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 Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to improve recreation opportunities and increase consistency and accountability in the collection and expenditure of recreation fees collected on public lands and forests.
would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right lease applications for which the Secretary has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination.
would correct the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit P16.
would prohibit closing or repurposing any fish hatchery or aquatic species propagation program of the Department of the Interior unless such action is expressly authorized by Congress.
would transfer recreational management authority for Lake Berryessa in California from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Bureau of Land Management.
would direct the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse states that used state funds to operate National Parks during the federal government shutdown.
would designate certain federal land in the San Juan National Forest in Colorado as wilderness.
would establish the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in the state of Washington.
would promote timely exploration for geothermal resources under existing leases.
would require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of federal real property and identify inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date federal land inventories.