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 encourage water efficiency.
would establish the St. Croix National Heritage Area.
would reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000.
would strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and amend the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 to implement the Antigua Convention.
would modify the boundary of the Shiloh National Military Park located in Tennessee and Mississippi and establish Parker's Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the National Park System.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement an oil and gas leasing program that will result in the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska.
would reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, and the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997.
which would authorize the issuance of right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines in Glacier National Park, was passed by the Senate.
would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Molalla River in the state of Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
which would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue right-of-way permits for a natural gas transmission pipeline in nonwilderness areas within the boundary of Denali National Park, was passed by the Senate.