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Hearing Examines Ways to Better Implement The Helium Stewardship Act

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Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on the “Implementation and Administration of the 2013 Helium Stewardship Act.” This hearing examined what steps are being taken to comply with H.R. 527, the Helium Stewardship Act that was signed into law, Public Law 113-40, on October 2, 2013 as a result of bipartisan efforts in the…

Letter: Senate Action Needed to Renew Commitment to Active Management of Federal Forests

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Today, 29 Members of Congress sent a letter underscoring support for House-passed active forest management legislation, H.R. 1526, the Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act.  In the letter, the Members stress the need for Senate action to keep all of our Nation’s forests healthy. “Last fall, the House passed H.R. 1526, the Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy…

Chairman Hastings’ Statement on Senate-Passed Natural Resources Bills

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House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04), released the following statement on the Senate’s passage of 16 natural resources bills last night:   “I applaud the Senate’s bipartisan action to pass sixteen bills under the jurisdiction of the House Natural Resources Committee.  This is a positive sign that public lands bills important to states and…

Bipartisan Western Governors Urge Endangered Species Act Reform and Transparency

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In a recent letter to House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Governors John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado) and Brian Sandoval (R-Nevada) expressed encouragement regarding the House of Representatives’ efforts to improve and update the Endangered Species Act (ESA), as evidenced most recently by the House Natural Resources Committee’s passage of a package of four…