Reporting H.R. 3100 Out of Committee (Agreed to by Voice Vote.) This bill would expand the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park boundary to include an additional 151 acres by donation that are currently owned or being managed by the National Park Service that are necessary to protect park resources. Bishop Amendment #66 – Removes Expansion Study Requirement (Passed 23-17. View… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 3210 Out of Committee (Passed 25-19. View Roll Call Vote) This bill would strengthen the Lacey Act by addressing certain unintended consequences of the 2008 Amendments Fleming Amendment #001 – Increases Transparency on Lacey Act Provisions (Agreed to by Voice Vote.) This amendment would establish an effective date; create a database on foreign laws; stipulate that the… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 3685 Out of Committee (Passed 21-16. View Roll Call Vote) This bill would extend a bipartisan pilot project to implement forest management activities on 70,000 acres per year in Northern California to address the declining forest health and rural economies. Bishop Amendment #1 – Technical Amendment (Agreed to by Voice Vote.) This amendment would give the Forest Service… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 4039 Out of Committee (Passed 24-15. View Roll Call Vote) This would mandate the fair market sale of approximately 10,200 acres of public lands to the City of Yerington for economic, recreational, and cultural development. Bishop Amendment #059 – Release of Liability (Agreed to by Voice Vote.) This amendment would release the United States for all liability after the… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 4094 Out of Committee (Passed 24-18. View Roll Call Vote) This bill would protect jobs and small businesses by restoring and ensuring reasonable pedestrian and motorized access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area in North Carolina. * For complete legislative action for the June 7, 2012 Full Committee Markup, click here. Read more »

Reporting H.R. 4234 Out of Committee (Passed 27-15. View Roll Call Vote) This bill would improve and streamline the process for renewing livestock grazing permits and extend the length of permits to give producers a stable economic environment. Bishop Amendment #010 – Technical Amendment (Agreed to by Voice Vote.) This amendment made technical, conforming, and a few substantive changes… Read more »

The House of Representatives last night passed, in a bipartisan vote of 230-186, National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop’s (UT-01) Border Patrol Operations Enhancement Amendment to the FY 2013 Homeland Security Appropriations Act. The amendment eliminates mitigation payments from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for purported “environmental… Read more »

Yesterday, Chairman Doc Hastings joined House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy and other House Republicans in introducing the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act, a package of American energy production bills, including five from the Natural Resources Committee, that will create new American jobs by streamlining burdensome government red tape, modernizing energy production processes and planning… Read more »

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today joined House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (CA-22) and other House Republicans in introducing the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act, a package of American energy production bills, including five from the Natural Resources Committee, that will create new American jobs by streamlining burdensome government red tape, modernizing… Read more »

The House of Representatives today passed, in a bipartisan vote of 355 to 51, an amendment by Congressman Scott Tipton (CO-03) to the FY 2013 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act to prohibit the federal agencies under the bill from mailing out cash as an incentive to complete government surveys. “Enticing survey responses with cash incentives to prove a… Read more »