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Interior Official: Land Consolidation Program Failing Native Americans, Taxpayers
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May 23, 2017 - Today, the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs held a hearing on the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Cobell Land Consolidation Program. The program authorizes DOI to purchase highly fractionated allotments and consolidate them in tribal ownership. After an expenditure of over $1 billion, it rem... More

President Trump Signs into Law Measure Ending FWS’s Unlawful Power Grab in Alaska
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Apr 4, 2017 - Yesterday, President Trump signed into law H.J. Res. 69 sponsored by Rep. Don Young (R-AK). The joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act overturns the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) rule on “Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wi... More

Subcommittee Presses Panel on Status of Puerto Rico’s Power Utility Restructuring Agreement
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Mar 22, 2017 - Today, the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs held an oversight hearing on the status of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) Restructuring Support Agreement (RSA). PREPA, the state-owned, self-regulated monopoly that operates as Puerto Rico's public utility, provides power generation... More

Indian Country and Insular Territories in Desperate Need of Infrastructure Updates
Press Release
Mar 9, 2017 - Today, the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs held an oversight hearing exploring ways to improve infrastructure in tribal and insular communities. “Quality infrastructure boosts economic development, creates jobs, and quality of life increases. Nowhere is this more important than tribal and insu... More

Bishop Reaction to Trump Actions on Keystone XL, Dakota Access Pipelines
Press Release
Jan 24, 2017 - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in reaction to President Trump’s actions related to the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines: “I’m glad this President understands we can create more jobs and provide affordable energy through domestic resource develop... More

Wall Street Journal: It’s Time for the Feds to Get Out of Indian Country
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Oct 7, 2016 - By: Terry L. Anderson and Shawn Regan As Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump court the minority vote, they have paid virtually no attention to one of the most impoverished groups—Native Americans. More than any other group, American Indians are shackled by bureaucratic red tape that deprives them of the same rights and di... More

Bishop: Native Hawaiian Rule is Unconstitutional
Press Release
Sep 23, 2016 - Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior issued the final rule to create a Native Hawaiian government. The rule, which is highly disputed and raises difficult constitutional issues, includes new administrative procedures and criteria for establishing such relationships. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the followi... More

Bishop: Obama Administration is Exploiting Native Americans to Advance Their Extreme Environmental Agenda
Press Release
Sep 23, 2016 - Today, the U.S. Departments of the Army, the Interior and Justice invited tribal leaders to participate in government-to-government consultations on infrastructure permitting. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement: "This administration has never cared about consulting local communities or Native t... More

Bill Providing Equitable Treatment of Alaska Native Vietnam Veterans Passes Committee
Press Release
Sep 22, 2016 - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a markup on five bills including H.R. 2387 (Rep. Don Young), the "Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act." The bill, which passed by voice vote, provides equitable treatment of Alaska Native Vietnam Veterans under the Native Allotment Act of 1906, allowing ... More

Bishop’s Tribal Recognition Act Advances to Restore Constitutional Intent
Press Release
Sep 8, 2016 - Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a markup on four bills including H.R. 3764 (Rep. Rob Bishop), the Tribal Recognition Act of 2015. The bill restores the constitutional framework to tribal recognition authorities vested with Congress under Article I. Following the passage of H.R. 3... More

HEALTTH Act Addresses Healthcare Obstacles in Indian Country
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Jul 12, 2016 - Today, the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs held a legislative hearing on H.R. 5406 (Rep. Kristi Noem, R-SD), the Helping to Ensure Accountability, Leadership, and Trust in Tribal Healthcare Act (HEALTTH Act), highlighting the need to reform healthcare in Indian Country. The bill would improve ... More

Chairman Letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell
Letters
Jul 1, 2016 - TO: Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman House Committee on Natural Resources Dear Ms. Attorney General and Madame Secretary: In a February 26, 2015 correspondence (Letter) to Secretary Sally Jewell and former Attorney General Eric Holder, I outlined a number of ... More

