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 authorize certain land conveyances involving public lands in northern Nevada to promote economic development and conservation.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, to evaluate the national significance of the Church and to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating such area as a unit of the National Park System.
would authorize a land exchange involving the acquisition of private land adjacent to the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona for inclusion in the refuge in exchange for certain Bureau of Land Management lands in Riverside County, California.
would reaffirm that certain land has been taken into trust for the benefit of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatami Indians.
would amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission.
would prevent future propane shortages.
would enhance the capabilities of metropolitan planning organizations.
would remove Federal Government obstacles to the production of more domestic energy; ensure transport of that energy reliably to businesses, consumers, and other end users; lower the cost of energy to consumers; enable manufacturers and other businesses to access domestically produced energy affordably and reliably in order to create and sustain more secure and well-paying American jobs.
would require the Environmental Protection Agency to obtain a court order to garnish wages to pay a nontax debt.
would remove a use restriction on land formerly a part of Acadia National Park that was transferred to the town of Tremont, Maine.