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 address certain water-related concerns on the San Joaquin River.

would provide for the eradication and control of nutria.

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 amend the ESA to provide for state management of population segments of gray wolves in the United States.

would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out programs to develop and demonstrate two small modular nuclear reactor designs.

would amend the ESA to provide that Bluefin tuna may not be treated as an endangered or threatened species.

would reauthorize the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004.

would reauthorize the Great Ape Conservation Act.

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 inform consumers regarding costs associated with compliance for protecting endangered and threatened species under the ESA.