Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources announced its hearing schedule for the month of March 2015.
Hearing Details:
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
10:00AM
1324 Longworth HOB
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
“Examining the Spending Priorities and Missions of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement… Read more »
TO: The Honorable Rob Bishop
FROM: Betsy Hildebrandt, Director
Dear Mr. Chairman,
This letter transmits additional information responsive to your February 6, 2015, letter to Secretary Sally Jewell, requesting information about International travel by Department of the Interior (Department) employees related to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna… Read more »
TO: The Honorable Rob Bishop, Chairman
FROM: Dan Ashe, Director
Dear Mr. Chairman,
Thank you for your letter dated February 6, 2015, to Secretary Jewell, requesting information about international travel by Department of the Interior (Department) employees and officials related to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Your… Read more »
TO: The Honorable Sally Jewell
FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman
Dear Secretary Jewell,
In March 2013, the United States sent a delegation to the Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ("CITES") in Bangkok, Thailand. The delegation included a number of employees from the Department of the… Read more »
Bipartisan agreement has been reached on the natural resources provisions that will be included within this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The House-Senate agreement supports American job creation and economic growth through a balanced approach to improve the management of our public lands and natural resources while protecting treasured areas.
For multiple… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04), Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01), and 16 Members of Congress sent a letter to the Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell expressing ongoing concerns with the Department’s potential future listing of the Greater Sage Grouse under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).… Read more »
Today, the House Natural Resources Committee passed H.R. 5476, the Cabin Fee Act of 2014, by unanimous consent. This bill, sponsored by Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04), modifies the current cabin fee formula to make it more predictable and fair for families who own cabins in our National Forests.
Many cabins in our National Forests have been passed down within a family for several… Read more »
The House Natural Resources Committee’s Majority oversight staff released a report today entitled “A Five-Star Folly: An Investigation into the Cost Increases, Construction Delays, and Design Problems That Have Been a Disservice to the Effort to Memorialize Dwight D. Eisenhower.” The current proposal for the Memorial, created by Frank Gehry’s architecture firm, has faced intense scrutiny… Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulations held an oversight hearing on “Threats, Intimidation and Bullying by Federal Land Managing Agencies.” This hearing continued Committee oversight into bullying by federal land management agencies and federal law enforcement agencies on private, state, and federal lands.
State and local governments, ranchers,… Read more »
