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 modify the boundary of the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in South Dakota, was passed by the House.

which would amend Pub. L. No. 93-435 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, was passed by the House.

which would direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey two parcels of surplus land within the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway to the state of Mississippi, was passed by the House.

which would provide for certain improvements to the Denali National Park and Preserve in the state of Alaska, was passed by the House.

which would require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain federal land to the Powell Recreation District in the state of Wyoming, was passed by the House.

would amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under ESA.

would convey the Forest Service Lake Hill Administrative Site in Summit County, Colorado.

would amend the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an expeditious program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, including at least one lease sale in the Reserve each year in the period 2013 through 2023.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take certain federal lands located in El Dorado County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians.

would provide for certain improvements to the Denali National Park and Preserve in the state of Alaska.