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.

which would convey certain land inholdings owned by the United States to the Tucson Unified School District and to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, was passed by the House.

which would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow the storage and conveyance of nonproject water at the Norman project in Oklahoma, was passed by the House.

which would convey certain federal land in Clark County, Nevada, for the environmental remediation and reclamation of the Three Kids Mine Project Site, was passed by the House.

which would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the York River and associated tributaries for study for potential inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, was passed by the House.

which would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to adjust the Crooked River boundary and provide water certainty for Prineville, Oregon, was passed by the House.

which would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, was passed by the House.

which would authorize the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in California, was passed by the House.

which would provide for an exchange of land between the Department of Homeland Security and the South Carolina State Ports Authority, was passed by the Senate.

hich would authorize the Secretary of Commerce to convey certain NOAA property to Pascagoula, Mississippi, was passed by the House.

which would resolve the claims of the Bering Straits Native Corporation and the state of Alaska to land adjacent to Salmon Lake and convey certain other public land to the Bering Straits Native Corporation in partial satisfaction of the land entitlement of the Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, was passed by the House.