WASHINGTON, D.C. –The House Committee on Natural Resources will hold a full committee markup on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. ET (7:00 a.m. PT) for, among others, two bills introduced by Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2) – H.R. 761, the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013, and H.R. 1169, the Naval Air Station Fallon Housing and Safety Development Act. Read more »
Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson is an original cosponsor of H.R. 1825, the Recreational Fishing & Hunting Heritage Opportunities Act of 2013. This legislation would ensure that public land managers facilitate access for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting on federal land managed by the BLM and Forest Service. Read more »
Thursday U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo) joined fellow House Republicans in announcing the creation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Working Group. The goal of the Working Group is to examine the ESA from all angles. Throughout this year, the Working Group will hold a series of events, forums, and hearings that will invite open discussion and input on ways in which the ESA (last reauthorized in 1988) is working well, how it could be updated, and how to boost its effectiveness for both people and species. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Daines today called on the Obama administration to abandon its recent proposals to impose costly and burdensome federal regulations on hydraulic fracturing, which hold serious threats to oil and gas production in eastern Montana. Read more »
Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson examined the President’s budget proposal for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) during an appropriations subcommittee hearing yesterday. Simpson chairs the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, which oversees the budget for the BLM and other land management agencies. During the hearing, Simpson questioned BLM Principle Deputy Director Neil Kornze on grazing, sage-grouse, and the impact of frivolous litigation on the agency. Read more »
Washington, May 8 - Congressman Mike Pompeo, along with Congressmen Jim Matheson, Pete Olson, Cory Gardner, and Bill Johnson, introduced H.R. 1900, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act today, which would provide American families access to affordable and reliable energy. Read more »
WASHINGTON - Just days after the bodies of Keith Goldberg and Air Force Staff Sergeant Antonio Tucker were found in the Lake Mead Recreation Area by Good Samaritan search and rescue teams, Congressman Joe Heck (NV-03) testified before the House Natural Resources Committee to highlight the bureaucratic impediments the trained, non-profit search teams faced prior to their searches. Read more »
Washington, D.C. – TodayCongressman Kevin Cramer called attention to the track record of successful pipeline management in North Dakota at a hearing on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Lynn Helms, Director of the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources, participated as one of four witnesses in the combined hearing of two Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittees. Read more »
"Our nation’s farmers and ranchers rely on the farm bill to set agricultural policy,” Gardner said. “It is very difficult to plan for the future and make business decisions without having a long-term bill in place. The House needs to take up this legislation without further delay, and give this community the certainty it needs to operate.” Read more »
In addition to providing states with increased discretion over the management of lands within their borders, the Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act would allow treatment projects to move forward under the streamlined review processes set forth in HFRA. The Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act protects all valid and existing rights on applicable lands and preserves the current protection framework for wilderness areas and national monuments. Read more »
