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 CERCLA to provide assistance for natural disaster response at Superfund sites.

which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to allow the construction and operation of natural gas pipeline facilities in the Gateway National Recreation Area, was signed into law on November 27, 2012.

would expand the Pajarita Wilderness and designate the Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness in Coronado National Forest, Arizona.

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

which would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow the construction and operation of natural gas pipeline facilities in the Gateway National Recreation Area, was passed by the House.

would prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing through port state measures.

would reauthorize and amend the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002.

would improve hurricane preparedness by establishing the National Hurricane Research Initiative.

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

would authorize the Secretary of Commerce to convey real property of NOAA in Ketchikan, Alaska.