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 establish uniform administrative and enforcement authorities for the enforcement of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and similar statutes.
would prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing through port state measures.
which would improve hydropower, was passed by the House.
which would reinstate and transfer certain hydroelectric licenses and extend the deadline for commencement of construction, was passed by the House.
would convey certain property located in Anchorage, Alaska, from the United States to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to develop, maintain, and administer an annex in Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as an extension of the American Memorial Park located in Saipan.
would prohibit funding for EPA to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies.
would designate the Valles Caldera National Preserve as a unit of the National Park System.
would transfer certain facilities, easements, and rights-of-way to Fort Sumner Irrigation District, New Mexico.