would require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop more efficiently domestic sources of minerals and mineral materials that are of strategic and critical importance to U.S. economic and national security and manufacturing competitiveness.

would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Medgar Evers House in Jackson, Mississippi.

would allow the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to lease or transfer certain lands.

would provide a pathway for temporary seasonal employees in federal land management agencies to compete for vacant permanent positions under internal merit promotion procedures.

would implement the Amendment to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, as adopted at Lisbon, Portugal, on September 28, 2007.

would enhance transportation programs in order to achieve an interconnected transportation system which connects people to jobs, schools, and other essential services through a multimodal network, and for other purposes.

would facilitate the free market for distributed energy resources.

ammended the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program.

Senate passed H.R. 212, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for the assessment and management of the risk of algal toxins in drinking water.

would authorize the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to act, without liability for certain damages, to prevent and respond to the threat of damage from pollution of the sea by crude oil, and for other purposes.