Reporting H.R. 740 Out of Committee (Passed 29-14. View Roll Call Vote)
The bill will provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
Young En Bloc – Technical Edits (Agreed to by Voice Vote)
This amendment makes technical edits to the bill.
* For complete legislative action for the June 12, 2013 Full Committee Markup, click here. Read more »
Reporting H.R. 1126 Out of Committee (Passed by Voice Vote)
This bill seeks to build consensus around a new Eisenhower Memorial by implementing a new design competition and providing a three year extension of the memorial site designation, which is set to expire this year.
Bishop #1 – Memorial Commission Appointment (Agreed to by Voice Vote)
This amendment changes representation of… Read more »
Reporting H.R. 1825 Out of Committee (Passed 28-15. View Roll Call Vote)
This bill increases access to recreational activities such as fishing, sport hunting and recreational shooting on Federal public lands.
Grijalva .046 – Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device (Failed 15-26. View Roll Call Vote)
This politically driven amendment seeks to overstep state laws to put restrictions on… Read more »
Reporting H.R. 1548 Out of Committee – (Passed 25-15. View Roll Call Vote)
This important legislation would facilitate the development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands.
* For complete legislative action for the June 12, 2013 Full Committee Markup, click here. Read more »
Reporting H.R. 1964 Out of Committee (Passed 26-14. View Roll Call Vote)
This legislation would amend the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an expeditious program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, including at least one lease sale in the Reserve each year in the period 2013… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings on the House floor today announced that the Committee next month will begin consideration of several proposals to designate new wilderness.
Full statement:
“While we are discussing public lands legislation, I would also like to inform the House that the Committee on Natural Resources will soon begin consideration of several… Read more »
The Natural Resources Morning News Round-up:
Alaska Public Radio – Ed Schoenfeld: “Sealaska Land Bill Scheduled For Congressional Markup”
The Hill – Zack Colman: “Energy agency: US oil-and-gas reserves up 35 percent, thanks to shale boom”
Arizona Republic – Brandon Loomis: “Mexican gray wolves may get more area to live in”
New York Times – Claire Martin: “Invasion of… Read more »
The Natural Resources Morning News Round-up:
Oil and Gas Journal – Nick Snow: “Witnesses describe benefits from expanding OCS activity”
Washington Post – Lenny Berstein: “Gray wolf to lose endangered species protection as numbers rise”
Wall Street Journal OpEd – Chuck Leavell: “Why U.S. Wood Can—and Should—Power Europe”
Fuel Fix – Harry Weber: “US rig count drops, as… Read more »
Dear Secretary Jewell,
We are concerned by the continuing lack of transparency and public process in your Department's implementation of Secretarial Order 3321 (Order), which claims the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to designate entire river watersheds as "National Blueways."
We believe this Order is fundamentally flawed, runs counter to local conservation efforts, and… Read more »
Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings released the following statement on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to delist the Gray Wolf from the endangered species list.
“The Service’s decision today to delist gray wolves only makes sense, and is long overdue. This untangles the ridiculous situation in Washington, Oregon, and Utah, where wolves had been listed… Read more »
