Today, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held an oversight hearing on challenges and potential solutions for the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) management of wild horses & burros on federal land.
BLM faces a costly challenge in managing the exploding population of wild horses and burros in the West. More than 45,000 wild horses live in BLM holding facilities costing taxpayers more… Read more »
House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement on the path forward for a House-Senate conference on energy legislation.
“At the end of the day, our goal is to get something to the President that he will sign into law. From our perspective, a bill that the President will… Read more »
Today, at a press conference in National Statuary Hall, Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) joined Speaker Paul Ryan and members of the Task Force on Restoring Constitutional Authority to unveil an initiative to restore the separation of powers and Congress’ unique constitutional role.
The Restoring Constitutional Authority Task Force report released today outlines a plan to… Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a markup on 19 bills including H.R. 4582 (Rep. Jeff Denham), the “Save Our Salmon Act,” which will exclude striped bass from the fish doubling requirement and other provisions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA). H.R. 4582 passed as part of a broader unanimous consent package.
“This is bipartisan and… Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a markup on 19 bills including a trio of bills to comprehensively address the existing funding, technical and legal impediments to abandoned mine cleanup. These mining reclamation bills passed in a larger unanimous consent package.
Click here to view a summary of the package which includes: H.R. 3734, the Mining Schools Enhancement Act… Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a markup on 19 bills including two forest management bills—Rep. Raul Labrador’s (R-ID) Self-Sufficient Community Lands Act (H.R. 2316) and Rep. Don Young’s (R-AK) State National Forest Management Act of 2015 (H.R. 3650). H.R. 2316 passed by a vote of 25-13 and H.R. 3650 passed by a vote of 23-15.
H.R. 2316 allows states to… Read more »
Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a legislative hearing on Rep. Ryan Zinke’s (R-MT) “Certainty for States and Tribes Act” (H.R. 5259), legislation to reestablish the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Royalty Policy Committee (RPC) and create a more transparent and cooperative process in royalty management issues.
“It’s about a process where we look at… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) along with Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and other House Republican leaders unveiled the next phase of blueprints House Republicans are releasing this month as part of “A Better Way”—a bold pro-growth policy agenda to proactively tackle our nation’s greatest challenges.
The Regulatory Burdens Task Force report released… Read more »
Today, the House passed H.R. 5278, the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA), with a bipartisan vote of 297-127.
“Today the House acted to prevent Puerto Rico's fiscal crisis from escalating to a humanitarian catastrophe. This legislation provides Puerto Rico with tools to impose discipline over its finances, meet its borrowing obligations and build a new… Read more »
Federal Lands Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock (R-CA) issued the following statement on a report released from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s (FWS) management of the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, located northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii.
“Americans were assured that this refuge would maintain the historical significance of… Read more »
