On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. EDT in room 1334 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• H.J. Res. 29 (Rep. Mann), Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Threatened Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Northern Distinct Population Segment and Endangered Status for the Southern Distinct Population Segment";
• H.J. Res. 46 (Rep. Bentz), Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Marine Fisheries Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat".
• H.J. Res. 49 (Rep. Stauber), Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Northern Long-Eared Bat"; and
• H.R. 1213 (Rep. Grijalva), “Restoring Effective Science-based Conservation Under Environmental laws protecting Whales Act of 2023” or the “RESCUE Whales Act of 2023”.

Witnesses and Testimony

Panel I:

Member panel (TBD)

Panel II:

Mr. Stephen Guertin
Deputy Director for Policy
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Washington, D.C. 

Mr. Rick Horton
Executive Vice President
Minnesota Forest Industries
Grand Rapids, Minnesota
(H.J. Res. 49)

Mr. Fred Flippance
Board President
Oregon Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Hines, Oregon
(H.J. Res. 46)

Mr. Robert Fischman
Professor of Law
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Bloomington, Indiana
(H.J. Res. 29, H.J. Res. 46 and H.J. Res. 49) (Minority witness)

Mr. Don Hineman
Past President
Kansas Livestock Association
Dighton, Kansas
(H.J. Res. 29)

Panel III:

Mr. Sam Rauch III
Deputy Assistant Administrator
National Marine Fisheries Service
Silver Spring, Maryland
(H.J. Res. 46 and H.R. 1213)

Mr. Norman Semanko
Chief Counsel
Family Farm Alliance
Boise, Idaho
(H.J. Res. 46)

Dr. Michael J. Moore
Senior Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
(H.R. 1213) (Minority witness) 

Mr. Curt Brown
Marine Biologist
Ready Seafood
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
(H.R. 1213)

Ms. Ginny Olsen
Political Director
Maine Lobstering Union
Stonington, Maine
(H.R. 1213)