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 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 amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites on Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as a unit of the National Park System.

would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act related to a segment of the Lower Merced River in California.

would expand the boundary of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and conduct a study of potential land acquisitions.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain with no net loss of acreage to the Park or the Wilderness.

would provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of National Forest System land to the city of Fruit Heights, Utah.

would approve the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline.

would prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of any pesticide containing atrazine.

would prohibit certain transfers of radioactive metal by the Department of Energy.