would improve protections for wildlife.

would amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund permanent.

would designate Regional Ocean Partnerships of NOAA.

would amend the FWPCA to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Program.

would designate certain land administered by BLM and the U.S. Forest Service in Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, and withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, 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 prohibit oil and gas leasing on national forest system land in the Ruby Mountains Ranger District located in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada.

would require the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a joint Nexus of Energy and Water Sustainability Office.

would establish a grant program for wind energy research, development, and demonstration.

would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to improve state loan eligibility for projects for innovative technology.

would promote a 21st century energy workforce.