On Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. in room 1324 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.R. 6352 (Rep. Moore of UT), “Tax Stamp Revenue Transfer for Wildlife and Recreation Act”;
• H.R. 8413 (Rep. Smith of NE), “Swanson and Hugh Butler Reservoirs Land Conveyances Act”;
• H.R. 8632 (Rep. Grothman), “Biodiversity Oversight Scaled-back And Fully Erased Act of 2024” or “BIOSAFE Act of 2024”;
• H.R. 8836 (Rep. Zinke), “Wildlife Movement Through Partnerships Act”; and
• Discussion Draft of H.R. ___ (Rep. Graves of LA), To require the Administrator of the National Marine Fisheries Service to establish a coastal protection and restoration grant program.

Witnesses are by invitation only.

Witness and Testimony

Panel I:

Members of Congress

Panel II:

Mr. Steve Guertin
Deputy Director for Program Management and Policy
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C. [H.R. 6352, H.R. 8413, H.R. 8632, and H.R. 8836]

The Honorable Richard Spinrad
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere & NOAA Administrator
Department of Commerce
Washington, DC [invited]

Mr. Taylor Schmitz
Director of Government Relations
Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation
Washington, D.C. [H.R. 6352, H.R. 8632, and H.R. 8836]

Mr. Paul Nichols
Chairman
Hitchcock County Board of Commissioners
Trenton, NE [H.R. 8413]

Mr. Steve Cochran
Former Executive Director
Restore the Mississippi River Delta
New Orleans, LA [Graves Discussion Draft]

Mr. Mike Leahy
Senior Director of Wildlife, Hunting, and Fishing Policy
National Wildlife Federation
Washington, DC [H.R. 8836] [Minority witness]