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Chairman Hastings Letter to Committee Members on Camera Installation in 1334 Longworth Committee Hearing Room
Letters
Nov 30, 2011 - TO: Members, Committee on Natural Resources FROM: Doc Hastings, Chairman RE: Camera Installation in 1334 Hearing Room After many months of planning, camera installation for the Committee's 1334 Hearing Room has begun today, November 30th. This is the culmination of an effort undertaken at the outset of this Congress to... More

Video Blog: Natural Resources Committee Jobs Watch - Rep. Wittman
Blog
Nov 28, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Republicans are committed to putting Americans back to work by enacting policies that embrace America’s abundant natural resources to help create jobs and grow our economy. The Committee continues its Job Watch series this week with Rep. Rob Wittman from Virginia’s First Congressional ... More

Full Committee to Hold Oversight Hearing on Endangered Species Act Litigation
Committee Action
Nov 28, 2011 - On Tuesday, December 6th the Natural Resources Committee will hold a Full Committee oversight hearing on “The Endangered Species Act: How Litigation is Costing Jobs and Impeding True Recovery Efforts.” “This hearing is the first of many that the Natural Resources Committee will hold to examine both the strengths and we... More

Subcommittee Hears Testimony from Subcontractors Who Worked on Obama Admin Job Destroying Coal Regulations
Press Release
Nov 18, 2011 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a hearing on H.R. 3409, the Coal Miner Employment and Domestic Energy Infrastructure Protection Act, introduced by Rep. Bill Johnson (OH-06), to prevent the Obama Administration from enacting job-killing coal mining regulations. The bi... More

Washington Examiner: Obama USDA delays shale drilling, up to 200k jobs
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Nov 18, 2011 - Obama USDA delays shale drilling, up to 200k jobs By Joel Gehrke Washington Examiner November 18, 2011 President Obama's United States Department of Agriculture has delayed shale gas drilling in Ohio for up to six months by cancelling a mineral lease auction for Wayne National Forest (WNF). The move was taken in defer... More

Increased American Energy Production Will Create Millions of Jobs, Generate Billions of Revenue for Infrastructure Improvements
Press Release
Nov 18, 2011 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a legislative hearing on three energy bills that will be a part of Speaker Boehner’s American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act to create new jobs, increase American energy production and fund our aging infrastructure: H.R. 3410, the ... More

Chairman Hastings Letter to Committee Member Mark Amodei on Subcommittee Assignments
Letters
Nov 18, 2011 - Dear Mr. Amodei: By this letter, I am appointing you to serve on the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands (ranking after Ms. Noem) and the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources (ranking after Mr. Johnson of Ohio). These appointments are effective immediately. Read the entire letter HERE. More

Chairman Hastings Letter to Committee Member Bill Johnson on Subcommittee Assignment
Letters
Nov 18, 2011 - Dear Mr. Johnson: I and Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop thank for your very active service on the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands during the 112'h Congress. By this letter, I accept your immediate resignation from the Subcommittee to allow our newest House Member to serve there. Read the entir... More

Waco Mammoth National Monument Establishment Act of 2011 (H.R. 1545)
Committee Votes
Nov 17, 2011 - Reporting H.R. 1545 Out of Committee (Agreed to by Unanimous Consent.) This bill establishes the Waco Mammoth National Monument in Texas as a unit of the National Park System and requires the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with Baylor University and the city of Waco, to complete a general management plan fo... More

To Remove Restrictions from a Parcel of Land Situated in the Atlantic District, Accomack County, Virginia (H.R. 2087)
Committee Votes
Nov 17, 2011 - Reporting H.R. 2087 Out of Committee (Passed 32-11. View Roll Call Vote) This bill removes a federal deed restriction on a parcel of land in Accomack County, Virginia allowing the county to be able to use the property to further develop a site and connect a research facility that will create hundreds of jobs. Wittman A... More

Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act (H.R. 2834)
Committee Votes
Nov 17, 2011 - Reporting H.R. 2834 Out of Committee (Passed 29-14. View Roll Call Vote) This bill establishes that fishing, hunting, and shooting are important traditional activities that have a key place on our National Forests and public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Grijalva Amendment #001 – Prohibits ... More

Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act of 2011 (H.R. 2362)
Committee Votes
Nov 17, 2011 - Reporting H.R. 2362 Out of Committee (Passed 27-15. View Roll Call Vote) This bill promotes business development between Indian Tribes and Turkish entities on tribal lands that are leased or held in trust by the federal government. * For complete legislative action for the November 17, 2011 Full Committee Markup, click... More

Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Clarification Act (H.R. 2938)
Committee Votes
Nov 17, 2011 - Reporting H.R. 2938 Out of Committee (Passed 32-11. View Roll Call Vote) This bill amends the Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Act to prohibit gaming activities on lands that the Tohono O’odham Nation was authorized to purchase in Arizona in exchange for granting the federal government all right, title, and interest ... More

A bill to establish in the Department of the Interior an Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Minerals and a Bureau of Ocean Energy, an Ocean Energy Safety Service, and an Office of Natural Resources Revenue (H.R. 3404)
Committee Votes
Nov 17, 2011 - Reporting H.R. 3404 Out of Committee (Passed 28-14. View Roll Call Vote) This bill formally abolishes the former Minerals Management Service (MMS) and creates three separate offshore agencies to ensure robust and safe American energy production to create jobs and strengthen national security. Tsongas Amendment #004 – T... More

Committee Passes Cabin Fee Fairness Legislation
Press Release
Nov 17, 2011 - Today, the House Natural Resources Committee passed H.R. 3397, the Cabin Fee Act of 2011, by unanimous consent. Sponsored by Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04), the bill modifies the current cabin fee formula to make it more predictable and fair for families who own cabins in our National Forests. Many cabins in our Nationa... More

Committee Passes Bill to Reorganize Interior Department’s Offshore Energy Agencies
Press Release
Nov 17, 2011 - Today, the House Natural Resources Committee passed H.R. 3404, a bill introduced by Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) to formally abolish the former Minerals Management Service (MMS) and create three separate offshore agencies to ensure robust and safe American energy production to create jobs and strengthen national secur... More

Chairman Hastings Joins Speaker Boehner in Announcing American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Bill
Press Release
Nov 17, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings released the following statement after joining House Speaker John Boehner and other Republican Members at a press conference today to highlight the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act – a bill to be introduced in the coming weeks that would link new American... More

Committee Approves Amendment to Keep OSM and BLM Separate, Independent Agencies
Press Release
Nov 17, 2011 - Today, the House Natural Resources Committee approved an amendment by voice vote, to H.R. 3404, offered by Rep. Bill Johnson (OH-06). The amendment was a rejection of the Obama Administration’s recently announced intentions to merge the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) and the Bureau of Land M... More

Onerous Regulatory Actions Stifle Economic Viability, Jobs, Access to National Forests
Press Release
Nov 15, 2011 - Today, the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands held an oversight hearing on, “Forest Service Regulatory Roadblocks to Productive Land Use and Recreation: Proposed Planning Rule, Special-use Permits, and Travel Management.” At the hearing, Members heard about the devastating impacts of the Forest S... More

Video Blog: Natural Resources Committee Jobs Watch - Rep. Amodei
Blog
Nov 14, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Republicans are committed to putting Americans back to work by enacting policies that embrace America’s abundant natural resources to help create jobs and grow our economy. The Committee continues its Job Watch series this week with Freshman Committee Member Rep. Mark Amodei (NV-02). H... More

Subcommittee to Hold Legislative Hearing on Four Bills to Expand American Energy Production, Create New American Jobs
Committee Action
Nov 11, 2011 - On Friday, November 18, 2011, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold a legislative hearing on four bills to expand American onshore and offshore energy production and create new American jobs. The hearing will include the American-Made Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act to be introduced by Rep. Stev... More

Alaskan Energy for American Jobs Act to be Introduced
Press Release
Nov 11, 2011 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) and Rep. Don Young (AK-at large) announced plans to introduce the Alaskan Energy for American Jobs Act to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for future energy production and job creation. The measure will be part of the energy and infra... More

Chairman Hastings’ Statement on Interior Department’s List of Proposed Conservation Lands and Wilderness Designations
Press Release
Nov 10, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings released the following statement regarding the Department of the Interior’s list of proposed Conservation Lands and Wilderness designations: “To date, Congress has designated over one hundred million acres of our public lands as Wilderness – an area larger than th... More

Politico Pro: Hastings, McClintock: Stop WAPA loans
Blog
Nov 10, 2011 - Hastings, McClintock: Stop WAPA loans By Alex Guillen Politico Pro 11/9/11 4:05 PM EST House Republicans are worried about yet another Energy Department loan program. Reps. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) and Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) want the DOE to stop giving out loans through the Western Area Power Administration, one of t... More

Committee Report on H.R. 588, the "Redesignation of the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge"
Committee Reports
Nov 10, 2011 - H. Rept. 112-279 More

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