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 amend OCSLA to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington.
would sustain the economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land and other public land in the state of Montana, add certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation System, release certain wilderness study areas, and designate new areas for recreation.
would convey a small parcel of National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah to Brigham Young University.
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.
would amend TSCA to clarify the jurisdiction of the EPA with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act.
would reinstate and transfer certain hydroelectric licenses and extend the deadline for commencement of construction.
would direct the Administrator of EPA to change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms.
would direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield located in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, Kentucky, and the feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System.
would convey certain cemeteries that are located on National Forest System land in Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota.