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News Coverage of the ESA Field Hearings on Casper, Wyoming and Billings, MT

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Tags: Endangered Species, Full Committee, Forests, Wildlife, Wild Lands

On Wednesday, September 4th, the House Natural Resources Committee held two Full Committee field hearings in Casper, Wyoming and Billings, Montana on “State and Local Efforts to Protect Species, Jobs, Property, and Multiple Use Amidst a New War on the West.”  At these hearings, witnesses discussed how federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) listings can impact local jobs and the economy…

Witnesses: Endangered Species Act Must be Improved to Better Protect both Species and Local Economies

| Posted in Press Release
Tags: Endangered Species, Full Committee, Wildlife, Wild Lands

Today, the House Natural Resources Committee held two Full Committee field hearings in Casper, Wyoming and Billings, Montana on “State and Local Efforts to Protect Species, Jobs, Property, and Multiple Use Amidst a New War on the West.” At these hearings, witnesses discussed how federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) listings can impact local jobs and the economy and how federal litigation…

Subpoenas Issued for Documents on the Obama Administration’s Retroactive Cuts to Secure Rural School Payments

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Tags: Full Committee, Oversight, Forests

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today issued subpoenas to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for documents they have failed to produce as part of the Committee’s oversight into the Obama Administration’s decision to retroactively subject 2012 Secure Rural School (SRS) payments to the fiscal year 2013…

Hastings, McClintock Applaud Senate Passage of House Bill to Expand Renewable Hydropower Production

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Tags: Energy, Water, Wildlife and Fisheries, Hydropower, Full Committee, Job Creation, American Energy Initiative

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) and Water and Power Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock (CA-04) today applauded the Senate passage of H.R. 678, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act, which would create new American jobs and by authorizing more production of clean, renewable hydropower and eliminating bureaucratic…

Committee Approves Legislation to Strengthen Rural Communities and Schools, Help Prevent Catastrophic Wildfires

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Tags: Wildfires, Full Committee, Job Creation, Forests

Today, the House Natural Resources Committee passed 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. “Across our country, rural forest communities…

Committee Approves Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Duplicative Federal Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations

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Tags: Energy, Full Committee, Job Creation, Minerals, American Energy Initiative, Hydraulic Fracturing

Today, the House Natural Resources Committee approved H.R. 2728, the Protecting States’ Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act by a bipartisan vote of 23-15. This bill, authored by Rep. Bill Flores (TX-17), would protect American jobs and American energy production by limiting the Obama Administration’s ability to impose duplicative regulations on hydraulic fracturing on federal…

Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act (H.R. 1526)

| Posted in Committee Votes
Tags: Oversight and Investigations, Full Committee

Reporting H.R. 1526 Out of Committee (Passed by Voice Vote) This bill 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. Hastings ANS – Forest Package Legislation (Passed by Voice Vote) This amendment combined several proposals to address the forest…