House Committee on Natural Resources Releases Puerto Rico Discussion Draft
Press Release
Mar 29, 2016 - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources released discussion draft legislation on Puerto Rico’s economic crisis. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement: “Today, the Committee released draft legislation that provides Puerto Rico with tools to impose discipline over its finances, meet its obliga... More

New York Times: Officials Warn Congress of Major Defaults Without Restructuring
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Feb 6, 2016 - Puerto Rico and its top advisers made their case in Washington on Friday for a law that would allow broad restructuring of the island’s multibillion-dollar debt, saying that if Congress did not act soon, major defaults were likely this spring. The officials also said they knew that any legislative help would come at a ... More

New York Times: How Free Electricity Helped Dig $9 Billion Hole in Puerto Rico
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Feb 2, 2016 - To understand how Puerto Rico’s power authority has piled up $9 billion in debt, one need only visit this bustling city on the northwest coast. Twenty years ago, it was just another town with dwindling finances. Then, it went on a development spree, thanks to a generous —some might say ill-considered — gift from the Pu... More

Panel Outlines Options for Responsible Path Forward on Puerto Rico
Press Release
Feb 2, 2016 - Today, the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs held an oversight hearing to further examine possible solutions to the Puerto Rican debt crisis and avenues for the Commonwealth to achieve improved fiscal management and long-term sustainability. The panel discussed concepts surrounding the establish... More

Bishop: Fiscal and Energy Solutions for Puerto Rico Needed for Long-Term Solvency and Growth
Press Release
Feb 1, 2016 - Today, Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) held a conference call to discuss oversight efforts on Puerto Rico and the Committee’s path forward to developing responsible solutions to the island’s economic crisis. “As long as Puerto Rico and its state-owned entities continue to lose money and run deficits, debt restructuring alon... More

Bishop: Energy is Essential to Puerto Rico’s Future Prosperity
Press Release
Jan 12, 2016 - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a hearing on the circumstances leading to the current financial crisis faced by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), the state-owned, self-regulated monopoly that operates as Puerto Rico’s public utility. “Today we took a step forward to uncover ... More

Bishop: Senate Passage of Tribal Energy Development Bill Lays Path Forward for Final Package
Press Release
Dec 11, 2015 - Yesterday the Senate passed S. 209, the “Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2015,” a bill similar to H.R. 538, the “Native American Energy Act” that passed the House on October 8, 2015. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement: “I am pleased the Senate has follo... More

Bishop: Congress Must Safeguard Integrity of Tribal Recognition Process
Press Release
Dec 8, 2015 - Today, the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs held a second legislative hearing on the Chairman Rob Bishop’s tribal recognition bill (H.R. 3764) to hear from input from Indian Country. The Tribal Recognition Act of 2015 seeks to reestablish Congress’s unique authority to federally recognize tribe... More

Bishop Introduces Tribal Recognition Act
Press Release
Oct 21, 2015 - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) introduced H.R. 3764, the Tribal Recognition Act of 2015 and issued the following statement. “The tribal recognition process has been a mess for decades. The authority to recognize tribes is one that belongs to Congress, not the executive branch. Ho... More

Washington Examiner: Obama's 'energy-no, pot yes' policy
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Oct 13, 2015 - 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 inte... More

Native American Energy Act Passes House with Bipartisan Vote, Broad Support from Indian Country
Press Release
Oct 8, 2015 - 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 ... More

GRAPHIC: The Native American Energy Act
Press Release
Oct 7, 2015 - Tomorrow, the House will consider H.R. 538 – “The Native American Energy Act.” Sponsored by Indian, Insular & Alaska Native Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Don Young (R-AK), the legislation addresses the federal government’s overregulation of Indian lands, which has hindered Indian tribes and Alaska Native Corporations f... More

AP: New Mexico official says EPA refused to share water data after toxic mine spill fouled rivers
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Sep 17, 2015 - Federal regulators refused to share water-quality data for weeks following a blowout of toxic wastewater from a Colorado mine that fouled rivers across the Southwest, a New Mexico official said Thursday. The move by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency aimed to downplay the severity of the spill, hobbling the stat... More

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