in Riverside County, California.

would clarify the applicability of certain maritime laws with respect to the blowout and explosion of the Deepwater Horizon.

which would allow for innovations and alternative technologies that meet or exceed desired energy efficiency goals, and make technical corrections to existing federal energy efficiency laws, was passed by the House.

would approve the transfer of Yellow Creek Port properties in Iuka, Mississippi.

would prohibit invasive research on great apes.

would provide for the unencumbering of title to land owned by the city of Anchorage, Alaska, for purposes of economic development by conveyance of the federal reversion interest to the city.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to facilitate water leasing and water transfers to promote conservation and efficiency.