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 National Estuary Program.
would authorize the Department of Commerce to identify, declare, and respond to marine disease emergencies.
would promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for sensible development in Douglas County, Nevada.
would provide for media coverage of federal court proceedings.
would require genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly.
would place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services.
would include the Santa Cruz Redwoods Public Lands in the California Coastal National Monument.
would coordinate the provision of energy retrofitting assistance to schools.
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.