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 withdraw certain BLM land from mineral development.
would confirm the use of certain nonfederal land in Salt Lake City, Utah, for public purposes.
would provide for the withdrawal and protection of certain federal land in the state of New Mexico.
would establish the Chesapeake National Recreation Area as a unit of the National Park System.
would protect, for current and future generations, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and interconnected federal land and waters, including Voyageurs National Park, within the Rainy River Watershed in the state of Minnesota.
would provide for greater cooperation and coordination between the federal government and the governing bodies and community users of land grant-mercedes in New Mexico relating to historical or traditional uses of certain land grant-mercedes on federal public land.
would withdraw National Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and National Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, from operation under the mineral leasing laws.
would amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness.
would withdraw certain federal land in the Pecos Watershed area of the state of New Mexico from mineral entry.
would limit the impoundment, transfer, or reprogramming of certain federal funds made available to NOAA.