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House Committee on Natural Resources Final Recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Co-Chairs Hensarling and Murray

| Posted in Letters
Tags: Energy and Mineral Resources, Oversight and Investigations, Energy, Full Committee, Job Creation, Offshore Drilling, National Parks, American Energy Initiative, Wild Lands, ANWR

Dear Co-Chairs Hensarling and Murray: The Natural Resources Committee is committed to addressing our Nation's record debt and deficit levels and doing its part to contribute to the Joint Select Committee's efforts to cut at least $1.5 trillion in federal govemment spending from Fiscal Year 2012 to Fiscal Year 2021. Our growing debt stands in the way of long-term job creation and our…

To Facilitate a Proposed Project in the Lower St. Croix Wild and Scenic River (H.R. 850)

| Posted in Committee Votes
Tags: Oversight and Investigations, Full Committee

Reporting H.R. 850 Out of Committee (Passed 30-14. View Roll Call Vote) This bill would allow a 4-lane highway bridge, which connects Minnesota and Wisconsin, to be built over the Lower Saint Croix River. Bishop Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (Agreed to by Voice Vote.) This amendment would include consensus language negotiated with the Senate and require a mitigation package…

National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (H.R. 1505)

| Posted in Committee Votes
Tags: Oversight and Investigations, Full Committee

Reporting H.R. 1505 Out of Committee (Passed 26-17. View Roll Call Vote) This bill would prohibit the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from taking actions which impede Border Security from doing their job on federal land within 100 miles of the U.S. border with Mexico and Canada. Bishop Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (Agreed to by Voice Vote.) This amendment in the…

Committee Passes Bill to Increase Border Security on Federal Lands

| Posted in Press Release
Tags: Oversight and Investigations, Border Security, Full Committee, National Parks

Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 1505, the National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act, by a vote of 26 to 17. The bill prohibits the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) from using environmental regulations to hinder U.S. Border Patrol from securing our border on federal lands. “H.R. 1505 is a common…

Witnesses: Forested Counties and Schools to Gain Stable Revenue Stream, Jobs Through Active Forest Management

| Posted in Press Release
Tags: Oversight and Investigations, Job Creation, Oversight, Forests

Today, the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands held an oversight hearing on draft legislation to provide vital funding for education, roads and infrastructure in rural counties with large portions of National Forest Service land. H.R. ___, the National Forest County Revenue, Schools and Jobs Act of 2011, addresses the expiration of the Secure Rural Schools (SRS)…

Subcommittee Field Hearing on Restoring Access to Our National Forests Draws a Crowd

| Posted in Blog
Tags: Oversight and Investigations, Wildfires, Forests

On Monday, the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands traveled to Sacramento, California for a field oversight hearing entitled, Restoring Public Access to the Public’s Lands: Issues Impacting Multiple-use on Our National Forests. Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) and Representatives Tom McClintock (CA-04) and Wally Herger (CA-02) attended the hearing, held in the…