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 prohibit the conducting of invasive research on great apes.
would require the Secretary of the Army to conduct levee system evaluations and certifications on receipt of requests from non-federal interests.
would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow the storage and conveyance of nonproject water at the Norman project in Oklahoma.
would allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to use certain amounts to carry out harbor deepening projects
would amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining.
would amend the CAA to conform the definition of renewable biomass to the definition given the term in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.
would provide for the designation of the Devil's Staircase Wilderness Area in the state of Oregon and designate segments of Wasson and Franklin Creeks in the state of Oregon as wild rivers.
would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste.
would modify the boundary of the Oregon Caves National Monument.
would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend a water contract between the United States and the East Bench Irrigation District.