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 require the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe regulations to reduce helicopter noise pollution in residential areas in Los Angeles County, California.

would authorize a National Heritage Area Program.

would amend OCSLA to require that oil produced from federal leases in certain Arctic waters be transported by pipeline to onshore facilities and provide for the sharing of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues from areas in the Alaska Adjacent Zone.

would authorize improvements to flood damage reduction facilities adjacent to the American and Sacramento Rivers near Sacramento, California.

would provide for the unencumbering of title to non-federal land owned by the city of Anchorage, Alaska, for purposes of economic development.

would authorize the Niblack and Bokan Mountain mining area road corridors in the state of Alaska.

would designate the Pine Forest Range Wilderness area in Humboldt County, Nevada.

would prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress.

would reject and replace the final five-year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for fiscal years 2013 through 2018.

would amend FIFRA to improve the use of certain registered pesticides.