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 partial settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

would exempt National Forest System land in Alaska from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

would address the bark beetle epidemic, drought, deteriorating forest health conditions, and high risk of wildfires on National Forest System and Bureau of Land Management land by expanding authorities in the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003.

would provide exclusive funding to support fisheries and the communities that rely upon them, clear unnecessary regulatory burdens, and streamline federal fisheries management.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Battery Conservancy to construct and operate a performance facility at Castle Clinton National Monument.

would require the Administrator of EPA to use the commercially available volume of cellulosic biofuel in setting requirements for the renewable fuel program under the CAA.

would prevent excessive speculation in energy commodities.

would establish requirements for oil and gas leasing of areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of South Carolina.

would amend the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor Act of 1996 to designate the management entity for the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor.