COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, February 16, 2012
10:00 a.m.

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FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP ON:

• H.R. 1837 (Nunes), To address certain water-related concerns on the San Joaquin River, and for other purposes. "San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act"
  • Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 1837
• H.R. 4019 (Hastings of WA), To increase employment and educational opportunities in, and improve the economic stability of, counties containing Federal forest land, while also reducing the cost of managing such land, by providing such counties a dependable source of revenue from such land, and for other purposes. "Federal Forest County Revenue, Schools, and Jobs Act of 2012"

STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD:

The Honorable Doc Hastings (H.R. 4019)
Chairman

COMMITTEE ACTION:

The Committee on Natural Resources met in an open markup session on Thursday, February 16, 2012, and considered the following bills:

H.R. 4019 (Hastings of WA), To increase employment and educational opportunities in, and improve the economic stability of, counties containing Federal forest land, while also reducing the cost of managing such land, by providing such counties a dependable source of revenue from such land, and for other purposes. "Federal Forest County Revenue, Schools, and Jobs Act of 2012"

• An en bloc amendment offered by Mr. Bishop of Utah (Bishop Amendments #1 - #4) was AGREED TO by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Young.112 was offered and WITHDRAWN.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Young.113 was offered and WITHDRAWN.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Lujan.057 was offered and WITHDRAWN.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Markey.096 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 17 yeas and 25 nays.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Grijalva.050 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 18 yeas and 24 nays.
• An amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by Mr. Heinrich was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 18 yeas and 25 nays.

Adopted and favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by a roll call vote of 26 yeas and 17 nays, and 1 present.

H.R. 1837 (Nunes), To address certain water-related concerns on the San Joaquin River, and for other purposes. "San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act" The Subcommittee on Water and Power was discharged from further consideration of HR 1837 by unanimous consent.

An amendment in the nature of a substitute (ANS) was offered by Mr. McClintock.

• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mrs. Napolitano.014 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 17 yeas and 27 nays.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Tipton.004 was AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 31 yeas and 13 nays.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mrs. Napolitano.003 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 17 yeas and 27 nays.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Costa.008 was offered and WITHDRAWN.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Garamendi.002 was NOT AGREED TO by voice vote.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Garamendi.077 was NOT AGREED TO by voice vote.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Garamendi.079 was NOT AGREED TO by voice vote.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Garamendi.082 was NOT AGREED TO by roll call vote of 17 yeas and 27 nays.
• An amendment to the ANS was offered by Mr. Garamendi.083
• A substitute amendment offered by Mr. Denham to the Garamendi.083 amendment was AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 27 yeas and 17 nays.
• The Garamendi.083 amendment to the ANS, as amended, WAS AGREED TO by voice vote.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Garamendi.084 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 17 yeas and 27 nays.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Garamendi.085 was NOT AGREED TO by voice vote.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Garamendi.086 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 17 yeas and 27 nays.

The amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, was AGREED TO by voice vote.

Adopted and favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by a roll call vote of 27 yeas and 17 nays.