During September, the Natural Resources Committee will hold two Full Committee oversight hearings on harnessing American energy resources to create new American jobs. Both hearings will explore opportunities for job creation through new and expanded energy and mineral production and also review Obama Administration regulations and policies that have locked-up America’ s vast natural… Read more »
Dear Mr. Secretary:
The Committee is in receipt of the August I, 20 II letter from the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs relating to the status of several formal document and information requests the Committee has made to the DOI and its bureaus during the 112th Congress. Although the August 1st letter discusses the requests collectively,… Read more »
Dear Mr. Secretary:
The Committee is in receipt of the August 1, 2011 letter from the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs relating to the status of several formal document and information requests the Committee has made to DOI and its bureaus during the 112th Congress. Although the August 1st letter discusses the requests collectively,… Read more »
Dear Ms. Kendall:
On April 25, 2011, we requested the underlying documents, drafts and communications reviewed by the Office of Inspector General (OlG) in reaching its conclusion and issuing its Report of Investigation - Federal Moratorium on Deepwater Drilling Case No. PI-PI-I 0-0562-1. Specifically, we requested the following items:
Any and all documents, referring, relating, or… Read more »
Dear Chairman Hastings:
The Department of the Interior is in receipt of your three letters, dated July 18, 2011, that relate to the status of several of the requests for documents and information that you have made to the Department and its bureaus during the 112th Congress.
Specifically, these letters address requests for documents and information that relate to -
all… Read more »
Today, the House will take up H.R. 2584, the FY 2012 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, which includes language to restrict the listing of endangered species and habitat designations to allow for the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to be updated and reauthorized. This provision will refocus efforts on endangered species recovery and help… Read more »
Today, the House Natural Resources Committee unanimously approved by voice vote H.R. 2011, the “National Strategic and Critical Minerals Policy Act of 2011.” As part of House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative, this bill aims to improve our American mineral policy by coordinating a government-wide survey of American mineral resources, demands and factors impacting mineral… Read more »
