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.

which would expand geothermal production, was passed by the Senate.

which would direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating sites in the Lower Mississippi River Area in Louisiana as a unit of the National Park System, was passed by the Senate.

which would allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people within Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska, was passed by the Senate.

which would authorize the continued use of certain water diversions located on National Forest System land in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in Idaho, was passed by the Senate.

which would provide for the conveyance of certain federal land in Clark County, Nevada, for the environmental remediation and reclamation of the Three Kids Mine Project Site, was passed by the Senate.

which would provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings owned by the United States to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, was passed by the Senate.

which would amend certain definitions contained in the Provo River Project Transfer Act for purposes of clarifying certain property descriptions, was passed by the Senate.

which would define the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in Utah, was passed by the Senate.

would establish the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area in Washington.

would require the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a report on the status of greater sage grouse conservation efforts.