Below are summaries of Bills Introduced, Committee Reports, Chamber Actions, and Public Laws reported in the most recent issue of ELR's Weekly Update.
The bill would direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the state of Mississippi two parcels of surplus land within the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway.
would designate as wilderness certain land and inland water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the state of Michigan.
would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a grant program to support the restoration of San Francisco Bay.
would establish uniform administrative and enforcement procedures and penalties for the enforcement of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and similar statutes.
which would allow a state or local government to construct levees on certain properties otherwise designated as open space lands, was passed by the Senate.
which would revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI-07 in the state of Rhode Island, was passed by the Senate.
which would authorize the St. Croix River Crossing Project with appropriate mitigation measures to promote river values, was passed by the Senate.
which amends title 49, U.S. Code, to provide for enhanced safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation, and to provide for enhanced reliability in the transportation of the nation's energy products by pipeline, was signed into law by President Obama on January 3, 2012.
which provides for the conveyance of certain parcels of land to the town of Mantua, Utah, was signed into law by President Obama on December 19, 2011.
which further allocates and expands the availability of hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam, was signed into law by President Obama on December 20, 2011.