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WASHINGTON –Rep. Scott Tipton’s (CO-03) Hydropower and Rural Jobs Act (H.R. 678) is heading to the President’s desk for a signature after passing the Senate today. Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) provided bipartisan support for the legislation as a co-sponsor of the Senate companion (S. 306) carried by Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY). The bill, which would create rural jobs by expanding the production of clean renewable hydropower, passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support earlier this year. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), authors of H.R. 267, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act, applauded the unanimous approval of their bill in the U.S. Senate today. Their legislation will facilitate the development of small hydropower and conduit projects and direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to study the feasibility of a streamlined two-year permitting process. Read more »

Today, Congressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) joined with other members of the House Natural Resources Committee in supporting passage of H.R. 1526, the “Restoring Healthy Forest for Healthy Communities Act” by a voice vote. This legislation renews the federal government’s commitment to manage federal forests for the benefit of rural schools and counties, improves forest health, and helps prevent catastrophic wildfires by allowing greater state and local involvement in wildfire prevention on federal lands. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Daines’ legislation to expand hydropower production in Montana was today approved by the House Natural Resources Committee. The bill is now set to receive a full vote in the U.S. House of Representatives Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Daines’ bill to revitalize Montana’s timber industry and clear the way for active and responsible forest management in Montana was today approved by the House Natural Resources Committee. The bill is now set to receive a full vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. –The House Natural Resources Committee approved H.R. 1526, theRestoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, today. This bill incorporates an earlier bill introduced by Rep. Raúl Labrador (R-ID), theSelf-Sufficient Community Lands Act, which replaces the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program with a long-term solution that empowers some counties to manage their own land, instead of being dependent upon federal payments and Washington bureaucrats. The Labrador plan, which forms Title IV of H.R. 1526, will create jobs, generate tax receipts for the counties, and improve forest health. Read more »

House Natural Resources Committee approves Walden-DeFazio-Schrader plan to change federal forest policy in Oregon, setting up bill for passage by full House Read more »

Today, Rep. Scott Tipton’s (R-CO) Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act (H.R. 818) was combined with Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings’s (R-WA) Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act (H.R. 1526) during a Committee markup. The resulting comprehensive Hastings-Tipton forest management package (H.R. 1526) that was passed in… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Representative Lee Terry (R-NE), author of legislation in the House of Representatives that would approve the Keystone Pipeline, today made the following statement in reaction to President Obama’s interview with The New York Times in which the president downplayed the potential for the pipeline to create jobs: Read more »

WASHINGTON – With a vote of 265 to 155, the U.S. House approved H.R. 2218, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, legislation blocking the EPA from classifying coal ash as a hazardous waste. Allowing the EPA to proceed with the classification would open the door to federal regulation of the byproduct interfering with effective state and local regulations, and hindering its use as a recyclable product. Read more »