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 provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by FWS relating to “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat.”

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by NMFS relating to “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat.”

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by FWS relating to “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Interagency Cooperation.”

would amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 with respect to cost-sharing provisions for the territories and Indian tribes.

would require the imposition of additional duties with respect to imports of green energy goods that originate in the People's Republic of China.

would amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to reauthorize the bycatch reduction engineering program and establish the Bycatch Mitigation Assistance Fund.

would provide for the designation of areas within which fishing activities carried out using bottom trawls may be carried out.

would prohibit wildlife killing contests on public lands.

would amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to provide for criminal penalties for acquiring a wild free-roaming horse or burro with the intention of transferring such animal for processing into commercial products.

would amend the FWPCA to direct the Administrator of EPA to carry out further improvement of Onondaga Lake, New York, and for the purposes of integrating research, education, planning, and restoration of the watershed.