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 amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prescribe an additional requirement for the designation of marine sanctuaries off the coast of Alaska.
would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce from authorizing commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the Exclusive Economic Zone except in accordance with a law authorizing such action.
would provide for congressional approval of national monuments, restrictions on the use of national monuments, and establish requirements for declaration of marine national monuments.
would amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken during sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the ESA.
would amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken during sport hunts in Canada.
would amend the Pribilof Islands Transition Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to provide notice of certification that no further corrective action is required at sites and operable units covered by the Pribilof Islands Environmental Restoration agreement.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the gas tax and establish a carbon tax on highway fuels.
would establish a WaterSense lebeling program.
would enhance the energy security of allies of the United States.
would provide for certain land to be taken into trust for the benefit of Morongo Band of Mission Indians.