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 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.

would implement the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean, as adopted at Auckland on November 14, 2009.

would implement the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean, as adopted at Tokyo on February 24, 2012.

would require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain federal land to Elko County, Nevada, and to take land into trust for certain Indian tribes.

would provide for a land conveyance in Nevada.

would provide for DOE fundamental science, basic research activities, and applied energy research and development.

would provide for certain land to be taken into trust for the benefit of Morongo Band of Mission Indians.