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 provide a categorical exclusion under NEPA to allow BLM and Forest Service to remove pinyon-juniper trees in order to conserve and restore greater sage-grouse and mule deer habitat.
would extend federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe- Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe.
would amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to prohibit the paying of premium subsidies on policies based on the actual market price of an agricultural commodity at the time of harvest.
would reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation program of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
would direct EPA to publish a health advisory and submit reports on microcystins in drinking water.
would amend the SDWA to provide for risk assessment and management of algal toxins in drinking water.
would provide for consideration of S. 1, which would approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.
would provide for the withdrawal of certain federal land in Garden Valley, Nevada.
would establish and designate wilderness areas within the Gold Butte National Conservation Area in Clark County, Nevada.
would direct USDA to publish a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance.