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 reverse the listing by the Secretary of the Interior of the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species under the ESA and prevent further consideration of listing of the species as a threatened species or endangered species under that Act pending implementation of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies' Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Conservation Plan and other conservation measures.
would ratify a water settlement agreement affecting the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.
would amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund to limit the use of funds available from the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to use for maintenance.
would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish within EPA a Columbia River Basin Restoration Program.
would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish within EPA a Columbia River Basin Restoration Program.
would prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian land in Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming compacts.
would make technical corrections to the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the John P. Parker House in Ripley, Ohio, as a unit of the National Park System
would authorize certain land conveyances involving public lands in northern Nevada to promote economic development and conservation.
would amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to improve recreation opportunities and increase consistency and accountability in the collection and expenditure of recreation fees collected on public lands and forests.