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 provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of land to the town of Alta, Utah.

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.

would require the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a property conveyance with the city of Wallowa, Oregon.

which would authorize the continued use of certain water diversions located on National Forest System land in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the state of Idaho, was passed by the House.

which would facilitate a land exchange involving certain National Forest System lands in the Inyo National Forest, was passed by the House.

which would authorize the conveyance of two small parcels of land within the boundaries of the Coconino National Forest containing private improvements that were developed based upon the landowners' reliance on an erroneous survey conducted in May 1960, was passed by the House.

which would modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in the state of New Mexico and transfer certain BLM land for inclusion in the forest, was passed by the House.

which provides for the conveyance of approximately 140 acres of land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America, was signed into law by President Obama on April 2, 2012.

would limit the authority of the Administrator of EPA to implement certain actions related to Chesapeake Bay watershed total maximum daily loads.

would amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Great Lakes basin initiative for agricultural nonpoint source pollution prevention.