House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today released internal documents and audio recordings obtained by the Committee through outside sources, which raise further questions into the highly unusual manner in which the Obama Administration is rewriting a coal production regulation, the 2008 Stream Buffer Zone Rule. The documents detail “catastrophic” impacts to… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 4043 Out of Committee (Passed 24-13. View Roll Call Vote) This bill would create Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas in three specific areas off the southern California coast. Sea otter range expansion would go forward as determined by the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). However, military activities in these three military readiness areas would not be in… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 1192 Out of Committee (Passed 27-10. View Roll Call Vote) This bill extends the current Soda Ash royalty rate through October 12, 2016. Lamborn Amendment #1 – Technical Amendment (Agreed to by Voice Vote.) This amendment changes the short title of the bill from ‘2011’ to ‘2012’. Tonko Amendment #001 – Royalty Rate Changes (Failed 11-27. View Roll Call Vote) This… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 4381 Out of Committee (Passed 24-14. View Roll Call Vote) This bill establishes common sense steps to create an all-of-the-above American energy plan for using federal lands to meet our Nation’s energy needs. Tipton Amendment #1 – Leasing Availability (Agreed to by Voice Vote.) This amendment directs the Secretary to consider leasing Federal lands available “at the time… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 4382 Out of Committee (Passed 24-17. View Roll Call Vote) This bill makes reforms to the leasing process for onshore oil and natural gas projects on federal land in order to eliminate unnecessary government delays and hurdles. Coffman Amendment #1 – Technical Amendment (Agreed to by Voice Vote.) Amendment makes technical adjustments to bill language. Holt Amendment #007… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 4383 Out of Committee (Passed 25-15. View Roll Call Vote) This bill reforms the process for energy permitting, once a lease is in hand, to encourage the timely development of our federal onshore oil, natural gas, and renewable resources. Lamborn En Bloc Amendment #1 – Technical Amendment (Agreed to by Voice Vote.) This amendment makes technical corrections to the… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 4402 Out of Committee (Passed 24-12. View Roll Call Vote) This bill will allow the U.S. to more efficiently develop our Nation's strategic and critical minerals, such as rare earth elements, that are vital to job creation, American economic competitiveness and national security. Amodei Amendment #1 – Technical Amendment (Agreed to by Voice Vote.) This amendment makes a… Read more »

In the spirit of the House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative effort, the House Natural Resources Committee today passed the Natural Strategic and Critical Minerals Protection Act and the Native American Energy Act, with bipartisan support, to expand critical mineral production and empower Indian tribes to increase energy production on their tribal lands. The bills would reduce… Read more »

In the spirit of the House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative effort, the House Natural Resources Committee today passed three bills, with bipartisan support, to expand onshore energy production, lower gasoline prices and create new American jobs. The bills would reduce burdensome government hurdles and streamline duplicative and unnecessary bureaucratic obstacles to onshore American… Read more »

As part of the more than year-long investigation into the Obama Administration’s rewrite of a 2008 coal regulation, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today sent a final request letter to the Obama Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and threatened a subpoena for information and documents regarding EPA’s involvement in the rewrite of the… Read more »