Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a markup on 19 bills including a trio of bills to comprehensively address the existing funding, technical and legal impediments to abandoned mine cleanup. These mining reclamation bills passed in a larger unanimous consent package.
Click here to view a summary of the package which includes: H.R. 3734, the Mining Schools Enhancement Act… Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a markup on 19 bills including two forest management bills—Rep. Raul Labrador’s (R-ID) Self-Sufficient Community Lands Act (H.R. 2316) and Rep. Don Young’s (R-AK) State National Forest Management Act of 2015 (H.R. 3650). H.R. 2316 passed by a vote of 25-13 and H.R. 3650 passed by a vote of 23-15.
H.R. 2316 allows states to… Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a legislative hearing on Rep. Ryan Zinke’s (R-MT) “Certainty for States and Tribes Act” (H.R. 5259), legislation to reestablish the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Royalty Policy Committee (RPC) and create a more transparent and cooperative process in royalty management issues.
“It’s about a process where we look at… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) along with Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and other House Republican leaders unveiled the next phase of blueprints House Republicans are releasing this month as part of “A Better Way”—a bold pro-growth policy agenda to proactively tackle our nation’s greatest challenges.
The Regulatory Burdens Task Force report released… Read more »
Today, the House passed H.R. 5278, the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA), with a bipartisan vote of 297-127.
“Today the House acted to prevent Puerto Rico's fiscal crisis from escalating to a humanitarian catastrophe. This legislation provides Puerto Rico with tools to impose discipline over its finances, meet its borrowing obligations and build a new… Read more »
Federal Lands Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock (R-CA) issued the following statement on a report released from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s (FWS) management of the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, located northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii.
“Americans were assured that this refuge would maintain the historical significance of… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) spent the day touring the United States' highest grossing commercial fishing port in New Bedford, Massachusetts and meeting with Mayor Jonathan Mitchell, Rep. Bill Keating (D-MA) and local fishing leaders.
June 1, 2016 marks the one-year anniversary of the House passage of H.R. 1335, legislation reauthorizing… Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing on “Elevating Local Voices and Promoting Transparency for a Potential Monument Designation in Maine.”
The potential monument designation (“Maine North Woods") lacks support from local residents because it will limit recreational opportunities and potentially harm future and existing economic development.
Committee… Read more »
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) sent a letter to the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) as part of the Subcommittee’s ongoing oversight of ethical lapses and violations of federal law at DOI, and the pattern of evasion from the Department’s senior leadership and DOI’s OIG.
On May 27, 2016, the… Read more »
Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) appointed Republican lawmakers to serve on a conference committee charged with producing final energy and natural resource legislation (H.R. 8 / S. 2012), including Committee Chair Rob Bishop (R-UT), Vice-Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Rep. Don Young (R-AK), Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) and Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
H.R. 8, the North American Energy… Read more »
