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 the Secretary of the Interior to carry out programs and activities that connect Americans, especially children, youth, and families, with the outdoors.

would amend the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Defense to decontaminate certain portions of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico.

would amend the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with eligible Indian tribes to manage land buy-back programs and require that certain amounts be deposited into interest bearing accounts.

which would address current emergency shortages of propane and other home heating fuels and provide greater flexibility and information for governors to address such emergencies in the future, was passed by the Senate after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.

would approve and implement the Klamath Basin agreements, improve natural resource management, support economic development, and sustain agricultural production in the Klamath River Basin.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out programs and activities that connect the people of the United States, especially children, youth, and families, with the outdoors.

would direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the NOAA, to conduct coastal community vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification.

would amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for the inspection of pipeline facilities that are transferred by sale and pipeline facilities that are abandoned.

would remove from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System an area included in Unit TX-15P in Texas.

would designate certain federal lands in California as wilderness.