Dear Mr. Secretary: On April 25, 2011, we sent you a letter that requested documents, drafts and communications related to the Report of Investigation - Federal Moratorium on Deepwater Drilling Case No. PI-PI-IO-0562- issued by the Office of Inspector General. Specifically, we requested the following items: Any and all documents, referring, relating, or pertaining, directly or… Read more »

Dear Mr. Secretary: As you are aware, the Committee on Natural Resources (Committee) is actively investigating issues surrounding the Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) rewrite of the 2008 Stream Buffer Zone Rule (Rule). Through series of letters to the OSM and the Department of the Interior (DOI), the Committee has… Read more »

Today, the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands held an oversight hearing on the “Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization and Forest Management Options for a Viable County Payments Program.” The hearing focused on solutions to ensure forest counties and schools receive sufficient funds while increasing timber harvests and forest management on federal land to create… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 2170 Out of Committee (Passed 24-16. View Roll Call Vote) This bill would accelerate the development of clean, renewable energy projects on Federal lands and waters to create jobs and protect the environment. Hastings Amendment – Technical Amendment (Agreed to by Voice Vote.) Holt Amendment #002 – (Failed 14-21. View Roll Call Vote) This amendment would require the… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 2171 Out of Committee (Passed 26-16. View Roll Call Vote) This bill would establish a common sense, streamlined policy for the development of clean geothermal energy resources that will create jobs and provide low cost energy to American families. Labrador Amendment – Expands Area Available for a Geothermal Test Project (Agreed to by Voice Vote.) This amendment increases… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 2172 Out of Committee (Passed 26-16. View Roll Call Vote) This bill would speed the production of clean, renewable American energy by streamlining the process to develop onshore wind power on Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service lands. Lamborn Amendment – Technical Amendment (Agreed to by Voice Vote.) Holt Amendment #001 – Consultation with FAA Not Affected… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 2173 Out of Committee (Passed 24-18. View Roll Call Vote) This would speed the production of clean, renewable American energy by streamlining the process for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to develop offshore wind power. Wittman Amendment – Technical Amendment (Agreed to by Voice Vote.) Hanabusa Amendment #002 – Consultation With FAA Not Affected (Failed… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 2150 Out of Committee (Passed 28-14. View Roll Call Vote) This bill would create new jobs, expand American energy production and lower energy costs by ensuring that oil and natural gas resources in the National Petroleum Reserve -Alaska (NPRA) are developed and transported in a timely, efficient manner. Lujan Amendment #001 – Require Energy Produced to Remain in the… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 1408 Out of Committee (Passed 34-10. View Roll Call Vote) This bill would allow the Sealaska Native Corporation to receive its remaining land conveyance under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 by selecting Native lands from within a designated pool of land in Southeast Alaska. Young Amendment #074 – Technical Amendment (Agreed to by Voice Vote.) Markey… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 1904 Out of Committee (Passed 26-19. View Roll Call Vote) This bill would exchange lands between Resolution Copper, the federal government, the state of Arizona and the town of Superior, AZ. The land exchange will created jobs by providing Resolution Copper 2,422 acres for future copper mining while providing important environmental and tribal protections to lands… Read more »