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 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to improve United States-Israel energy cooperation.

would provide for wildfire suppression operations.

would amend the prices set for Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps and make limited waivers of stamp requirements for certain users.

which would provide a temporary extension of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 and amendments made by that Act, as previously extended and amended and with certain additional modifications and exceptions and to suspend permanent price support authorities, was passed by the House.

would amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications and public participation.

would authorize Escambia County, Florida, to convey certain property that was formerly part of Santa Rosa Island National Monument and that was conveyed to Escambia County subject to restrictions on use and reconveyance.

would provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in Los Padres National Forest in California.

would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish an Ocean Energy Safety Institute in order to promote the use of best available and safest offshore drilling technologies.

would modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in the state of New Mexico in order to transfer certain Bureau of Land Management land for inclusion in the national forest.

would amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require congressional approval of agreements for peaceful nuclear cooperation with foreign countries.