Reporting H.R. 1308 Out of Committee (Passed 22-16. View Roll Call Vote)
This bill would amend the Marine Mammals Protection Act in order to protect endangered Columbia River salmon and other fish species from predation by California and Steller sea lions. The bill only addresses sea lions that are not listed under the Endangered Species Act.
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Reporting H.R. 2798 Out of Committee (Passed 19-15. View Roll Call Vote)
This bill would require annual permits and fees for commercial filming activities on federal lands for film crews of less than five persons.
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Reporting H.R. 3188 Out of Committee (Passed 16-15. View Roll Call Vote)
This bill would expedite the planning and implementation of emergency salvage timber sales for federal lands in California that were ravaged by the Rim Fire in the summer of 2013. Without prompt emergency action, the impacts of this devastating wildfire would become even worse. Fire-damaged trees invite disease,… Read more »
Reporting H.R. 3189 Out of Committee (Passed 19-14. View Roll Call Vote)
This bipartisan bill would protect private property rights from recent federal overreach that threatens to take water supplies from recreation businesses, ranchers, cities and towns, and local conservation efforts.
Tipton Amendment 036 (Approved by Voice Vote)
This amendment would make technical corrections and… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) and 74 Members of Congress sent a letter today to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe in support of the June 2013 proposed rule to nationally delist the Gray Wolf as “endangered” or “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act, and in opposition to a proposal to list the Mexican wolf as a separate, endangered… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today invited Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell to testify at an oversight hearing on November 20, 2013 about the Obama Administration’s decision to apply sequestration cuts to funds already paid to states under the Secure Rural School (SRS) program, which… Read more »
Dear Secretary Vilsack:
The Committee on Natural Resources ("Committee") invites you, as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture ("USDA"), to testify at an oversight hearing regarding (1) the Obama Administration's decision to sequester money paid to states under the Secure Rural Schools program ("SRS") and (2) your compliance with a subpoena served September 4, 2013, on you, as… Read more »
Dear Director Mathews Burwell:
The Committee on Natural Resources ("Committee") invites you, as Director of the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB"), to testify at an oversight hearing regarding (1) the Obama Administration's decision to sequester money paid to states under the Secure Rural Schools ("SRS") program and (2) your compliance with the subpoena served September 4, 2013 on… Read more »
Dear Director Ashe:
We write in strong support of the proposed rule to delist the gray wolf nationally, included in docket number FWS-HQ-ES-2013-0073, although we are opposed to the provision included in this rule that would list the Mexican wolf as an endangered sub-species.
The statutory purpose of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is to recover species to the point where they are no… Read more »
