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 improve the control and management of invasive species that threaten and harm federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior.
would provide for wildfire suppression operations.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a deduction for amounts contributed to disaster savings accounts to help defray the cost of preparing their homes to withstand a disaster and to repair or replace property damaged or destroyed in a disaster.
would supplement the Secretary of the Army's existing authorities to review the operations of reservoirs.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a deduction for amounts contributed to disaster savings accounts to help defray the cost of preparing their homes to withstand a disaster and to repair or replace property damaged or destroyed in a disaster.
would allow states to waive regulations promulgated under the CAA relating to electric generating units under certain circumstances.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey by quitclaim deed to the City of Fernley, Nevada, all right, title, and interest of the United States, to any federal land within that city that is under the jurisdiction of either of those agencies.
would direct federal public land management officials to exercise their authority under existing law to facilitate use of and access to federal public lands for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment of repayment contracts between the United States and water users and provide surface water storage enhancement.
would establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee to advise the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, and recreational shooting.