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.

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.

would reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the American Falls Reservoir.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating sites in the Lower Mississippi River Area in the state of Louisiana as a unit of the National Park System.

would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify the Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project.

would amend SMCRA to clarify that uncertified states and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects and acid mine remediation programs.

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

would require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain federal land to the Powell Recreation District in the state of Wyoming.

would expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the state of Washington and designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic rivers.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah Project.

would designate as wilderness certain land and inland water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the state of Michigan.