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 conserve wild Pacific salmon.
would revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI-07 in the state of Rhode Island.
would designate as wilderness certain public land in the Cherokee National Forest in the state of Tennessee.
would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance to the state of Louisiana for a pilot program to develop measures to eradicate or control feral swine and to assess and restore wetlands damaged by feral swine.
would provide for the designation of the Devil's Staircase Wilderness Area in the state of Oregon and designate segments of Wasson and Franklin Creeks in the state of Oregon as wild rivers.
would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow the storage and conveyance of nonproject water at the Norman project in Oklahoma.
would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah Project.
would establish the Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area in the state of New Mexico.
would expand the boundaries of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve.