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 redesignate land within certain wilderness study areas in the state of Wyoming.

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by the National Park Service relating to "Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; Motor Vehicles."

would designate certain land administered by BLM and the Forest Service in the state of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, and withdraw certain land located in Curry and Josephine Counties, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws.

would express findings relating to the recreational trails program.

would establish the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site in the state of Maryland as an affiliated area of the National Park System.

would extend the Alaska Native Vietnam era Veterans Land Allotment Program.

would provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the state of Colorado.

would require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.

would amend the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the carbon oxide sequestration credit.

would provide for the implementation of certain recommendations from the Report of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission.