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 enhance national security and energy independence through comprehensive offshore energy resource assessment and mapping, and establish a framework for the regular review and standardization of offshore resource exploration methodologies.
would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to permit removal of trees around electrical lines on National Forest System lands and BLM lands, respectively, without conducting a timber sale.
would direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to carry out activities to provide for white oak restoration.
would nullify the Henry Mountains and Fremont Gorge Travel Management Plan.
would prohibit the export of liquefied natural gas and petroleum products to certain countries.
would authorize the relinquishment and in lieu selection of land and minerals in the state of North Dakota, and restore land and minerals to Indian tribes within the state of North Dakota.
would amend NEPA to require CEQ to publish an annual report on environmental reviews and causes of action based on alleged noncompliance with the Act.
would establish the Cesar E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park in the states of California and Arizona.
would designate as wilderness certain federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the state of Utah for the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United States.
would designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors.