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 ensure orderly conduct of Nuclear Regulatory Commission actions.
would authorize studies of certain areas for possible inclusion in the National Park System.
would prohibit federal agencies from requiring seafood to be certified as sustainable by a third party nongovernmental organization.
would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the York River and associated tributaries for study for potential inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
would ensure orderly conduct of Nuclear Regulatory Commission actions.
would allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people within Glacier Bay National Park in the state of Alaska.
would amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts.
would amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt from such Act animals accidentally included in shipments of aquatic species produced in commercial aquaculture.
would amend the Helium Act to complete the privatization of the federal helium reserve.
would authorize the Administrator of EPA to establish a program of awarding grants to owners or operators of water systems to increase the resiliency or adaptability of the systems to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of a region of the United States.