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Land Disposal Transparency and Efficiency Act (H.R. 2095)

| Posted in Committee Votes

Reporting H.R. 2095 Out of Committee (Passed 24-17. View Roll Call Vote) This bill requires the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to establish an online database for all BLM lands that are available for sale to the public while limiting all future land acquisitions until this database is established. The BLM has this information, and in the year 2014 it is unacceptable that it has not put…

The Northern Nevada Land Conservation and Economic Development Act (Committee Print 113-1)

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Reporting Committee Print 113-1 Out of Committee (Passed 29-14. View Roll Call Vote) This bipartisan legislation would responsibly designate almost 100,000 acres in Northern Nevada for both wilderness and economic development uses. Allowing Committee Print 113-1 to Proceed Before the Committee (Passed 18-13. View Roll Call Vote) Committee Print 113-1, The Northern Nevada Land…

Obama Administration: Rural Counties Still on the Hook to Repay SRS Funds used for Teachers, Police Officers

| Posted in Press Release

During today’s House Natural Resources Committee oversight hearing on the Obama Administration’s decision to retroactively apply 2013 sequestration cuts to 2012 Secure Rural School (SRS) funds, the Obama Administration testified that states that have not repaid the funds may have them taken out of this year’s payments. On March 19, 2013, the Obama Administration announced, citing…

Hastings: IG Report is Further Evidence of a Grossly Mismanaged Rulemaking Process that Will Cost Jobs and Increase Energy Costs

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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Full Committee oversight hearing on “Obama Administration’s War on Coal: The Recent Report by the Office of the Inspector General.” “We’re here today to discuss the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Inspector General’s new report on the Office of Surface Mining…