House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in reaction to President Trump’s executive order on establishing accountability in the environmental review and permitting process for infrastructure projects.

“It’s encouraging to have a president who understands that regulatory reform is a precondition for any successful infrastructure policy. At the same time, there is no question that additional statutory tools are also necessary to reduce excessive regulatory burdens that make job-supporting and environmentally sound infrastructure projects all but impossible in this country. This order provides a strong foundation upon which Congress can build.”

This Congress, the Committee has held six infrastructure-related hearings and advanced a range of reforms across its jurisdiction to remove bureaucratic obstacles to greater infrastructure development and investment.  

Committee Infrastructure Bills:

• “Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act” (H.R. 3281) – Passed House
• “Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act” (H.R. 1654) – Passed House
• “Water Rights Protection Act” (H.R. 2939) – Passed House
• “Bureau of Reclamation Water Project Streamlining Act” (H.R. 875) – Passed House
• “Gaining Responsibility on Water Act of 2017” or “GROW Act” (H.R. 23) – Passed House
• “Water Rights Protection Act” (H.R. 2939) – Passed House
• “Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act” (H.R. 1873) – Passed House
• “BOR Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act” (HR 1967) – Passed House
• “Expanding Alaskan Hydropower Infrastructure” (H.R. 220) – Passed House
• “King Cove Land Exchange Act” (H.R. 218) – Passed House
• “Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act” (H.R. 660) – Passed Committee
• “Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act” (H.R. 825) – Passed Committee
• “Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act” (H.R. 2371)  – Passed Committee
• “Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act” (H.R. 660) – Passed Committee
• “American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act” (H.R. 1399)  – Passed Committee
• “RECLAIM Act of 2017” (H.R. 1731) – Passed Committee
• “Mining Schools Enhancement Act” (H.R. 2053) – Passed Committee
• “Community Reclamation Partnerships Act” (H.R. 2937)  – Passed Committee
• “Helium Extraction Act of 2017” (H.R. 3297) – Passed Committee