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 make appropriations for DOI, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015.
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 adjust the boundaries of Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park to include Hinchliffe Stadium.
would ratify a water settlement agreement affecting the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.
would authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the state of Nebraska.
would amend the East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act to permit the Secretary of the Interior to extend the contract for certain water services.
would direct the Administrator of General Services, on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior, to convey certain federal property located in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to the Olgoonik Corporation, an Alaska Native Corporation established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
would authorize the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement.
would ratify a water settlement agreement affecting the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.
would amend the Natural Gas Act to provide certainty with respect to the timing of DOE decisions to approve or deny applications to export natural gas.