Reporting H.R. 2087 Out of Committee (Passed 32-11. View Roll Call Vote)
This bill removes a federal deed restriction on a parcel of land in Accomack County, Virginia allowing the county to be able to use the property to further develop a site and connect a research facility that will create hundreds of jobs.
Wittman Amendment #021 – Imposes Deadline for Restriction to be Removed… Read more »
Reporting H.R. 2834 Out of Committee (Passed 29-14. View Roll Call Vote)
This bill establishes that fishing, hunting, and shooting are important traditional activities that have a key place on our National Forests and public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
Grijalva Amendment #001 – Prohibits Hunting, Fishing and Shooting in Wilderness Areas (Failed 14-27. View… Read more »
Reporting H.R. 2362 Out of Committee (Passed 27-15. View Roll Call Vote)
This bill promotes business development between Indian Tribes and Turkish entities on tribal lands that are leased or held in trust by the federal government.
* For complete legislative action for the November 17, 2011 Full Committee Markup, click here. Read more »
Reporting H.R. 2938 Out of Committee (Passed 32-11. View Roll Call Vote)
This bill amends the Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Act to prohibit gaming activities on lands that the Tohono O’odham Nation was authorized to purchase in Arizona in exchange for granting the federal government all right, title, and interest to the Gila Bend Indian Reservation.
Gosar Amendment #986 –… Read more »
Reporting H.R. 3404 Out of Committee (Passed 28-14. View Roll Call Vote)
This bill formally abolishes the former Minerals Management Service (MMS) and creates three separate offshore agencies to ensure robust and safe American energy production to create jobs and strengthen national security.
Tsongas Amendment #004 – Third Party Requirements (Failed 14-27. View Roll Call Vote)
This… Read more »
Motion to Table (Passed 17-13. View Roll Call Vote)
A motion was made by Ranking Member Markey to subpoena the CEOs of the companies cited in the JIT/BOEMRE oil spill report. Mr. Lamborn offered a motion to table.
The hearing on November 2nd occurred at the request of the Democrat Minority, who exercised their right under the Rules of the House and the Committee to demand a second day… Read more »
Reporting H.R. 850 Out of Committee (Passed 30-14. View Roll Call Vote)
This bill would allow a 4-lane highway bridge, which connects Minnesota and Wisconsin, to be built over the Lower Saint Croix River.
Bishop Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (Agreed to by Voice Vote.)
This amendment would include consensus language negotiated with the Senate and require a mitigation package… Read more »
Reporting H.R. 1505 Out of Committee (Passed 26-17. View Roll Call Vote)
This bill would prohibit the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from taking actions which impede Border Security from doing their job on federal land within 100 miles of the U.S. border with Mexico and Canada.
Bishop Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (Agreed to by Voice Vote.)
This amendment in the… Read more »
Reporting H.R. 3069 Out of Committee (Passed 29-13. View Roll Call Vote)
This bill would allows for the issuance of state and tribal permits to lethally remove increasing predatory, non-ESA listed sea lions that consume thousands of endangered salmon and other fish species in the Columbia River and their tributaries.
Bordallo Amendment #002 – Adds Findings to the Bill (Not Agreed to by… Read more »
Reporting H.R. 2915 Out of Committee (Passed 26-17. View Roll Call Vote)
This bill repeals the 2009 Stimulus Act’s questionable $3.25 billion Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) loan authority, including the taxpayer bailout provision for failed renewable energy transmission projects. This will save the taxpayer form bearing the burden of another Solyndra like failure.
Holt… Read more »
