Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing examining how excessive litigation is draining taxpayer resources and preventing the Department of the Interior (DOI) from fulfilling its core statutory functions and responsibilities.
“Special interests repeatedly exploit our legal system to further their own agendas and sidestep the legislative and regulatory… Read more »
TO: The Honorable Ryan Zinke
FROM: Subcommittee Chairman Raúl Labrador
Dear Secretary Zinke,
The Committee on Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations is conducting oversight of settlements negotiated in lawsuits against the Department of the Interior (DOI) and its subagencies.
Read the entire letter HERE. Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held the first of a series of oversight hearings to examine the impacts of federal natural resources laws gone astray. The panel focused on three laws in particular: the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA), the Wilderness Act and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA).
“For too long, federal agencies have been… Read more »
TO: The Honorable Ryan Zinke
FROM: Chairman Rob Bishop and Subcommittee Chairman Raúl Labrador
Dear Secretary Zinke,
We write to express our concerns regarding the administration of two climate change adaptation programs within the Department of the Interior (Interior). One of the programs, Climate Science Centers (CSCs), is led by the U.S. Geological Survey. The second program,… Read more »
Today, Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Raúl Labrador (R-ID) sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke expressing concerns and requesting information on two climate change adaptation programs established within the Department of the Interior during the Obama administration.
The Climate Science Centers (CSCs), which are led by the… Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held an oversight hearing on delays and uncertainty related to Endangered Species Act (ESA) consultations. Subcommittee Chairman Raúl Labrador (R-ID) reacted to testimony from witnesses that recounted personal experiences with extensive delays as a result of ESA consultations that ultimately jeopardized human health and safety,… Read more »
TO: Acting Secretary Haugrud
FROM: Chairman Rob Bishop
Dear Acting Secretary Haugrud:
Over the past several years, many disturbing cases concerning Department of the Interior (Department) employees misconduct have cast doubts on effectiveness of the Department's hiring, retention, and termination policies. The Department employs "about 70,000 people in approximately 2,400 locations."… Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held an oversight hearing to examine decades of data manipulation at the United States Geological Survey (USGS), generally recognized as a preeminent scientific organization of the federal government.
The Department of the Interior Inspector General and a Scientific Integrity Review Panel both found a chronic pattern of scientific… Read more »
TO: Director Dan Ashe
FROM: Chairman Rob Bishop and Chairman Louie Gohmert
Dear Director Ashe:
The Committee is conducting oversight of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) use of voluntary payments by energy developers to mitigate impacts on migratory birds. In 2001, Executive Order 13186 directed "departments and agencies to take certain actions to further implement the… Read more »
TO: The Honorable Suzette Kimball
FROM: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Louie Gohmert
Dear Director Kimball:
The Committee on Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations is conducting oversight of scientific misconduct and data manipulation at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Read the entire letter HERE. Read more »
