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 all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower development under federal reclamation law.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, to conduct a technological capability assessment, survey, and economic feasibility study regarding recovery of minerals other than oil and natural gas from the shallow and deep seabed of the United States.
would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act related to a segment of the Lower Merced River in California.
would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to extend the Constitution, laws, and jurisdiction of the United States to installations and devices attached to the seabed of the outer continental shelf for the production and support of production of energy from sources other than oil and gas.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.
would facilitate the development of wind energy resources on federal lands.
would authorize the conveyance of mineral rights by the Secretary of the Interior in the state of Montana.
would amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the ESA.
would facilitate a proposed four-lane highway bridge in the Lower St. Croix Wild and Scenic River.
The bill would direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge.