Washington, D.C. – The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed HR, 5892, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2012 today. This bipartisan bill – authored by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) - would facilitate the development of small hydropower and conduit projects and direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to study the feasibility of a streamlined two-year permitting process. Their legislation now moves to the House floor. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 20, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following statement on the House floor today in support of H.R. 4480, The Domestic Energy and Jobs Act – an all-of-the-above American energy plan, including five bipartisan Natural Resources Committee bills, that will create new American jobs by streamlining burdensome government red tape, modernizing energy production processes and planning for America’s energy future production. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House yesterday approved bipartisan legislation to protect Northwest residents’ $1 billion annual investment in endangered Columbia River salmon by voting to allow states and tribes to lethally remove predatory sea lions that consume thousands of endangered salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam. Read more »
As House Republicans begin consideration today of the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act, a bill to increase onshore energy production, create jobs and cut government red tape, the Obama Administration is desperately trying to prove that it supports American energy by finally holding a President Bush-era Gulf of Mexico lease sale after repeated delays. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House today approved commonsense legislation that would boost certainty for ranchers dealing with grazing permits on federal land. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Montana's Congressman, Denny Rehberg, today joined members of the House of Representatives in voting to pass H.R. 2578, the Conservation and Economic Growth Act. The legislation incorporates 14 separate pieces of legislation designed to improve public lands and bolster economic activity, including two which Rehberg has cosponsored. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. –In an effort to boost Southeast Alaska’s struggling timber industry, create jobs in the region and finalize a longstanding land entitlement, the House of Representatives, led by Alaskan Congressman Don Young passed H.R. 2578, the Conservation and Economic Growth Act by a bipartisan vote of 232 to 188. Read more »
WASHINGTON–Today, the House of Representatives approved a legislative package of 14 bills, which included the National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act, authored by Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01). Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. –The House Natural Resources Committee held a legislative hearing today on three bills – including Alaskan Congressman Don Young’s legislation, H.R. 3472, the Pirate Fishing Vessel Disposal Act. This legislation, if passed, would give NOAA and the Coast Guard additional options for disposing of pirate fishing vessels who have engaged in Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU). Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Idaho First District Congressman Raúl Labrador’s Grazing Improvement Act of 2012 passed the House of Representatives today by a vote of 232-188. The bill was included in a jobs and public lands package, H.R. 2578, the Conservation and Economic Growth Act, designed to create new jobs, grow the economy and protect the environment. Read more »
