Reporting H.R. 2406 Out of Committee (Approved by a Roll Call Vote of 21 yeas and 15 nays)  To protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. Gosar Amendment 134 (Adopted by Voice Vote) Radewagen Amendment #1 (Adopted by Roll Call Vote of 20 yeas and 15 nays) Grijalva Amendment 073 (Not Adopted by Roll Call Vote… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 2270 Out of Committee (Approved by Unanimous Consent)  To redesignate the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, located in the State of Washington, as the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, to establish the Medicine Creek Treaty National Historic Site within the wildlife refuge, and for other purposes. Young Amendment 084 (Adopted by Unanimous… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 3382 Out of Committee (Approved by Roll Call Vote of 21 yeas and 16 nays)  To amend the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act to enhance recreational opportunities, environmental restoration activities, and forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin, and for other purposes. McClintock Amendment 001 (Adopted by Voice Vote) *For complete legislative action for the… Read more »

Reporting H.R. 1452 Out of Committee (Approved by Voice Vote)  To authorize Escambia County, Florida, to convey certain property that was formerly part of Santa Rosa Island National Monument and that was conveyed to Escambia County subject to restrictions on use and reconveyance.  *For complete legislative action for the October 8, 2015 Full Committee Markup, click here.  Read more »

Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT), and Reps. John Fleming (R-LA), Don Young (R-AK), and Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS) sent a letter today to Council on Environmental Quality Managing Director Christy Goldfuss and Assistant Administrator for the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Eileen Sobeck to request further information on the Obama… Read more »

TO: Ms. Christy Goldfuss Ms. Eileen Sobeck  FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman John Fleming Don Young Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen Dear Ms. Goldfuss and Ms. Sobeck: The House Natural Resources Water, Power and Oceans Subcommittee recently held an oversight hearing on the potential designation of marine national monuments, including one off of the coast of New England. We are sending… Read more »

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Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack requesting information about federal agencies recent land acquisitions and stewardship of existing federal lands. The request for information was made as the Committee finalizes… Read more »

Tomorrow, the House will consider H.R. 538 – “The Native American Energy Act.” Sponsored by Indian, Insular & Alaska Native Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Don Young (R-AK), the legislation addresses the federal government’s overregulation of Indian lands, which has hindered Indian tribes and Alaska Native Corporations from developing energy on their own lands. The legislation… Read more »

Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing with four Western governors on “Respecting State Authority in Regards to Resource Management and Energy Development.” Governors Matt Mead (R-WY), Steve Bullock (D-MT), Dennis Daugaard (R-SD), and Gary Herbert (R-UT) all expressed major concerns about a swath of federal policies that disenfranchise the states from… Read more »