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 improve hydropower.
would require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an assessment of United States capability to meet current and future demands for the minerals critical to manufacturing and agricultural competitiveness.
would correct the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit L06, Topsail, North Carolina.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.
would amend the National Trails System Act to provide for the study of the Pike National Historic Trail.
would establish the San Juan Islands National Conservation Area in the San Juan Islands, Washington.
would designate the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area in California.
would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain interests in federal land acquired for the Scofield Project in Carbon County, Utah.
would provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of National Forest System land to the city of Fruit Heights, Utah.
would establish the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hanford, Washington.