First some updates:

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee with hold a markup on a few relevant bills this Wednesday. To mark up a bill simply means that the committee will debate, amend, and/or rewrite a bill, and then potentially advance it out of committee to be (potentially) voted on by the entire chamber (Senate or House):

S.1143: West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act
S.1886: Coordinated Ocean Monitoring and Research Act
S.2206: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Act

Also this week, the House Committee on Natural Resources will hold a hearing on Protecting American’s Recreation and Conservation Act, the proposed replacement to the “Land and Water Conservation Fund” that expired last month, this Wednesday.

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Now, legislation. The House was out last week (surprise!) so we only have updates on bills that now actually have text associated with their numbers:

S.2240: Federal Land Invasive 5 Species Control, Prevention, and Management Act.
-New title, same idea. Ask for a 5% reduction per year of invasive species on federal lands, as carried out by Dept. of Interior and the USDA. Should be simple enough, right (ha)?

S.2257: National Park Service Centennial Act.
-This one is a doozy. This outlines the necessary infrastructure and funding required for the centennial celebration of the National Park Service, in addition to ensuring the parks are adequately funding and managed moving forward.