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.

which provides for an exchange of land between the Department of Homeland Security and the South Carolina State Ports Authority, was signed into law on July 18, 2012.

would provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah to Brigham Young University.

would promote the development of renewable energy on public lands.

would require the Secretary of the Interior to convey the McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery to the state of North Carolina.

would amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply research regarding the water resources research and technology institutes established under that Act.

would require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to expedite forest management projects relating to hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, and economic development.

would prohibit the Secretary of Energy from enforcing regulations pertaining to certain battery chargers.

would establish an Office of Federal Energy Production within the Department of Energy.

would designate certain federal land in the San Juan National Forest in the state of Colorado as wilderness.

would authorize studies of certain areas for possible inclusion in the National Park System.