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 direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement and the Hualapai Tribe Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Agreement, provide for the lease of certain land located within Planet Ranch on the Bill Williams River in Arizona to benefit the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, and provide for the settlement of specific water rights claims in the Bill Williams River watershed in Arizona.
would preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United States.
would provide for a land conveyance in Nevada.
would amend title 23, United States Code, to require states to dedicate 5% of certain funds to projects that reduce emissions to public safety vehicles.
would direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish in the Federal Register a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance.
would expedite applications to export natural gas and would require the public disclosure of liquefied natural gas export destinations.
which would direct the Administrator of General Services, on behalf of the Archivist of the United States, to convey certain federal property located in Alaska to the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, was passed by the House.
would provide for the establishment of a National Rare-Earth Refinery Cooperative.
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 implement the amendment to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, as adopted at Lisbon on September 28, 2007.