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 amend the Federal Power Act to require FERC to annually submit to Congress a report on the status of ongoing hydropower relicensing applications, was passed by the House.

which would amend Public Law No. 99-338 with respect to Kaweah Project permits, was passed by the House.

would require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program.

would provide for standardization, publication, and accessibility of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of federal waterways.

would establish and maintain a coordinated program within NOAA that improves wildfire, fire weather, fire risk, and wildfire smoke related forecasting, detection, modeling, observations, and service delivery.

would require the adoption and enforcement of regulations to prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on federal public lands in order to end the hunting practice known as "bear baiting" and reduce the number of dangerous interactions between people and bears.

would establish grant programs to sustain populations of species of migratory waterfowl through the deployment of tools and practices that complement habitat conservation.

would direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a task force regarding shark depredation.

would amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 with respect to the authorized use of certain user fees collected for recreation sites.

would provide access to reliable, clean, and drinkable water on tribal lands.