COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
10:00 a.m.

• Key Issue - House Republicans' American Energy Initiative
• Blog Post - Natural Resources Committee Passes Rep. Gosar Land Exchange Bill to Create Jobs, Increase Economic Activity (7/19/2011)
• Press Release - Natural Resources Committee Passes Bill to Unlock Oil and Natural Gas Resources in Alaska, Create American Jobs (7/13/2011)
• Press Release - Committee Approves Four Renewable Energy Bills to Streamline Burdensome Regulations, Encourage Development on Offshore and Onshore (7/13/2011)
• Hearing - Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2170, H.R. 2171, H.R. 2172 and H.R. 2173 (6/23/2011)

FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP ON:

• H.R. 1408 (Young of AK), To provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes. "Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act"
• H.R. 1904 (Gosar), To facilitate the efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land, and for other purposes. "Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011"
• H.R. 2150 (Hastings of WA), To amend the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an expeditious program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, including at least one lease sale in the Reserve each year in the period 2011 through 2021, and for other purposes. "National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act"
• H.R. 2170 (Hastings of WA), Streamlining Federal review to facilitate renewable energy projects. "Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act"
• H.R. 2171 (Labrador), To promote timely exploration for geothermal resources under existing geothermal leases, and for other purposes. "Exploring for Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands Act"
• H.R. 2172 (Noem), To facilitate the development of wind energy resources on Federal lands. "Utilizing America's Federal Lands for Wind Energy Act"
• H.R. 2173 (Wittman), To facilitate the development of offshore wind energy resources. "Advancing Offshore Wind Production Act"

OPENING STATEMENTS:

The Honorable Doc Hastings (H.R. 2170)
Chairman

The Honorable Doug Lamborn (H.R. 2170, H.R. 2171, H.R. 2172, H.R. 2173)
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Chairman

COMMITTEE ACTION:

The Committee on Natural Resources met in an open markup session on Wednesday, July 13, 2011, and considered the following bills:

H.R. 2170 (Hastings of WA), Streamlining Federal review to facilitate renewable energy projects. "Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act"

The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2170 by unanimous consent.

• An amendment offered by Mr. Doc Hastings was AGREED TO by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Holt.002 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 14 yeas and 21 nays.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Garamendi.054 (further amended by an amendment offered by Mr. Tipton and AGREED TO by voice vote) was AGREED TO by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Markey.006 was offered and withdrawn.

Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by a roll call vote of 24 yeas and 16 nays.

H.R. 2171 (Labrador), To promote timely exploration for geothermal resources under existing geothermal leases, and for other purposes. "Exploring for Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands Act"

The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2171 by unanimous consent.

• An amendment offered by Mr. Labrador was AGREED TO by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Garamendi.057A was withdrawn.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Markey.002 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 15 yeas and 26 nays.

Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by a roll call vote of 26 yeas and 16 nays.

H.R. 2172 (Noem), To facilitate the development of wind energy resources on Federal lands. "Utilizing America's Federal Lands for Wind Energy Act"

The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2172 by unanimous consent.

• An amendment offered by Mr. Lamborn was AGREED TO by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Garamendi.058 was offered and withdrawn.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Holt.001 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 15 yeas and 27 nays.
• An amendment offered by Mrs. Noem was AGREED TO by voice vote.

Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by a roll call vote of 26 yeas and 16 nays.

H.R. 2173 (Wittman), To facilitate the development of offshore wind energy resources. "Advancing Offshore Wind Production Act"

The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2173 by unanimous consent.

• An amendment offered by Mr. Wittman was AGREED TO by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Ms. Hanabusa.002 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 16 yeas and 25 nays.
• An amendment offered by Ms. Tsongas.003 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 17 yeas and 25 nays.

Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by a roll call vote of 24 yeas and 18 nays.

H.R. 2150 (Hastings of WA), To amend the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an expeditious program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, including at least one lease sale in the Reserve each year in the period 2011 through 2021, and for other purposes. "National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act"

The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2150 by unanimous consent.

• An amendment offered by Mr. Lujan.001 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 18 yeas and 24 nays.

Favorably reported to the House of Representatives by a roll call vote of 28 yeas and 14 nays.

H.R. 1408 (Young of AK), To provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes. "Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act"

The Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1408 by unanimous consent.

• An amendment offered by Mr. Don Young.074 was AGREED TO by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Markey.957 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 12 yeas and 31 nays.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Garamendi.051 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 13 yeas and 30 nays.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Garamendi.052 was NOT AGREED TO by voice vote.

Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by a roll call vote of 34 yeas and 10 nays.

H.R. 1904 (Gosar), To facilitate the efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land, and for other purposes. "Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011"

The Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1904 by unanimous consent.

• An amendment offered by Mr. Rob Bishop.033 was AGREED TO by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Mr. DeFazio.046 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 18 yeas and 26 nays.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Grijalva.020 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 17 yeas and 27 nays.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Grijalva.003 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 19 yeas and 26 nays.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Grijalva.005 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 19 yeas and 26 nays.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Grijalva.007 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 17 yeas and 28 nays.

Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by a roll call vote of 26 yeas and 19 nays.