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 and reauthorize certain provisions relating to Long Island Sound restoration and stewardship.

would amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to provide for the reauthorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network.

would amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to reauthorize the Act.

would extend the authorization of appropriations to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017.

would amend CERCLA to modify provisions relating to grants.

would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a grant program to support the restoration of San Francisco Bay.

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

would reauthorize and amend the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act.

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.

would expand and extend the program to improve permit coordination by BLM.