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 nullify certain presidential withdrawals of unleased offshore land and amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to establish limits on the authority of the president to withdraw unleased offshore land.

would expedite under NEPA and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of BLM, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands.

would authorize the Bay Mills Indian Community of the state of Michigan to convey land and interests in land owned by the tribe.

would provide compensation to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for the taking without just compensation of land by the United States inside the exterior boundaries of the L'Anse Indian Reservation that were guaranteed to the community under a treaty signed in 1854.

would nullify the presidential memoranda on the withdrawal of certain areas of the outer continental shelf from oil or natural gas leasing.

would amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to provide cost-recovery authority for DOI.

would amend the Natural Gas Act to require that impacts to climate stability, consumer energy costs, and environmental justice be considered in a determination of whether proposed exportation of natural gas is in the public interest.

would address the forest health crisis on the National Forest System and public lands.

would require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore lease sales under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

would rescind presidential memoranda on the withdrawal of certain areas of the outer continental shelf from oil or natural gas leasing.