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 designate the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness in the Ouachita National Forest. 

would require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. 

would amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include extreme heat in the definition of a major disaster. 

would reduce the health risks of heat by establishing the National Integrated Heat Health Information System within NOAA and the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat preparedness, planning, and response, requiring a study, and establishing financial assistance programs to address heat effects. 

which would assist tribal governments in the management of buffalo and buffalo habitat and the reestablishment of buffalo on Indian land, was passed by the Senate.

which would reauthorize certain U.S. Geological Survey water data enhancement programs, was passed by the House.

which would extend authorization of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, was passed by the House.

which would authorize the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to reimburse the town of Chincoteague, Virginia, for costs directly associated with the removal and replacement of certain drinking water wells, was passed by the Senate.

which would amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to authorize expenditures for the conduct of certain water conservation measures in the Great Salt Lake basin, was passed by the Senate.

which would authorize additional funding for the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act, was passed by the Senate.