would clarify the applicability of certain maritime laws with respect to the blowout and explosion of the Deepwater Horizon.

which would allow for innovations and alternative technologies that meet or exceed desired energy efficiency goals, and make technical corrections to existing federal energy efficiency laws, was passed by the House.

would approve the transfer of Yellow Creek Port properties in Iuka, Mississippi.

would prohibit invasive research on great apes.

would provide for the unencumbering of title to land owned by the city of Anchorage, Alaska, for purposes of economic development by conveyance of the federal reversion interest to the city.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to facilitate water leasing and water transfers to promote conservation and efficiency.

would amend CERCLA to provide assistance for natural disaster response at Superfund sites.

which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to allow the construction and operation of natural gas pipeline facilities in the Gateway National Recreation Area, was signed into law on November 27, 2012.

would expand the Pajarita Wilderness and designate the Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness in Coronado National Forest, Arizona.

would direct the FWS, in coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Geological Survey, to lead a multiagency effort to slow the spread of Asian carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and tributaries.