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 reject and replace the final five-year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for fiscal years 2013 through 2018.
would amend FIFRA to improve the use of certain registered pesticides.
would suspend sales of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until certain conditions are met.
would prohibit any regulation regarding carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions reduction in the United States until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions.
would designate the Wovoka Wilderness and provide for certain land conveyances in Lyon County, Nevada.
would provide for certain improvements to the Denali National Park and Preserve in the state of Alaska.
would allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people within Glacier Bay National Park in the state of Alaska.
would include the county of Mohave Arizona as an affected area under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act based on exposure to atmospheric nuclear testing.
would direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain federally owned land in Florida to Miami-Dade County.
would make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available for fiscal years 2012 and 2013.