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 establish the Sangre de Cristo National Historical Park.
would establish the San Juan Islands National Conservation Area in the San Juan Islands, Washington.
would direct the Administrator of EPA to change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms.
would amend CERCLA to modify provisions relating to grants.
would provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies at the Department of Energy.
would develop an energy critical elements program, to amend the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980.
would provide that there shall be no net increase in the acres of certain federal land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest Service unless the federal budget is balanced for the year in which the land would be purchased.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain federal land and direct that the proceeds be applied to reduce the federal budget deficit.
would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of New Jersey.
would establish the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area.