NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES

Bills and resolutions

Cibola National Wildlife Refuge: authorize a land exchange involving acquisition of adjacent private land for inclusion in the refuge in exchange for certain BLM lands in Riverside County, CA (see H.R. 6640), H6675 [5DE]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (see S. 3448), S5487 [26JY]

——— grant permanent authority to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps (see S. 2071), S350 [6FE]

National parks and recreation areas: make the National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass available at a discount to veterans (see S. 3596), S6546 [20SE]

National Wildlife Refuge Week: designate (see S. Res. 580), S6626 [21SE]

Remarks in House

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H461, H462 [3FE], H477 [6FE], H631, H634, H636 [8FE]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 306), H480, H481 [6FE], E161 [8FE]

——— establish a competitive oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska, H752–H755 [15FE]

——— grant permanent authority to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps (H.R. 3117), H88–H90 [23JA]

Power resources: establish and implement oil and gas leasing programs for the Outer Continental Shelf and the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and streamline regulation of other energy projects (H.R. 1287), H3663 [8JN]

Public lands: require hunting activities be a land use in management plans for compatible Federal lands (H.R. 1444), H1876 [17AP]

Remarks in Senate

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S1035 [27FE], S2460 [18AP]

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge: tribute, S1732 [15MR]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas in and from the western Coastal Plain of Alaska without surface occupancy, S2143 [28MR]

——— authorize exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas in and from the western Coastal Plain of Alaska without surface occupancy (S. 351), S1708 [15MR]

——— authorize exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain of Alaska (S. 352), S1708 [15MR]

——— enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 306), S1945 [21MR]

——— recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy funding, S8484 [28DE]

National Wildlife Refuge System: anniversary, S1732 [15MR]

Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge: redesignate as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 588), S276 [1FE]

Power resources: implement oil and gas leasing programs for the Outer Continental Shelf and the Coastal Plain of Alaska, streamline regulation of other energy projects, and reserve right of States to regulate hydraulic fracturing, S2125 [28MR]

Reports filed

Alaskan Energy for American Jobs Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3407) (H. Rept. 112–392), H691 [9FE]

Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2071) (S. Rept. 112–212), S6451 [19SE]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3117) (H. Rept. 112–374), H113 [23JA]

Texts of

H.R. 306, Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act, H480 [6FE]

H.R. 3117, Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act, H88 [23JA]

S. Res. 580, National Wildlife Refuge Week, S6631, S6681 [21SE]