SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, July 26, 2007
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 2262: To modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims, and for other purposes. "The Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007" 

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

The Honorable Larry E. Craig, (ID)
U. S. Senator

Panel II

Mr. Henri Bisson
Deputy Director
Bureau of Land Management

The Honorable John Leshy
Former Solicitor General
Department of the Interior

Ms. Jennifer Martin
Commissioner
Arizona Game and Fish Commission

Mr. J.P. Tangen
Former Regional Solicitor
Alaska

Panel III

Mr. Steve Ellis
Vice President of Programs
Taxpayers for Common Sense

Mr. Dusty Horwitt
Public Lands Program Analyst
Environmental Working Group

Mr. Tony Dean
Radio Host
Sportsman
Tony Dean Outdoors

Mr. Michael Marchand
Chairman
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Washington State

Mr. William Champion
President and CEO
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation

Mr. Ted Wilton
Executive Vice President
Neutron Energy Company