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

would modify the project for the improvement of the Shallotte River, North Carolina, to change the authorized depth to eight feet.

would authorize a project for hurricane and storm damage reduction in Surf City and North Topsail Beach, North Carolina.

would amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary of the Army to evaluate the feasibility of continuing federal participation in a beach nourishment project.

would authorize a project for hurricane and storm damage reduction in West Onslow Beach and New River Inlet, North Carolina.

which amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, was signed into law on December 28, 2012.

would establish certain wilderness areas in central Idaho and to authorize various land conveyances involving National Forest System land and Bureau of Land Management land.

would preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as wilderness.

would encourage water efficiency.

would establish the St. Croix National Heritage Area.