House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement on the announcement made today by the U.S. Department of the Interior that it will cancel the two potential Arctic offshore lease sales scheduled under the current five-year offshore oil and gas leasing program for 2012-2017:
“This Administration has dangerous priorities. It drives Shell out of… Read more »
The Obama administration is now facing pressure from Democrats to be more open about a possible marine monument off New England.
Massachusetts Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Obama yesterday asking for more public input into the possible monument. The Conservation Law Foundation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Pew Charitable Trusts and other groups launched a… Read more »
A bill approved by the House this week aims to end what one senior Republican calls the Obama administration's "double standard" when it comes to growing pot, an illegal act under federal law, and producing oil and gas from fracking on tribal lands.
"What's bizarre is that for energy production, the administration interprets Indian lands as federal lands, but for pot production, these… Read more »
Today, Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) responded to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling regarding the Environmental Protect Agency’s (EPA) Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule.
“It is sad that we need the courts to tell the Obama Administration to rethink this issue and do the right thing. Why can’t the agencies just work with Congress to do the right thing the first time? This… Read more »
Today, the House passed H.R. 538, the Native American Energy Act with bipartisan support by a vote of 254-173. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement:
“H.R. 538 seeks to correct the injustices done to tribal energy potential, which has suffered at the incompetent hands of federal bureaucracy. With the passage of the Native American Energy Act, the House of… Read more »
Reporting H.R. 974 Out of Committee (Approved by a Roll Call Vote of 23 yeas and 15 nays)
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations to allow the use of hand-propelled vessels on certain rivers and streams that flow in and through certain Federal lands in Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, and… Read more »
Reporting H.R. 1107 Out of Committee (Approved by Unanimous Consent)
To require the secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress a report on the efforts of the Bureau of reclamation to manage its infrastructure assets.
Gosar Amendment #1 (Adopted by Unanimous Consent)
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Reporting H.R. 1820 Out of Committee (Approved by Unanimous Consent)
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right lease applications for which the Secretary has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination, and for other purposes.
*For complete legislative action for the October 8, 2015 Full Committee Markup, click here. Read more »
Reporting H.R. 2212 Out of Committee (Approved by Unanimous Consent)
To take certain Federal lands located in Lassen County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Susanville Indian Rancheria, and for other purposes.
LaMalfa Amendment #1 (Adopted by Unanimous Consent)
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Reporting H.R. 2270 Out of Committee (Approved by Unanimous Consent)
To redesignate the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, located in the State of Washington, as the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, to establish the Medicine Creek Treaty National History Site within the wildlife refuge, and for other purposes.
Young Amendment 084 (Adopted by Unanimous… Read more »
