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.

which would amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts, as passed by the House.

which would reauthorize the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp through 2016, the profits of which support programs to help to protect African and Asian elephants, rhinoceroses, tigers, great apes, and marine turtles, was passed by the House.

Would provide for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5078) to preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United States, and for
consideration another bill (H. Res. 644).

Would amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts.

would amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to permit exemptions for external power supplies from certain efficiency standards.

Would express the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Secretary of State should ensure that the Canadian Government does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin.

Would facilitate and streamline the Bureau of Reclamation process for creating or expanding surface water storage under Reclamation law.

Would require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to Elko County, Nevada, and to take land into trust for certain Indian tribes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.

Would provide for a land conveyance in the State of Nevada, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.

Would require the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust 4 parcels of Federal land for the benefit of certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, with amendments.