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 reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act.
would amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act to permanently reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network.
would require states to establish highway stormwater management programs.
would extend the secure rural schools and community self-determination program, and restore mandatory funding status to the payment in lieu of taxes program.
would require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients are labeled accordingly.
would amend the FLAME Act to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities.
would amend the CWA to protect and restore the Great Lakes.
would make technical corrections to the Navajo water rights settlement in New Mexico.
would convey states all right, title, and interest in, and a percentage of the amount of royalties under the Mineral Leasing Act with respect to public land and deposits in the state.
would authorize the exploration, leasing, development, production, and transportation of oil and gas in and from the coastal plain of Alaska.