On Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at 2:15 p.m., in room 1334 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold a legislative hearing on the following 3 bills:

• H.R. 2685 (Rep. Owens), “Mining Schools Act of 2023”;
• H.R. 3883 (Rep. Amodei), To nullify Public Land Order No. 7921, withdrawing certain land in the Railroad Valley of Nye County, Nevada, from mineral entry; and
• H.R. ___ (Rep. LaHood), “Community Reclamation Partnerships Act”

Witnesses and Testimony

Panel I: 
The Honorable Mark Amodei
Representative, Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District 

The Honorable Burgess Owens
Representative, Utah’s 4th Congressional District 

The Honorable Darin LaHood
Representative, Illinois’s 16th Congressional District

Panel II: 
Walter G. Copan, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO 

Christopher Wood
President and Chief Executive Officer
Trout Unlimited
Arlington, VA 

Kevin Moore
Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
3 Proton Lithium (3PL)
Carson City, NV 

Emily Hammond
Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
Glen Earl Weston Research Professor
George Washington University School of Law
Washington, DC [Minority Witness]