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 amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to establish the Federal Oil Spill Research Committee, and amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to include in a response plan certain planned and demonstrated investments in research relating to discharges of oil and to modify the dates by which a response plan must be updated.

would convey certain cemeteries that are located on National Forest System land in Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota.

would amend OCSLA to include areas off the coast of South Carolina in the outer continental shelf leasing program for fiscal years 2012 through 2017.

would develop a plan to increase oil and gas exploration, development, and production under oil and gas leases of federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in response to a drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

would streamline the application for permits to drill process and increase funds for energy project permit processing.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish goals for an all-of-the-above energy production plan strategy on a four year basis on all onshore federal lands managed by DOI and the Forest Service.

would amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to improve the management of grazing leases and permits.

would convey certain federal land to the city of Yerington, Nevada.

would amend the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act to extend and expand the scope of the pilot forest management project required by that Act.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to expand the boundary of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and to conduct a study of potential land acquisitions.