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 require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain federal land to Elko County, Nevada, and to take land into trust for the Te-moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada.

would authorize the Administrator of NOAA to provide certain funds to eligible entities for activities undertaken to address the marine debris impacts of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

would provide for the development of a fishery management plan for the Gulf of Mexico red snapper.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for qualified conservation contributions which include National Scenic Trails.

would reauthorize the Rivers of Steel, Lackawanna, Delaware and Lehigh, and the Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Areas.

would amend tit. 23, U.S.C., to protect states that have in effect laws or orders with respect to pay to play reform.

would convey the Forest Service Lake Hill Administrative Site in Summit County, Colorado.

would convey a small parcel of National Forest System land in Pound, Virginia.

would establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife to prevent the introduction and establishment of nonnative wildlife and wild animal pathogens and parasites.

would amend tit. 23, U.S.C., to protect states that have in effect laws or orders with respect to pay-to-play reform.