Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation

Committee Report on H.R. 2512, the "Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act"
Committee Reports
Jun 1, 2012 - H. Rept. 112-512 More

Committee Report on H.R. 4222, the "Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act"
Committee Reports
May 31, 2012 - H. Rept. 112-510 More

Committee Report on H.R. 1818, the "Mt. Andrea Lawrence Designation Act of 2011"
Committee Reports
May 30, 2012 - H. Rept. 112-505 More

Committee Report on H.R. 1237, To provide for a land exchange with the Trinity Public Utilities District of Trinity County, California, involving the transfer of land to the Bureau of Land Management and the Six Rivers National Forest in exchange for National Forest System land in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, and for other purposes
Committee Reports
May 30, 2012 - H. Rept. 112-500 More

Committee Report on S. 925, the "Mt. Andrea Lawrence Designation Act of 2011"
Committee Reports
May 30, 2012 - H. Rept. 112-506 More

Government Scientist Believed Impacts from Arizona Uranium Mining "Grossly Overestimated" in Obama Administration Document
Press Release
May 23, 2012 - Internal emails obtained by the House Natural Resources Committee raise significant questions into the science used by the Obama Administration to justify a 20-year ban on uranium development on one million acres of federal land in Arizona. In the emails, scientists within the National Park Service discuss how the pote... More

Chairmen Hastings and Bishop Letter to Secretary Salazar on Proposed Withdrawal of Energy Development in Northern Arizona
Letters
May 23, 2012 - Dear Secretary Salazar: Earlier this year, the Department of the Interior ("Department") withdrew 1 million acres in northern Arizona from new uranium mining claims. By taking this action, the Obama Administration voided a bipartisan agreement partially codified in law that has been respected for nearly three decades. ... More

Northwest Federal Forest Regulations Have Devastated Forest Health, Local Economies With Little Benefit to Northern Spotted Owl
Press Release
May 21, 2012 - Today, the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands held an oversight field hearing in Longview, Washington on, “Failed Federal Forest Policies: Endangering Jobs, Forests and Species.” The hearing examined how federal implementation of the Northwest Forest Plan and Endangered Species Act has affected lo... More

Field Hearing Stresses Need for Active Forest Management to Suppress Bark Beetle Epidemic, Protect Water and Power Supplies
Press Release
May 14, 2012 - Today, the House Subcommittees on Water and Power and National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands held a joint oversight field hearing in Montrose, Colorado entitled, “Logs in the Road: Eliminating Federal Red Tape and Excessive Litigation to Create Healthy Forests, Jobs and Abundant Water and Power Supplies.” At the hea... More

Committee Report on H.R. 2621, the "Chimney Rock National Monument Establishment Act"
Committee Reports
May 10, 2012 - H. Rept. 112-473 More

Committee Report on H.R. 2745, To amend the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986 to facilitate implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin River in Clark County, Nevada
Committee Reports
May 10, 2012 - H. Rept. 112-474 More

Committee Report on H.R. 3874, the "Black Hills Cemetery Act"
Committee Reports
May 10, 2012 - H. Rept. 112-475 More

Chairman Hastings' Statement at Conference Committee Meeting on Highway Bill
Op-Eds and Speeches
May 8, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement today at the Conference Committee meeting on the Highway bill: “The federal government’s slow, cumbersome bureaucracy is consistently getting in the way of job creation and economic growth. Nowhere is this more ev... More

Witnesses Testify National Park Service Management Plans Severely Limit Access, Harm Local Economy, Endanger Jobs
Press Release
Apr 27, 2012 - Today, the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands held a joint legislative and oversight hearing on H.R. 4094, the “Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act,” and, “Access Denied: Turning Away Visitors to National Parks.” “Although today we focused on two examples, Bi... More

Committee Report on H.R. 1335, To revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station, and for other purposes
Committee Reports
Apr 19, 2012 - H. Rept. 112-449 More

Committee Report on H.R. 3452, the "Wasatch Range Recreation Access Enhancment Act"
Committee Reports
Apr 19, 2012 - H. Rept. 112-452 More

Committee Report on H.R. 2240, the "Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2011"
Committee Reports
Apr 19, 2012 - H. Rept. 112-450 More

House Approves Bipartisan Legislation to Safeguard Hunting & Fishing from Bureaucratic Restrictions and Limitations
Press Release
Apr 17, 2012 - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4089, the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012, with a bipartisan vote of 274-146. This bill protects the traditional right of American sportsmen to fish and hunt from unjustified bureaucratic restrictions and limitations. It will protect American jobs and foster economic gro... More

Congress Must Act Now to Stop Bureaucratic Threats to Hunting and Fishing
Resourceful Information
Apr 17, 2012 - Today the House of Representatives will consider H.R. 4089, the Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012. The ability of sportsmen to hunt, fish and shoot on public lands is currently being threatened by actions of the Obama Administration and activist environmental groups. Proposals to block access to public land and ban cert... More

Committee Report on H.R. 1505, the "National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act"
Committee Reports
Apr 17, 2012 - H. Rept. 112-448 More

Stop Bureaucratic Threats to Hunting and Fishing, Support H.R. 4089
Dear Colleagues
Apr 16, 2012 - Dear Colleague, This week the House will vote on H.R. 4089, the Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012. This bill has bipartisan sponsorship and was reported by a bipartisan vote of the Natural Resources Committee. The bill protects the traditional right of American sportsmen to fish and hunt from bureaucratic restrictions a... More

Committee Report on H.R. 2050, the "Idaho Wilderness Water Resources Protection Act"
Committee Reports
Apr 16, 2012 - H. Rept. 112-437 More

Committee Report on S. 404, A bill to modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior
Committee Reports
Apr 16, 2012 - H. Rept. 112-433 More

Committee Report on H.R. 2060, the "Central Oregon Jobs and Water Security Act"
Committee Reports
Apr 16, 2012 - H. Rept. 112-438 More

Committee Report on H.R. 1038, To authorize the conveyance of two small parcels of land within the boundaries of the Coconino National Forest containing private improvements that were developed based upon the reliance of the landowners in an erroneous survey conducted in May 1960
Committee Reports
Apr 16, 2012 - H. Rept. 112-436 More

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