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 water conservation, drought operations, and drought resilience at water resources development projects.

would require the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right-of-way for an emergency exit on certain National Park Service land in the state of Virginia.

would require the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right-of-way for an emergency exit on certain National Park Service land in the state of Virginia. 

would require the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a program for post-disaster reforestation and restoration program.

would provide for offshore wind energy development.

which would amend the FWPCA to require the Administrator of EPA to give priority consideration to selecting Pensacola and Perdido Bays as an estuary of national significance, was passed by the Senate. 

would require the Secretary of Commerce to produce distribution maps for certain species of whales.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to control the movement of aquatic invasive species into, across, and out of federal land and waters, provide for financial assistance from the Commissioner of Reclamation to Reclamation States for watercraft inspection and decontamination stations, and amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to make certain technical corrections. 

would assist in the conservation of critically endangered species in foreign countries

would direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a program for the interim storage of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.