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 Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to expand eligibility for certain wastewater infrastructure grants.

would amend Title 54, U.S. Code, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make financial assistance to states under the Land and Water Conservation Fund available for water quality projects.

would amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund, and amend the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to make technical corrections to the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund and Aamodt Settlement Pueblos' Fund.

would amend the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act to make improvements to the Act.

would authorize the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to reimburse the town of Chincoteague, Virginia, for costs directly associated with the removal and replacement of certain drinking water wells.

would approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Navajo Nation in the Rio San Jose Stream System in the state of New Mexico.

would approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe in the Zuni River Stream System in the state of New Mexico and protect the Zuni Salt Lake.

would approve the settlement of water rights claims of Ohkay Owingeh in the Rio Chama Stream System and restore the Bosque on Pueblo Land in the state of New Mexico.

would approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Acoma and Laguna in the Rio San Jose Stream System and the Pueblos of Jemez and Zia in the Rio Jemez Stream System in the state of New Mexico.

would amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation.