Committee on Natural Resources Vice Chairman Cynthia Lummis (WY-At large) today questioned BLM Director Neil Kornze on how the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between BLM and the states will operate. “Who will approve well bore integrity issues? Will you approve those? Who will do the inspections? Will [states] be brought in? Who is… Read more »

Below is an exchange between exchange between Chairman Bishop and Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell. MOUs? Chairman Bishop: “Have the states…screwed up? Are the state [water] engineers incompetent? Is that what the Forest Service is trying to say?” Bishop asked Chief Tidwell:  “No...” Lawsuits? Chief Tidwell: “We can maybe… Read more »

TO: The Honorable Sally Jewell FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman Dear Madam Secretary: We are writing to request your cooperation in evaluating the procedures used for acknowledging tribal status and the impacts of modifying the regulations governing such determinations. The Department of the Interior has published proposed regulations to modify the tribal acknowledgment regulations set… Read more »

​Reporting H.R. 152 Out of Committee (Approved by Unanimous Consent) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge. * For complete legislative action for the March 25, 2015 Full Committee Markup, click here. Read more »

​Reporting H.R. 308 Out of Committee (Approved by Voice Vote) To prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian lands in Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming compacts. ​Grijalva of Arizona 024 Amendment (Failed 10-21. View Roll Call Vote) * For complete legislative action for the March 25, 2015 Full Committee Markup, click here. Read more »

​Reporting H.R. 373 Out of Committee (Approved by Unanimous Consent) To direct the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to expedite access to certain Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of each Secretary for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, and for other purposes. * For complete legislative action for the March 25, 2015 Full Committee… Read more »

​Reporting H.R. 404 Out of Committee (Approved by Unanimous Consent) To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska. * For complete legislative action for the March 25, 2015 Full Committee Markup, click here. Read more »

​Reporting H.R. 533 Out of Committee (Approved by Unanimous Consent)  To revoke the charter of incorporation of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma at the request of that tribe, and for other purposes. * For complete legislative action for the March 25, 2015 Full Committee Markup, click here. Read more »

​Reporting H.R. 979 Out of Committee (Approved by Unanimous Consent) To designate a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest as "Sky Point”​ * For complete legislative action for the March 25, 2015 Full Committee Markup, click here. Read more »

​Reporting H.R. 984 Out of Committee (Approved by Unanimous Consent)  Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on feasibility of designating as a national historic trail the Chief Standing Bear Trail extending approximately 550 miles from Niobrara, Nebraska, to Ponca City, Oklahoma, which follows the route taken by… Read more »