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)
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Today, the House Natural Resources Committee passed H.R. 3404, a bill introduced by Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) to formally abolish the former Minerals Management Service (MMS) and create three separate offshore agencies to ensure robust and safe American energy production to create jobs and strengthen national security. The legislation passed by a bipartisan vote of 28-14 and is now… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings released the following statement after joining House Speaker John Boehner and other Republican Members at a press conference today to highlight the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act – a bill to be introduced in the coming weeks that would link new American energy production to high-priority infrastructure projects:
“For… Read more »
Today, the House Natural Resources Committee approved an amendment by voice vote, to H.R. 3404, offered by Rep. Bill Johnson (OH-06). The amendment was a rejection of the Obama Administration’s recently announced intentions to merge the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Specifically, the amendment keeps OSM and BLM… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Republicans are committed to putting Americans back to work by enacting policies that embrace America’s abundant natural resources to help create jobs and grow our economy.
The Committee continues its Job Watch series this week with Freshman Committee Member Rep. Mark Amodei (NV-02). He represents the third largest district based on land area in the… Read more »
On Friday, November 18, 2011, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold a legislative hearing on four bills to expand American onshore and offshore energy production and create new American jobs.
The hearing will include the American-Made Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act to be introduced by Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) and the Alaskan Energy for American Jobs Act to be… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) and Rep. Don Young (AK-at large) announced plans to introduce the Alaskan Energy for American Jobs Act to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for future energy production and job creation.
The measure will be part of the energy and infrastructure jobs bill announced by House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)… Read more »
After imposing a nearly three-year moratorium on new offshore drilling by discarding the 2010-2015 lease plan that allowed for new development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), the Obama Administration announced a draft plan today that closes the majority of the OCS to new energy production through 2017. The Administration’s draft five-year plan prohibits new offshore drilling and… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Republicans are committed to putting Americans back to work by enacting policies that embrace America’s abundant natural resources to help create jobs and grow our economy.
Watch Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson discuss his district, the 5th District of Pennsylvania, one of the most rural districts on the East Coast. His district encompasses 22% of the state’s… 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 »
