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.

would strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and amend the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 to implement the Antigua Convention. 

honoring conservation on the centennial of the passenger pigeon extinction.

would require the Secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress a report on the efforts of the Bureau of Reclamation to manage its infrastructure assets. 

would amend the Mni Wiconi Project Act of 1988 to facilitate completion of the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply System. 

would enact Title 54 of the United States Code, ''National Park Service and Related Programs'', as positive law.

would strengthen implementation of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 by improving the capacity of the federal government to implement, leverage, and monitor and evaluate programs to provide first-time or improved access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene to the world's poorest on an equitable and sustainable basis.

would grant the Secretary of the Interior permanent authority to authorize states to issue electronic duck stamps.

would revise the boundaries of several units in the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System.

would provide for a comprehensive assessment of the scientific and technical research on implications of the use of mid-level ethanol blends.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land and mineral rights on the reservation of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana, and other culturally important land, into trust for the benefit of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe.