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 amend NEPA to direct the Council on Environmental Quality to report to Congress annually on the number of permits required under federal law for which applications have been submitted and that have not been issued because an EIS is pending.

would authorize the conveyance of two small parcels of land within the boundaries of the Coconino National Forest containing private improvements that were developed based upon the reliance of the landowners in an erroneous survey conducted in May 1960.

would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands in certain efforts to reduce diesel emissions.

would amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the ESA.

would amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada.

would designate as wilderness certain land and inland water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the state of Michigan.

would terminate certain hydropower reservations.

would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the authority of the Administrator of EPA to disapprove specifications of disposal sites for the discharge of dredged or fill material, and to clarify the procedure under which a higher review of specifications may be requested.

would develop an energy critical elements program and amend the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980.

would authorize the International Boundary and Water Commission to reimburse state and local governments of Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas for expenses incurred designing, constructing, and rehabilitating water projects under the jurisdiction of the Commission.