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 modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior.

would provide for the exchange of certain land located in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests in the state of Colorado.

would require the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a property conveyance with the city of Wallowa, Oregon.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain federal land to Deschutes County, Oregon

would allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people within Glacier Bay National Park in the state of Alaska.

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

would amend CERCLA to provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant under that Act.

would promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research and development.

would amend the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to enhance awareness of export promotion activities with respect to clean energy and environmental products and services of the United States.

would designate certain federal lands within the Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge and the Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge, part of the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex, in Lincoln County, Hancock County, and Washington County, Maine, as wilderness.