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 the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out emergency watershed protection measures on National Forest System land.

would reauthorize funding for EPA's Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant Program.

would amend Title 38, U.S. Code, to establish additional presumptions of service connection for certain diseases that occur in veterans who suffered toxic exposure while serving at Karshi Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan.

would amend Title 38, U.S. Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to publish information about conditions and cohorts the Department of Veterans Affairs is considering for purposes of establishing or removing presumptions of service connection regarding toxic exposure.

would amend the CZMA to allow the District of Columbia to receive federal funding under the Act.

would amend the Natural Gas Act to provide for expanded natural gas exports.

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by BLM relating to "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision."

would amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to give preference to local contractors in awarding contracts to carry out certain hazardous fuel reduction projects on federal land.

would prohibit oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production in certain areas of the outer continental shelf off the coast of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.

would direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the city of Ouray, Colorado, certain land managed by the Forest Service, together with a reservoir.