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 the settlement of the water rights claims of the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.
would amend the Smith River National Recreation Area Act to include certain additions to the Smith River National Recreation Area and amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain wild rivers in the state of Oregon.
would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to "Updates to New Chemicals Regulations Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)."
would provide for the conservation of the Chesapeake Bay.
would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to a person that does not renegotiate its existing leases in order to require royalty payments if oil and natural gas prices are greater than or equal to specified price thresholds.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue certain records of decision and resource management plans.
would prohibit certain exports of natural gas produced or refined in the United States.
would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to a person that does not renegotiate its existing leases in order to require royalty payments if oil and natural gas prices are greater than or equal to specified price thresholds.
would provide for the conservation of the Chesapeake Bay.
would prohibit natural asset companies from entering into any agreement with respect to land in the state of Utah or natural assets on or in land in the state of Utah.