would provide drought assistance and improved water supply reliability to California and other states. 

would amend the National Housing Act to modify premium charges and the dollar amount limitation on loans for financing alterations, repairs, and improvements to, or conversion of, existing structures, including energy efficiency or water conserving home improvements.

would provide a pathway for temporary seasonal employees in federal land management agencies to compete for vacant permanent positions under internal merit promotion procedures.

would provide for consideration of H.R. 2647, which would expedite NEPA procedures and improve forest management activities in units of the National Forest System, on public lands under the jurisdiction of BLM, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands.

would provide for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Army Corps of Engineers and EPA relating to the definition of ''waters of the United States'' under the CWA.

would establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power generation systems.

would reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act.

would prohibit foreign assistance to countries that do not prohibit shark finning in their territorial waters, or prohibit the importation, sale, or possession of shark fins obtained as a result of shark finning.

would amend SMCRA to transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the 1974 United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan.

would require DOE to provide loans and grants for solar installations in low-income and underserved areas.