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 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to the guidelines for specification of certain disposal sites for dredged or fill material.
would establish a regulatory review process for rules that the Administrator of EPA plans to propose.
would amend the Lacey Act to prohibit importation, exportation, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, and purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, or in a manner substantially affecting interstate or foreign commerce, of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species.
would provide for environmental restoration activities and forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin, and amend title 18, U.S.C., to prohibit the importation or shipment of quagga mussels.
would provide for equitable compensation to the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation for the use of tribal land for the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam.
would make technical corrections to certain Native American water rights settlements in the state of New Mexico.
would facilitate the remediation of abandoned hardrock mines.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to facilitate water leasing and water transfers to promote conservation and efficiency.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating portions of the Ka'u Coast in the state of Hawaii as a unit of the National Park System.
would authorize the continued use of certain water diversions located on National Forest System land in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the state of Idaho.