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 ban hydraulic fracturing on land owned by the federal government and leased to third parties.

would support and provide financial resources to conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and canid populations and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in the conservation of rare felids and canids.

would amend the CWA to reauthorize the sewer overflow control grants program. 

would modify certain provisions relating to the Propane Education and Research Council.

would provide for the establishment of nationally uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel.

would facilitate a land exchange involving National Forest System land in the Inyo National Forest.

would establish the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in the state of Washington. 

would require the National Park Service to refund state funds used to reopen and temporarily operate units of the National Park System during the October 2013 shutdown.

would adjust the boundary of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin to include the Ashland Harbor Breakwater Lighthouse. 

would approve and implement the Klamath River basin agreements to improve natural resource management, support economic development, and sustain agricultural production in the basin.