Below are summaries of Bills Introduced, Committee Reports, Chamber Actions, and Public Laws reported in the most recent issue of ELR's Weekly Update.
revises the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units.
directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement and the
Hualapai Tribe Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Agreement, provides for the lease of certain land located within Planet Ranch on the Bill Williams River in the Arizona to benefit the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, and provides for the settlement of specific water rights claims in the Bill Williams River watershed.
would amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to deauthorize the Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area Critical Restoration Project.
would amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to authorize the Central Everglades Planning Project.
would authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
would amend the SDWA to provide for the assessment and management of cyanotoxins in drinking water.
would amend NEPA to authorize assignment of federal agency environmental review responsibilities to states.
would approve and implement the Klamath Basin agreements, to improve natural resource management, support economic development, and sustain agricultural production in the Klamath River Basin.
would improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant land.
would promote energy efficiency.