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 prescribe judicial review requirements for certain projects.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code to increase the limitation on the credit for biomass stoves and boilers and to include biomass heating appliances in the energy credit.

would amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to implement fertility controls to manage populations of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and encourage training opportunities for military veterans to assist in range management activities.

would ensure the maintenance of a herd of horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

would support the execution of bilateral agreements concerning illicit transnational maritime activity and authorize the president to impose sanctions with respect to illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing and the sale, supply, purchase, or transfer of endangered species.

would require the Director of FWS to reissue a final rule removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the ESA.

would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila River system in the state of New Mexico as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain federal land in the state of New Mexico.

would direct the Administrator of NOAA to conduct high-resolution surveying and mapping of the lakebeds of the Great Lakes.

would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila River system in the state of New Mexico as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain federal land in the state of New Mexico.

would authorize additional funding for the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act.