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 the protection of natural and cultural resources, tribal collaborative management, sustainable economic development, enhanced recreation, and equitable access on federal lands in eastern Imperial and Riverside Counties, California.

would nullify Presidential Proclamation No. 10606, establishing Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument and withdrawing certain land in Arizona from mineral entry.

would require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore lease sales.

would establish a critical mineral environmental processing and mining cleanup program.

would require the Secretary of the Army to establish a pilot program to protect Native American burial sites, village sites, and cultural resources discovered at Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects in the Sacramento River watershed.

would provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois.

would require the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the state of Utah certain federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of BLM within the boundaries of Camp Williams, Utah.

would withdraw certain federal land in the Pecos Watershed area of the state of New Mexico from mineral entry.

would establish the Benjamin Harrison National Recreation Area and Wilderness in the state of Indiana.

would require the Secretary of Energy to establish a Nuclear Fuel Security Program, and expand the American Assured Fuel Supply Program.