WETLANDS

Bills and resolutions

California Coastal National Monument: designate Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands as part of the National Landscape Conservation System (see S. 61), S43 [22JA] (see H.R. 1411), H1856 [9AP]

Coast Guard: lease tidelands and submerged lands under control of the Coast Guard for periods longer than five years (see S. 1609), S7615 [29OC] (see H.R. 3379), H6901 [29OC]

Corps of Engineers: give priority to projects and studies for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction (see H.R. 3646), H7507 [4DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure basic conservation measures are implemented by farmers who receive crop insurance premium assistance (see H.R. 2260), H3215 [5JN]

Dept. of the Interior: grant permanent authority to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps (see S. 738), S2684 [16AP] (see H.R. 1206), H1427 [14MR]

——— increase prices for Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps (duck stamps) and make limited waivers of stamp requirements for certain users (see S. 1865), S9051 [19DE]

Disasters: provide assistance for watersheds adversely affected by qualifying natural disasters (see S. 243), S519 [7FE]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects (see S. 741), S2684 [16AP] (see H.R. 2208), H2955 [23MY]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see S. 1660), S7876 [6NO]

Water: clarify definition of navigable waters relative to application of environmental protection regulations (see S. 890), S3159 [7MY] (see H.R. 3377), H6901 [29OC]

Remarks in House

California Coastal National Monument: designate Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands as part of the National Landscape Conservation System (H.R. 1411), H4833–H4836 [22JY]

Convention on Wetlands of International Importance: designation of San Francisco Bay/Estuary as Wetland of International Importance, E605 [7MY]

Corps of Engineers: grant flexibility in defining the terms ‘‘fill material’’ or ‘‘discharge of fill material’’ relative to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H4250–H4253 [9JY]

——— prohibit funding to implement or enforce the Modified Charleston Method wetland mitigation methodology in Louisiana, H4324, H4325 [10JY]

——— update regulations and guidelines defining what waters and wetlands are subject to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H4247–H4250 [9JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform Wetlands Reserve Program, H3867 [19JN]

——— require farmers growing crops on highly erodible land and wetlands submit conservation compliance plan in order to qualify for crop insurance premium assistance, H3870 [19JN]

Dept. of the Interior: grant permanent authority to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps (H.R. 1206), H2994–H2996 [3JN]

Remarks in Senate

Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, S3223, S3227 [8MY]

Missouri: impact of EPA regulations on Corps of Engineers’ implementation of the St. Johns Bayou-New Madrid Floodway Project, S5783 [18JY]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 1660), S7911 [7NO]

Reports filed

California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1411) (H. Rept. 113–139), H4212 [8JY]

Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1206) (H. Rept. 113–67), H2773 [17MY]

Texts of

H.R. 1206, Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act, H2994 [3JN]

H.R. 1411, California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act, H4833 [22JY]