Recent Developments

• Date: 01 November 2014

44 ELR 11020 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REPORTER 11-2014

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

In the Congress

“In the Congress” entries cover activities reported in the Congressional Record from September 1, 2014, through September

30, 2014. Entries are arra nged by bill number, with Senate bills listed rst. “In the Congress” covers all environment-

related bills that are introduced, reported out of committee, passed by either house, or signed by the president. “In the

Congress” also covers all environmental treaties ratied by the Senate. is materia l is updated monthly. For archived

materials, visit http://elr.info/legislative/congressional-update/archive.

Chamber Action

S. 231 (wildlife), which would re-

authorize the Multinational Species

Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp

through 2016, the prots of which sup-

port programs to help to protect Afri-

can and Asian elephants, rhinoceroses,

tigers, great apes, and ma rine turtles,

was passed by the House. 160 Cong.

Rec. H7249 (daily ed. Sept. 8, 2014).

S. 276 (water), which would reinstate

and extend the deadli ne for commence-

ment of construction of a hydroelectric

project involving the American Falls

Reservoir, was passed by t he House.

160 Cong. Rec. H7439 (daily ed. Sept.

11, 2014).

S. 476 (land use), which would amend

the Chesapeake and Ohio Ca nal De-

velopment Act to extend to the Chesa-

peake and Ohio Cana l National His-

torical Park Commission, was passed

by the House. 160 Cong. Rec. H7636

(daily ed. Sept. 17, 2014).

S. 898 (land use), which would autho-

rize the Admini strator of General Ser-

vices to convey a parcel of real property

in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to the

Amy Biehl High School Foundation,

was passed by the Senate. 160 Cong.

Rec. S5460 (daily ed. Sept. 9, 2014).

S. 1603 (land use), which would reaf-

rm that certa in land has been taken

into trust for the benet of the Match-

E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pot-

tawatami Indian s, was passed by the

Senate. 160 Cong. Rec. H7577 (daily

ed. Sept. 16, 2014).

S. 2040 (land u se), which would ex-

change trust a nd fee land to resolve

land disputes created by the realign-

ment of the Blackfoot River along

the boundary of the Fort Hal l Indian

Reservation, with an amendment, was

passed by the Senate. 160 Cong. Rec.

S5784 (daily ed. Sept. 18, 2014).

S. 2440 (la nd use), which would

expand and extend the program to

improve permit coordination by BLM,

was passed by the Senate. 160 Cong.

Rec. S5649 (daily ed. Sept. 16, 2014).

S. Res. 556 (wildlife), which would

designate the week beginnin g on Octo-

ber 12, 2014, as National Wildlife Ref-

uge Week, was passed by the Senate.

160 Cong. Rec. S5720 (daily ed. Sept.

17, 2014).

S. Res. 573 (land use), which would

commemorate the 50th anniversar y of

the Wilderness Act, was passed by the

Senate. 160 Cong. Rec. D985 (daily ed.

Sept. 18, 2014).

H.R. 83 (energy), which would require

the Secretary of the Interior to as-

semble a team of technical, policy, and

nancial experts to address the energy

needs of the insular are as of the United

States and the Freely Associated States

through the development of energy ac-

tion plans aimed at promoting access

to aordable, reliable energy, including

increasing use of indigenous clean-ener-

gy resources, was pa ssed by the House.

160 Cong. Rec. H7462 (daily ed. Sept.

15, 2014).

H.R. 2431 (land use), which would

amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers

Act to authorize the Secretar y of the

Interior to maintain or replace certai n

facilities and struct ures for commercial

recreation services at Smith Gulch in

Idaho, was passed by the House. 160

Cong. Rec. H7270 (daily ed. Sept. 8,

2014).

H.R. 2569 (land use), which would

amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

to designate segments of the Missisquoi

River and the Trout River in the state

of Vermont as components of the Na-

tional Wild and Scenic Rivers System,

was passed by the House. 160 Cong.

Rec. H7492 (daily ed. Sept. 15, 2014).

H.R. 3006 (la nd use), which would

authorize a land exchange involving t he

acquisition of private land adjacent to

the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge in

Arizona for inclusion in the refuge in

exchange for certain BLM lands in Riv-

erside County, California, was pas sed

by the House. 160 Cong. Rec. H7483

(daily ed. Sept. 15, 2014).

H.R. 3044 ( land use), which would

approve the transfer of Yellow Creek

Port properties in Iuka, Mississippi, was

passed by the House. 160 Cong. Rec.

H7464 (daily ed. Sept. 15, 2014).

H.R. 3109 (wildlife), which would

amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

to exempt certain Ala skan Native ar-

ticles from prohibitions against sale of

items containing nonedible migratory

bird parts, was passed by the House.

160 Cong. Rec. H7269 (daily ed. Sept.

8, 2014).

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